Thread: Hardest puncher, ever? (heavyweight)

ROCKY

George Foreman or Earnie Shavers.

out of 4 tua foreman tyson shavers

in my opinion it was foreman

come on guys do u know how short marciano was?
he had nothin but pure power in his short arms.
thanks for ur comments, but in my eyes foreman isn't in my power list, just because of the rumble in the jungle.if he had that much power ali wouldve gone down with no problem.

Big George! His demolition of Frazier and Norton are good examples!

Originally Posted by THE THIRD MAN

Big George! His demolition of Frazier and Norton are good examples!

foreman was at his prime thats not fair

I give it to Foreman on actual head punching and physical strength. Tyson was second. Liston is in there. Frazier was 4th. I think Tua should not be considered. He really has not wiped out the top guys as a champion to be in that class. And the way he fights now the tomato cans he is fighting, he does not really want tough competition. The guy is good, but not in the championship tier. Why he is waiting so long to get going I do not get..

A toss up between Foreman and Shavers

Originally Posted by fightme

come on guys do u know how short marciano was?
he had nothin but pure power in his short arms.
thanks for ur comments, but in my eyes foreman isn't in my power list, just because of the rumble in the jungle.if he had that much power ali wouldve gone down with no problem.

George not on your power list

We are talking Foreman here right??...The same guy who had to have his 200lb heavy bag replace every other workout....The most fearful hardest hitter to ever wear the HW crown.....

lol-

Originally Posted by fightme

Originally Posted by THE THIRD MAN

Big George! His demolition of Frazier and Norton are good examples!

foreman was at his prime thats not fair

Sorry, this question really is a no brainer. It's Foreman ! Ali just worked out the problem, I bet his arms were sore for weeks after that fight.

Originally Posted by LegendBoxing65

I give it to Foreman on actual head punching and physical strength. Tyson was second. Liston is in there. Frazier was 4th. I think Tua should not be considered. He really has not wiped out the top guys as a champion to be in that class. And the way he fights now the tomato cans he is fighting, he does not really want tough competition. The guy is good, but not in the championship tier. Why he is waiting so long to get going I do not get..

I don't know what his competition has to do with power punching. Shavers is widely considered one of the best power punchers but other than wins over Norton and Jimmy Ellis every time he stepped up in competition he lost. Tua is definately an underacheiving fighter and woefully one dimensional but he has turned around more than one one sided beating w/ a single punch.

Originally Posted by fightme

come on guys do u know how short marciano was?
he had nothin but pure power in his short arms.
thanks for ur comments, but in my eyes foreman isn't in my power list, just because of the rumble in the jungle.if he had that much power ali wouldve gone down with no problem.

If he had been hitting anything but Ali's elbows that point would be more valid
Also Ali only ever went down once in his career when he was reigning champ,so it wasnt exactly like he was an easy knockdown,let alone an easy knockout

1. Shavers
2. Foreman
3. Tyson

I say you left one out. How can you leave out Smokin Joe's left hook? My top 5:

1- Tyson
2- Shavers
3- Foreman
4- Frazier
5- Norton