Thread: Who was the guy that could punch harder than Julian Jackson? He wasnt a famous boxer.

Speaking of hard hitters, we have to talk about Tommy Hearns. How did Hagler stay on his feet through the first round of their fight is nothing short of amazing....

Originally Posted by ykdadamaja

Speaking of hard hitters, we have to talk about Tommy Hearns. How did Hagler stay on his feet through the first round of their fight is nothing short of amazing....

Hearns broke his hand, Hagler's head/chin must have been made of steel.

Originally Posted by IamInuit

Originally Posted by OMGWTF

He wasn't very skilled.

But he had insane power.

He even won a title. The commentator said..... unbelievably ........ is now the champion.


I cant remember his damn name.

My guess would be Bailey and the comments you heard were from Lampley after the Jones ko but most fans know who he is but newer fans of the sport most likely not. I wouldn't say he hits harder then Jackson but he's up there

Bingo, nice one, thankyou very much mate!!! You seem to have exceptional knowledge, who do you think are the 3 hardest punchers ever p4p and at hw?

So you can include fighters that arnt very good or famous because its purely about power not skill.

Heres my guesss.

P4P

1) Randle Baily

2) Julian Jackson

3) Nigel Benn


(other possibilities) are hearns, nas rjj,

HW

1) Earnie Shavers

2) George Foreman

3) Mike Tyson

Originally Posted by Spicoli

lmao

yes more impact than a slow meteorite weighing one ounce

Originally Posted by OMGWTF

Originally Posted by IamInuit

Originally Posted by OMGWTF

He wasn't very skilled.

But he had insane power.

He even won a title. The commentator said..... unbelievably ........ is now the champion.


I cant remember his damn name.

My guess would be Bailey and the comments you heard were from Lampley after the Jones ko but most fans know who he is but newer fans of the sport most likely not. I wouldn't say he hits harder then Jackson but he's up there

Bingo, nice one, thankyou very much mate!!! You seem to have exceptional knowledge, who do you think are the 3 hardest punchers ever p4p and at hw?

So you can include fighters that arnt very good or famous because its purely about power not skill.

Heres my guesss.

P4P

1) Randle Baily

2) Julian Jackson

3) Nigel Benn


(other possibilities) are hearns, nas rjj,

HW

1) Earnie Shavers

2) George Foreman

3) Mike Tyson

Good stuff.

For non hevs its a little tougher to be definitive for me after 1 and 2 which imo would be Jimmy Wilde and Sam Langford. From 3 on I start to stutter. Is it Jackson or Zarate or maybe Olivares? What about the old dog Young Otto? Armstrong and Duran? Even the technician Eder Jofre had 50 ko's in just over 70 fights. And Bailey. As you said, short on skill but tall on power. Just like Shavers. Saddler could punch. Ketchell and Arguello or Wilfredo Gomez. So many big punchers.

Hevs. Little known guys like George Godfrey, Bob Satterfield and Elmer Ray most likely punched as hard as any hev we normally default to. And again even though Langford was really a middleweight, he knocked out most of the heavyweight contenders of his day and ended up with more ko's then Foreman and Tyson combined. I'd probably have Vitali in my top 3 hev punchers.

I did not realise Sam Langford had that much power. Certainly knew Dempsey did.