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Originally Posted by southakron314
a guy people don't really think about as being a powerful puncher is Evander Holyfield. Evander can crack mates.. ask anyone who's fought him, they will tell you !
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Originally Posted by southakron314
a guy people don't really think about as being a powerful puncher is Evander Holyfield. Evander can crack mates.. ask anyone who's fought him, they will tell you !
i would say foreman. i remember when foreman fought joe frazier and frazier has this bobbing head movement so foreman just punched him on the top of the head and down goes frazier
Earnie Shavers hands down and then maybe Chris Byrd http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygN07...elated&search=
I think it was Shavers. He knocked people out and no TKO's
no your thinking of the white guy . There is a big black guy also called corey sanders and he is 6'6 and 300 pounds . He sparred with both tyson and wlad and he says that tyson punchers harder than wlad or any other fighter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
I disagree they both had great techique for power, but Tyson was the bigger, stronger, faster man. Ali never got hit by Tyson. I think Lewis, Tua probably hit harder than Tyson.Quote:
Originally Posted by southakron314
He had decent power kind of power that makes you respect him but he never really had true hw punching power.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lords Gym
I'm sure Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer, Mike Tyson, George Foreman, Buster Douglas, Ray Mercer etc would all disagree ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
Im not saying Holyfield didn't have power but out of 10 i would rate it 6 or 7 out of 10 Holyfield used to wear you down with his punches.Quote:
Originally Posted by JT Rock
this guy goes to the same gym as me hes a real nut case.goes around punchin the floor 2 show he got hard hands LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by TRANSWARP
bak 2 the topic.. i rekon that shavers was the hardest single puncher
If shavers wasnt and Tua and Tyson and all these other names why hasnt anyone said anything about Morrision.
No I'm thinking of Corey 'T-Rex' Sanders, the big fat black guy who KO'd Oleg Maskaev.Quote:
Originally Posted by gemini
I don't ever remember 'T-Rex' sparring with Wladimir, but I could be wrong.
I'm still saying Foreman, he was a BRUTAL puncher and the 68 KO's help him out
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We seem to have this thread at least once a month.
Was he the hardest puncher?
If you lined up all the great heavyweights in front of a heavy bag, had them throw their hardest punch, and measured the impact.... then no, I don't think Tyson would be the "hardest" puncher. I think fighters like Shavers and Foreman would measure higher.
Now, in an actual fight in the ring, punching is about more than just power, it's about speed, accuracy, and sharpness, as well as pure power. When you factor in all those things, then Tyson in his prime may have been the most dangerous or devestating puncher in the ring, although Foreman would have a legit argument.
I vote no.
Sugar Ray is likely the best ever boxer, but he was not a heavyweight.Quote:
Originally Posted by LuciferTheGreat
Hardest hitting heavyweight champion - George Foreman.