Quote Originally Posted by AdamGB View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Slim the BoxingManiac View Post
Mike Tyson's power is overrated. Foreman easily hit harder.

The awesomeness of Mike's knockouts came from a combination of his awesome punching, speed, and excellent combinations.

You forget accuracy!

He hit hard enough and fast enough AND in just the right places to be very dangerous. I don't think accuracy like Mike's can be taught... not with the speed, venom and ammount of punches that he threw... to remain accurate and punch like that... he REALLY wanted to do damage lol. Like I said... you can't teach that!
You're absolutely correct.

My point is such: people act like Tyson was the strongest hitter in the game. But he certainly doesn't have as much punching power as we think he did. It was the intensity, the combinations, the speed, and as you mentioned the accuracy, put together with his very good punching power that made him such a devastating force in the ring.