Was tyson the hardest puncher in heavyweight history?.

[El Kabong]

....Foreman seemed to connect good enough 76 wins 68 KO's

As I said, Tyson was probably the best power puncher in regards to combinations...his hands were so fast his punches just overwhelmed his opponents.

Im not saying he didn't have power what im saying is Lyle is that Foremans punch technique wasn't that great imagine if he would have had better punch technique ?? thats scary thought.

Yeah he would have killed people.....Foreman was a lot like Miguel Cotto, he didn't care where he hit you he just hit you hard

[kingfrnk]

maybe but i rather say joe louis or marciano

[awdleyfuturehalloffamer]

Whoever ko'd the bigger men deserves the title of hardest puncher. If they ko'd smaller men then they should be ranked lower.

[THE THIRD MAN]

Ernie Shavers and George Foreman in a tie.
You only need to look at the 1st Frazier v Foreman fight to witness the most destructive punching power i have ever seen.

[Trainer Monkey]

Somebody that doesnt get credit because of his speed is Ali,but if you watch his career,you could watch him decide he was bored with a fight,and end it on one punch.
Against both Foley and Williams he just went,"Im bored now" and the fight ended. He also hurt that part of his legacy by playing with his food,he could have ended Patterson at any moment,but Patterson had pissed him off so he stretched out the whupping.

[The Fightfan]

I am going to agree with Lyle's statement of Tyson being the greatest combination puncher. With no pitty pat in anyone of his punches but I wouldn't rank Tyson the hardest puncher.

Another fighter who comes to mind is Gerry Cooney. George Foreman in his biography said "when he hit me with a left hook to the body it felt like I came out of my shoes".Another comment was from Joe Bugner who said "Frazier's left hook could really do damage but Cooney's left hook goes right through you".I'll give you one more when Jimmy Young was asked what was the hardest punch you've been hit with Jimmy replied "a left hook to the body by Gerry Cooney".

[bcollins]

It's a toss up between Shavers and Foreman, but I'd go with Big George. If you can get Chuvalo hurt like Foreman did, you must hit damn hard.

[GeorgeForeman8]

Holyfield fought Foreman Tyson and Lewis and said old Foreman hit him harder than anybody and since he was in the ring with them he would know. Various fighters who faced Tommy Morrison and Tyson stated Morrison hit harder punch for punch than Tyson. Tyson was skilled at knocked out bums and people paid by Don King to take a dive for him. Foreman was skilled at knocking out hall of famers like Ken Norton, George Chuvalo and Joe Frazier. Fighters like Shannon fearerd a old Foremans power and ran from him yet was willing to stand toe to toe with a prime Lennox Lewis


And for those who say Marciano was the hardest puncher, he wasnt a heavyweight and he never knocked out any 205 plus pound heavyweight with the expection of a 40 year old Joe Louis who was known for his poor chin.

[Majesty]

Tyson was sort of like Cotto.

He COULD stop you cold with a single left hook. But he was known for not only his single hurting shots but he could hurt you with combinations. Tyson was a combination type of fighter and had great accuracy which is what made him deadly. So he may not have had one shot stop you cold power of a Foreman. But he could knock you out with a single shot it just wasnt the usual.

[El Kabong]

Foreman was great

Joe Louis, Marciano were great P4P

Vitali Klitschko has a record that speaks to his punching strength only 1 win coming by decision.....I don't care who you're fighting that's damned impressive!

Mike Tyson was pretty good but I would rank him ahead of Joe Frazier but behind Lennox Lewis

[boba]

Ivan Drago

[THE THIRD MAN]

We will have to take Ali's word on his Shavers assessment of power, to me Foreman's shocking destrcution of Smokin' Joe in the first fight is the most awesome display of punching power i have ever seen. Bare in mind Frazier was an undefeated Heavyweight Champion at the time, he was no Trevor Berbick.
It's Foreman for me.

[El Kabong]

Yes Foreman's punishment of Frazier was amazing but I think what is more amazing is that at age 45 he was still able to KO the heavyweight champion of the world. George Foreman's power carried from his debut in 1969 all the way to....hell I wouldn't want to take a punch from George today!!! What he did to Gerry Cooney scared Mike Tyson away from any match vs Big George.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYCt1zvJ2Cc


Mike Tyson's power was flashier than George's just because of his style and the fact that he threw combinations but there is no doubt that Foreman was the harder puncher.

[JazMerkin]

Gotta agree, Tyson's power was just not on the same level as Foreman's. This is why I always find it funny when people say Tyson would have KO'd Ali. For me if you can stand up to power of Shavers and Foreman, you could take Tyson's punches. Tyson had great combinations though, and great power for his build. But in all honesty, I think Tyson might struggle against the Klitschkos, although I think he could just do it, so I can't see him beating prime versions of the best of the HW division

[Kel]

Yes Foreman's punishment of Frazier was amazing but I think what is more amazing is that at age 45 he was still able to KO the heavyweight champion of the world. George Foreman's power carried from his debut in 1969 all the way to....hell I wouldn't want to take a punch from George today!!! What he did to Gerry Cooney scared Mike Tyson away from any match vs Big George.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYCt1zvJ2Cc

Mike Tyson's power was flashier than George's just because of his style and the fact that he threw combinations but there is no doubt that Foreman was the harder puncher.

That left uppercut had a boat load of power. If that landed flush it may have taken his swede clean off!!