Was tyson the hardest puncher in heavyweight history?.

[Lords Gym]

Wrong.......Ernie Shavers. Ali said that in a interview in 1985 that Ernie Shavers hit harder than anyone has ever hit him.

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 !

[josef4334]

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

[CountryBoy]

Earnie Shavers hands down and then maybe Chris Byrd http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygN07...elated&search=

[DarkDestroyer]

I think it was Shavers. He knocked people out and no TKO's

[gemini]

......odd seeing how Sanders never fought Wladimir

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.

[Taeth]

Wrong.......Ernie Shavers. Ali said that in a interview in 1985 that Ernie Shavers hit harder than anyone has ever hit him.

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.

[ICB]

Wrong.......Ernie Shavers. Ali said that in a interview in 1985 that Ernie Shavers hit harder than anyone has ever hit him.

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 !

He had decent power kind of power that makes you respect him but he never really had true hw punching power.

[JT Rock]

Wrong.......Ernie Shavers. Ali said that in a interview in 1985 that Ernie Shavers hit harder than anyone has ever hit him.

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 !

He had decent power kind of power that makes you respect him but he never really had true hw punching power.

I'm sure Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer, Mike Tyson, George Foreman, Buster Douglas, Ray Mercer etc would all disagree

[ICB]

Wrong.......Ernie Shavers. Ali said that in a interview in 1985 that Ernie Shavers hit harder than anyone has ever hit him.

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 !

He had decent power kind of power that makes you respect him but he never really had true hw punching power.

I'm sure Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer, Mike Tyson, George Foreman, Buster Douglas, Ray Mercer etc would all disagree

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.

[the big K]

The power puncher guys got heavy competition.

LMFAO  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzSxw...elated&search=

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 LOL


bak 2 the topic.. i rekon that shavers was the hardest single puncher

[southakron314]

If shavers wasnt and Tua and Tyson and all these other names why hasnt anyone said anything about Morrision.

[El Kabong]

......odd seeing how Sanders never fought Wladimir

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.

No I'm thinking of Corey 'T-Rex' Sanders, the big fat black guy who KO'd Oleg Maskaev.

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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[SweetPea]

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.

[Jody Lane]

I vote no.

[Zelley]

I vote no.

Sugar Ray is likely the best ever boxer, but he was not a heavyweight.

Hardest hitting heavyweight champion - George Foreman.