who was the most ferocious?

[mexirican]

gotta go with Tyson. A ferocious stalker to his opponents

[Master]

Tommy Hearns genuinely sacred me. I felt sorry for Andries when he walked into the ring, same with Roldan.

[jon09]

Henry Armstrong - From the clips I seen of him and his knock out record he looked pretty ferocious. Good pressure fighter

Manny Pacquiao- He is always looking for the knock out from start to finish.

George Foreman of the 70s

Mike Tyson - He will always be a highlight film

Rick Hatton - In your face all 12 rounds.

[X]

There have been some truly ferocious fighters over the years. They are a genre all of their own (I wouldn't put Hagler in there, though. Hagler is an all time great but he could box and think in the ring and would alter his style accordingly. He was ferocious against Hearns but that was because he chose to be rather than because it was his prime nature)

I agree with people like Dempsey, Tyson, Duran, Benn and people like that .... Louis was a machine rather than a ferocious fighter. 'Ferocious' - for me anyway - is defined by a fighter who appears to enjoy hurting his opponent. To the layman amongst us ..... Clubber Lan is ferocous, Apollo Creed, Rocky Balboa, Ivan Drago and Tommy Gunn are not, although they may well be better fighters

Honourable mention must go to Stanley Ketchell, the Michigan Assassin who bit, clawed and hammered his opponents into the canvas

[rjj tszyu]

Top 3 In this order!

Foreman
Liston
Tyson

[CutMeMick]

Great call 3rdMan...

I'd go with Liston, Briscoe, Tyson & Duran.

[THE THIRD MAN]

Great call 3rdMan...

I'd go with Liston, Briscoe, Tyson & Duran.

Benny Briscoe! Of course, a mean man in the ring, anyone who fought Briscoe was in for a tough night and if you beat him you had to be really, really good. In any other era he would have been regarded as a truly great Middleweight champion but he ran into Monzon, Valdez and Hagler!

[CutMeMick]

Great call 3rdMan...

I'd go with Liston, Briscoe, Tyson & Duran.

Benny Briscoe! Of course, a mean man in the ring, anyone who fought Briscoe was in for a tough night and if you beat him you had to be really, really good. In any other era he would have been regarded as a truly great Middleweight champion but he ran into Monzon, Valdez and Hagler!

I agree Briscoe was a bad man.. Stopped only once in his career fought the best fighters around.

[Pravus]

Great call 3rdMan...

I'd go with Liston, Briscoe, Tyson & Duran.

Benny Briscoe! Of course, a mean man in the ring, anyone who fought Briscoe was in for a tough night and if you beat him you had to be really, really good. In any other era he would have been regarded as a truly great Middleweight champion but he ran into Monzon, Valdez and Hagler!

I agree Briscoe was a bad man.. Stopped only once in his career fought the best fighters around.

I agree, and this saved me from having to really think it over myself :P. Note that all four of these men could well have been psychopaths, and one of them, Tyson, is clearly one.

Jack Johnson came to mind immediately for me, as the man took absolute delight in hurting those foolish enough to get in the ring with him, but most of that I believe was a result of the era he lived in - justifiably so. Liston was carved of the same stone and certainly belongs on this list - he absolutely enjoyed beating a man down. Duran was one of the meanest men to ever strap on the gloves and was born with the guns to compliment that mean streak. Briscoe didn't get the name "Bad" Bennie Briscoe for nothin and was one of the most feared men of his era. I believe he's on Ring's top 100 punchers of all time.

Great picks!

[Spicoli]

Jeff Fenech ,no slouch in the ferocious department.

[X]

I'm not sure Johnson took delight in hurting his opponents. He often carried opponents, which is not the usual activity of someone who really enjoys beating them up,...... Johnson liked to humiliate certain opponents, which is different from hurting them - and he only really did this to Burns and Jeffries. He certainly didn't try any funny stuff with Joe Jeanette for example.

As he could seemingly pick and choose which people to humiliate, and because he carried his opponents, I would not classify his as 'ferocious'. He could be, he was a great grreat fighter, but he was too canny to be hell bent on destriction while in the ring.

[Taeth]

Sonny LIston.

[Mr140]

Well i dont know if Evander Holyfeild would be called ferocious but i tell you what he could be scary at times because man with no fear is a scary thing i mean never seen Holyfeild worried in the ring always the same look on his face even if you kicking the crap out of him just jumps right back in your face alot of then time coming back to win.

[GeorgeForeman8]

Duran didnt look the ferocious against Hearns did he? Tyson was only ferocious against people who didnt fight back. Louis was ferocious at fighting bums and ducking black opponents. Dempsey was the same. Ducking black fighters and fighting stiffs.

To be trually ferocious you have to fight everybody, white black green or blue, Ferocious means you come strong at every opponent not just ones who arent fighting back. Kelly Pavlik is a ferocious fighter, George Foreman just kept coming and coming trying to destroy you no matter who you were. That is ferocious

[jon09]

Duran didnt look the ferocious against Hearns did he? Tyson was only ferocious against people who didnt fight back. Louis was ferocious at fighting bums and ducking black opponents. Dempsey was the same. Ducking black fighters and fighting stiffs.

To be trually ferocious you have to fight everybody, white black green or blue, Ferocious means you come strong at every opponent not just ones who arent fighting back. Kelly Pavlik is a ferocious fighter, George Foreman just kept coming and coming trying to destroy you no matter who you were. That is ferocious

Well George you must have forgot about Duran at Lightweight that was the definition of ferocious. And Kelly Pavlik Ferocious? He did not look ferocious against BHop now did he? And Foremans 1st career was ferocious yes. The 2nd was a patient boxer that that waited for the opponent to make a mistake then try and take them out. Tyson never stopped and either you were gonna knock him out or he would have tried all night trying to knock you out hence why all his losses except 2nd Holyfield was knockouts.