Mike Tyson was the hardest puncher ever?

[Alan McDougall]

No Mike Tyson wasn't the hardest puncher ever, he might not even make it into the top 10 heavyweights P4P.

Bigger than Foreman?!?!?! George was 6'4 220 in his prime and even bigger when he won the title his second go round.

Tyson's strength was his speed and combination punching...he could hit hard but not like Foreman, nowhere close

he's in my top 10, just he's not #1

1.Foreman 1. Foreman
2.Shavers 2. Shavers
3.Louis 3. Tyson
4.Frazier 4. Louis
5.Liston 5. Liston
6.Norton 6. Frazier
7.Marciano 7. Marciano
8.Patterson 8. Tua
9.Tyson 9. Ruddock
10.Tua 10. Norton

really not in any specific order though, just besides #1 Foreman and 9,10 are about right 2-8 can be moved around

Interesting list. I put my own list beside it. No way I have Patterson in the top 10, and I think Tyson is way too low at # 9. Also, there were heavier p4p punchers in other divisions, such as Wilfredo Gomez and Julian Jackson.

I agree with the red ranking but would change it thus

1) Tyson
2) Foreman

or

1) Foreman
2) Tyson

Mohammed Ali was a much harder puncher than the likes of Patterson, after all he knocked those ugly monsters as he called them, both the awesome Liston and Foreman, why is he not in the list?

The others are debatable and that is our task in this thread

[awdleyfuturehalloffamer]

Foreman said in interviews that Ron Lyle was the hardest puncher he faced. He said Lyle's punches were so hard that they should have classified as X-rated.

[rjj tszyu]

Foreman said in interviews that Ron Lyle was the hardest puncher he faced. He said Lyle's punches were so hard that they should have classified as X-rated.

Yes I know but Foreman couldn't punch himself! Also he never fought Shavers and Frazier never connected but Foreman did say that Frazier threw a left hook and just the sound of it whizzing past his ear made him realise that he had to get him out of there fast.