Could Julian Jackson possibly be the hardest puncher ever?

**hitmanhatton** · 01-01-2010 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by rjj tszyu

Originally Posted by ElTerribleMorales

Originally Posted by rjj tszyu

IMO Julian Jackson is not even the hardest hitting LMW/MW, yes he could bang but watch the fight with Tate he hits him with some bombs yes no doubt, but then watch when Roy Jones hits Tate, he just totally crumbles. IMO Roy Jones was the hardest punching MW of all time.

But when you talk about hardest punchers it's hard to talk p4p IMO, because it's about how well you use your weight and the technique of the punch and obviously a 154lbs or 160lbs man isn't going to be able to be judged against someone like Foreman who in his prime was around 225lbs.

I once watched a program on ESPN classic where they tried to explain just how hard a full blown punch off Foreman actually was and they just said that the closest thing to it is a kick from a horse. Well I've seen some injuries from horse kicks and if thats the power of Foreman that is sick power!

Hagler, Mugabi, Monzon, and Hearns all hit harder at 160 then Jones, and Jackson's was most devastating at 154, apart from maybe Hearns, Trinidad and Norris who really hit harder than him at that weight?

Gotta disagree with you here mate, I think Jones hit harder than all them at MW.

i personally wouldnt put him in the top 5 MW punchers

**DatsiK** · 01-01-2010 08:33 PM

Doesn't Frank Bruno hold the record for the hardest punch ever? I don't know who I heard it from.. may of even been a Bruno fan boy. Is there any truth to this?

Regardless he probably has one of the highest knockout percentages in HW history.

**amat** · 01-02-2010 04:09 AM

There is different types of power. Hagler was just so strong with his punches he could just punch right through your guard. Jones' power at that weight was definitely real and perhaps more explosive, but it's different levels of power there. If Jones could hit you clean, which he always could, he could drop you with one punch. Hagler though, it was just a fact that pretty much no one could go the distance with him for a whole decade. It's different.

Julian Jackson had some of the most frightening power ever, comparable to Hearns where if he could get you at the end of one of those right hands, good night.