Hardest Puncher Today and Historically

[TysonBomb]

Currently it has to be Wladimir ... I may not be a fan of his or his style but he has crazy power. In both hands too ... some of his KOs are just vicious.

But how do you think he compares with some of the past boxers who are generally acclaimed to be very hard hitters?

Is he in the same class as Foreman or Shavers who are both accepted as the two hardest punchers in boxing history?

Its hard for any us who are just watching these guys unload on their opponents to measure or gauge their power but you can get some idea from watching them and from their reputation. KO's and KO% can be misleading because some guys achieve KO wins via volume punching, like Vitali. There is no way Vitali hits harder than Wlad but he has a higher KO ratio, due to the collective effects of his punches.

Anyway I have Wladimir as a top 10 power puncher, all time, for sure. I think he might have one of the hardest jabs of all time, like top 5 in terms of power.

[Dark Lord Al]

Pound for pound = Julian Jackson.

[Hulk]

P4P today its Randall Bailey.

[THE THIRD MAN]

Wladimir Klitschko is today's heaviest hitter... Dr Steelhammer is at 80.65%.

Historically you have Rocky Marciano, Sonny Liston, George Foreman, Ernie Shavers, Mike Tyson representing the HW division of super hitters then you have the little guys like Carlos Zarate with 90% KO wins, Wilfredo Gomez 87.5%, Khoasai Galaxy 86% , then there is Aaron Pryor at 87.5% and heavy hitters like Tommy Hearns 71%, Felix Trinidad 77%, Julian Jackson 80%.

I think any fighter who has a KO winning percentage greater than 70% is well up there in the heavy hitter department.

[TysonBomb]

KO% can be misleading though

Vitali has a higher KO% but doesn't hit as hard as Wlad

[IamInuit]

Today excluding the hevs I’d have to go with Chocolatito. Opposite end of the spectrum.

All time that’s a tough one.

For me it’s between Jimmy Wilde and Sam Langford and as Al pointed out Jackson was also a freak. The three of them are further proof that punchers are born and not made. Langford was a blown up middleweight and has more ko’s then Tyson and Foreman combined. Wildes record is really w/o equal and that does not include the hundreds of tent fights he had knocking out guys three or 4 times his size wearing 4 oz gloves.

[rosco1984]

Golavkin has to be 1 ov the hardest hitters about just now.hopfully be a big year for him this year all the big names can't hide forever!

[Master]

Real big punchers are often one dimensional like Shavers and Rudduck who do not always become champions, others like Naz, Foreman and Julian Jackson have success but not champions for a long time. Real punchers who are successful champions would be Hearns, Tyson, Benn because they have other skills.

I would not class Wlad as a big puncher, his stoppages come from an accumulation of punches.

[Beanflicker]

Keith Thurman deserves a mention.

[Beanz]

Joe Louis his opponents often thought they had been shot. Devastating up close.

[DavilaJones]

I would say Earnie Shaver. It's hard answer though because Roy Jones hit like a mutha too, Ray Robinson KO'd people who'd seldom ever been down with one punch. Sam Langford was a damn beast. Ugh its just too large of a list to narrow down to a single hardest puncher ever considering we still don't have a good way to measure a boxers punching power (even though actual instruments to do that exist)

So let's leave it in theorycraft and discussions

[CutMeMick]

Since all you fuckers already mentioned half the people here's some not yet mentioned who are often overlooked...

"Pajarito" Moreno
Fitzsimmons
Galaxy
Arguello
Foster
Cuevas

[CutMeMick]

Today I would say both Klitschkos, Matthysse, Nonito, JMM & Froch...

[mightyfighter]

Golovkin hits hard, but let's see him knockout some top opponents before rating his power.

[Master]

This is a nice video of some of the punches we have talked about.