If you had to take a power hook from one of these fighters, which one would it be?

Hands tied behind my back? Holy shit man... that's a tough one. I'd pick none of them because each one not only had immense power, but different kinds of power. I think out of them all Tyson had the most raw power. You can't deny the fact that he knocked the hell out of a lot of people. Bums or not, even a bum can have a concrete chin. Getting hit with a solid Mike Tyson right, I dunno... nothing can prepare you for that. Foreman had that sneaky power, especially late in his career. You either got fucked up the first punch or it slowly ate away at you and bit you in the ass later in the fight ( Moorer ).

I'd pick Tyson. But id still get KOd and probably die from all of them. It was out of Liston and Tyson for me, but seeing Liston will the likes of Williams and Patterson, his punches were HARd, i pick tyson cos he had thicker gloves.

i expected a few people to pick liston because he is relatively unknown. his only fights that are televised on espn are vs ali i think, and he gets his ass kicked in that fight so he doesnt look impressive but let me tell you. sonny liston may have had a bad chin, and worse stamina, but that bastard could punch extremely hard. Think of a mix between Foreman and Tyson, he lies in the middle of that, in his prime, imho. thats the type of guy that can punch you and kill you or fuck you up for life with one shot if you get stuck in the temple coming in with your own shot, tyson is too of course, i just feel liston is more of a loaded gun than tyson I think Shavers punches the hardest out of all four, beautiful puncher, Foreman following close 2nd, then liston, then tyson but im rating pure power, not punch sharpness, handspeed, or etc other things come into the equation as well..little things like knuckle shape..wrist strength..forearm strength..i think tyson was better than all in these areas, in physical attributes imagine if foreman used his legs more to generate leverage when hed throw a hook..he would have easily surpassed shavers..and he did use his legs a little..nothing like tyson though..tysons leverage was so godly and just to top off this post id like to add i think tyson was the best technical fighter out of the 4 I actually think Frank Bruno punches harder than all four of these guys in terms of pounds per square inch. He punched one of those things that measure it and it came out to .63 ton, thats around 1250 lb his technique was very flawed though, so thats why i didnt include him what good is a cannon if you dont have any soldiers to wheel it into combat right?

I wouldn't be able to take it from any of em. I'm 13 years old, and if any heavy weight hit me, my head would go flying onto the judges desks.

id take liston cause arent all the other fighters still alive. i know foreman and tyson are but what about shavers?

Larry Merchant is also a senile idiot who hates bravado

According to Larry Merchant during the Trinidad-Mayorga fight, if you see the punch coming, it doesn't hurt. :D

The G-Man use to get off to dog fights before his fights and he was still a powerful puncher.

they have to punch me afta they have sex so they have less powa!

Tyson is the weakest puncher of the four so I'd go with him.

Yah fuck that I pick Chris Byrd

It's something about Foreman and Shaves punches that I just don't trust...so I would definately not pick them. I would pick Liston, I know very little about his power...and everyone knows what you don't know can't hurt you.

HAD TO TAKE? wtf? I would be dead but I would say liston so I could fall down on the canvas before it hits me since he has a slow hook.

Uh, I'll take Ivan Calderon.

tysons punches were like being hit by a cadillac going 100 miles an hour listons shavers and foremans punches were like being hit by a mack truck going 50 miles an hour

I chose Mike Tyson.. i feel like mike would give me the least amount of damage out of all these punchers. edit- weird it showed the thread before i got finished with the poll Tyson would break ur face

Probably Mike Tyson.

I chose Mike Tyson.. i feel like mike would give me the least amount of damage out of all these punchers. edit- weird it showed the thread before i got finished with the poll

None of the above.

http://www.ringsidereport.com/ObaCarrARTICLE.jpg Well since you gave no choices I guess I'd pick Oba Carr.