More punching power: Tyson or Marciano?

[catskills23]

Marciano used 8 oz gloves, the same sized gloves that Tyson used against Ferguson. People are mistaking power with snap, technique, speed, precision, accuracy, and timing with pure power. Marciano had more pure power than Tyson, Tyson had everything else with the punches on Marciano.

tyson hit much harder . tyson hit at 1750 psi . marciano hit at 1000 psi . case closed.

[IronNick.]

Marciano used 8 oz gloves, the same sized gloves that Tyson used against Ferguson. People are mistaking power with snap, technique, speed, precision, accuracy, and timing with pure power. Marciano had more pure power than Tyson, Tyson had everything else with the punches on Marciano.

exactly. finally someone who can understand the true art of punching power. yes, tyson had more snap, timing, etc. but rocky had the PURE POWER!

[AIR_KENG]

exactly. finally someone who can understand the true art of punching power. yes, tyson had more snap, timing, etc. but rocky had the PURE POWER!

lol... you can't take away the other aspects of the game when talking about power... like in the case of manny pacquiao, he wouldn't have the same power if he didn't have the speed and boost from his legs... maybe you're talking about arm strength... and if that is the case, then we should not be talking about marciano or tyson... my vote's on foreman...

[dog1dog2]

tyson hit much harder . tyson hit at 1750 psi . marciano hit at 1000 psi . case closed.

Um....ok. Where did you come up with that?

[dog1dog2]

lol... you can't take away the other aspects of the game when talking about power... like in the case of manny pacquiao, he wouldn't have the same power if he didn't have the speed and boost from his legs... maybe you're talking about arm strength... and if that is the case, then we should not be talking about marciano or tyson... my vote's on foreman...

Amen to Foreman's arm power. I think this argument would have been much more interesting to read if it had been a p4p discussion b/t punching power (punching power was the initial argument, despite many forays into confounding discussions of strength and stamina). People saying that size doesn't matter, well....physics begs to differ...Here, power = force x velocity (the acceleration of a body is proportional to the resultant force exerted on the body and is inversely proportional to the mass of the body; Newton's second law inextricably links mass and force). It's hard to imagine- all extraneous variables aside, taking into account pure power for a single punch, that Tyson didn't have greater power. If you want to talk pound for pound, the argument is altogether changed.

[catskills23]

speels equal power . if it didnt then how come a car hitting you at 20mph would do more damage to you than a bus hitting you at 2 mph . marciano had a lot of power and not much speed . tyson had a lot of power and a lot of speed. therefore tyson hit harder . its simple logic.

[porlie]

Both of them punch hard as each other but Tyson might just have the edge because his hands were so fast.

[bill1234]

tyson hit much harder . tyson hit at 1750 psi . marciano hit at 1000 psi . case closed.

Tyson didn't hit at 1750 PSI, he hit at 1350 PSI. Also, Marciano never had a PSI test.

[IronNick.]

tyson hit much harder . tyson hit at 1750 psi . marciano hit at 1000 psi . case closed.

HAHA, where did you come up with that? And i say had marciano taken a psi test, he would hit near 1500. Far superior to mikes 1350.

[BKM-]

Would you people cut the arguing crap. This is a perfectly debatable topic.

Neither Tyson or Marciano had their power measured, don't listen to these fan fics. Their diffirent styles of power gives people diffirent opinions.