P4P hardest punchers of all time....

[Geodudepokemon]

I think the hardest puncher is probably Mike Tyson, I saw him knock a guy a metre away!

[chris_cov]

names that come to mind when thinking of p4p hardest hitters.

in no order:
jack dempsey 50 ko's in 62 wins
mike tyson 44 ko's in 50 wins
shannon briggs 41 ko's in 47 wins
george foreman 68 ko's in 76 wins
rocky marciano 43 ko's in 49 fights
naseem hammed 31 ko's in 36 wins
nigel benn 35 ko's in 42 wins
wilfredo gomez 42 ko's in 44 wins

[chris_cov]

oh **** i forgot to mention gerrald mcclenan who had 29 ko's from 31 fights.

[BKM-]

If G-Man's punches did carry more force than Benn's, it's because the guy was a light-heavy/cruiser who could make middleweight. Benn on the otherhand was a small middleweight, and didn't need to throw his entire body into punches to knock ****ers out.

Benn was stronger than McClellan, and hit HARDER. But McClellan's punches were heavy due to his technique.

A MiddleWEIGHT is a middleweight. And you forgot to mention that Benn had 3 pounds on Gman? And he was nearly 10 pounds heavier aswell before he met Mcclellan. So its not about size because Benn was built pretty big..same as Tyson.

I dont see how Benn was stronger either, their strenght was about equal, but punching power was all Mcclellan.

[grayfist]

Conversations on the hardest punchers remind me of John "The Beast" Mugabi, an Australia-based Ugandan, who, before meeting Marvin Hagler, took out all of his 25 previous opponents, going to the tenth round only once, to the 6th twice and to the 5th once. He registered ten 1st round stoppages, 6 second round KOs/TKOs, 1 in the third and the rest in the 4th. The feat got him the lofty ranking seldom seen: Number 1 in all alphabet listings (one of the very few times that the alphabet boys agreed on something).

Marvin stopped him in the 11th.

In his first fight following the debacle in the hands of Hagler, Mugabi was picked by the WBC to take on Duanne Thomas for its Middleweight crown that had been relinquished by Thomas Hearns. Mugabi won the first two rounds on all judges' scorecards and media at ringside but inexplicably turned his back on Thomas within the first minute of the third. There were shouts of a fix, a dive--of some sort. Others opined that, seeing Thomas still upright by the third, "The Beast" lost heart.

Mugabi took a little over a year off to nurse his psychological wounds then returned to the ring against the 12-2 Bryan Grant whom he dispatched in two. His next ten opponents fell on or before the fourth round. One of those ten, however, which is his first round TKO victory over Rene Jacquot in France, was one that he got not from a punch he threw-- Jacquot slipped, broke his ankle and was declared unfit to continue; thus, Mugabi was handed the WBC LightMiddle tiara.

The Beast tried to keep in shape by facing two opponents who didn't give him much time to fine tune as they were in a bit of a hurry to call it a night. They fell, one after the other, on the very first round.

Then in March 1990, a date with Terry Norris. A left hook within the first minute of the bout staggered Mugabi badly. Norris followed up with a barrage punctuated by another left hook that put Mugabi down. Mugabi rose but fell on the ref, Eddie Eckert, while taking out his mouthpiece. Eckert told Mugabi to put the shield back into his mouth and told the protagonists to resume hostilities. Norris was all over Mugabi for some two minutes but failed to finish him. Then, with a mere three seconds remaining, Norris unleashed a right that landed on Mugabi's jaw.

It has been said that, "Music can tame the heart of a beast." The ringing in "The Beast's" ears could not have been that type of music but did the same job.

The Ring dubbed it "Knock Out of the Year, 1990."

Mugabi rested for a year and some four months before resuming his KO ways, taking out journeymen James Williamson and Kevin Whaeley in the third and fourth, respectively. Then, the figure of Gerald McClellan loomed. They met. Mugabi fell with barely six seconds remaining in the first.

From December 1980 (his debut) to November 1991, Mugabi was deep into abbreviations: either he shortened fights or his foes (Hagler, Norris and G-Man) shortened them for him.

[JuicyJuice]

A MiddleWEIGHT is a middleweight. And you forgot to mention that Benn had 3 pounds on Gman? And he was nearly 10 pounds heavier aswell before he met Mcclellan. So its not about size because Benn was built pretty big..same as Tyson.

I dont see how Benn was stronger either, their strenght was about equal, but punching power was all Mcclellan.

Benn weighed no more than 168 at super-middle, infact he had to build himself up to that weight.

McClellan though fought at 180+ every time and remained chiseled.

[JuicyJuice]

And the early Benn hit harder than any McClellan or Jackson, no question.

[BKM-]

Agree to disagree.

I have seen Jackson, Benn(Not just his bout with Gman), and Mcclellan's punches and i truly believe Mcclellan hit the hardest. He just didn't connect at all times. Boy, if he hit benn flush on the chin with his full power just once, it would've been over, but he didnt. So anyway, Mcclellan knew how to put his full body weight into his punches and he really swung aswell, and being built like he was i think he hit the hardest P4P.

[The Raging Bull]

I remember watching McClellan when i was little cant remember who against (i was about 7 ) and his punches wer nuclear bombs!

[jason100x]

Conversations on the hardest punchers remind me of John "The Beast" Mugabi, an Australia-based Ugandan, who, before meeting Marvin Hagler, took out all of his 25 previous opponents, going to the tenth round only once, to the 6th twice and to the 5th once. He registered ten 1st round stoppages, 6 second round KOs/TKOs, 1 in the third and the rest in the 4th. The feat got him the lofty ranking seldom seen: Number 1 in all alphabet listings (one of the very few times that the alphabet boys agreed on something).

Marvin stopped him in the 11th.

In his first fight following the debacle in the hands of Hagler, Mugabi was picked by the WBC to take on Duanne Thomas for its Middleweight crown that had been relinquished by Thomas Hearns. Mugabi won the first two rounds on all judges' scorecards and media at ringside but inexplicably turned his back on Thomas within the first minute of the third. There were shouts of a fix, a dive--of some sort. Others opined that, seeing Thomas still upright by the third, "The Beast" lost heart.

Mugabi took a little over a year off to nurse his psychological wounds then returned to the ring against the 12-2 Bryan Grant whom he dispatched in two. His next ten opponents fell on or before the fourth round. One of those ten, however, which is his first round TKO victory over Rene Jacquot in France, was one that he got not from a punch he threw-- Jacquot slipped, broke his ankle and was declared unfit to continue; thus, Mugabi was handed the WBC LightMiddle tiara.

The Beast tried to keep in shape by facing two opponents who didn't give him much time to fine tune as they were in a bit of a hurry to call it a night. They fell, one after the other, on the very first round.

Then in March 1990, a date with Terry Norris. A left hook within the first minute of the bout staggered Mugabi badly. Norris followed up with a barrage punctuated by another left hook that put Mugabi down. Mugabi rose but fell on the ref, Eddie Eckert, while taking out his mouthpiece. Eckert told Mugabi to put the shield back into his mouth and told the protagonists to resume hostilities. Norris was all over Mugabi for some two minutes but failed to finish him. Then, with a mere three seconds remaining, Norris unleashed a right that landed on Mugabi's jaw.

It has been said that, "Music can tame the heart of a beast." The ringing in "The Beast's" ears could not have been that type of music but did the same job.

The Ring dubbed it "Knock Out of the Year, 1990."

Mugabi rested for a year and some four months before resuming his KO ways, taking out journeymen James Williamson and Kevin Whaeley in the third and fourth, respectively. Then, the figure of Gerald McClellan loomed. They met. Mugabi fell with barely six seconds remaining in the first.

From December 1980 (his debut) to November 1991, Mugabi was deep into abbreviations: either he shortened fights or his foes (Hagler, Norris and G-Man) shortened them for him.

I'm glad someone brought up Mugabi. When I was a kid he was one of my favorite fighters, I remember being impressed by all of those 1st round wins.