Good post. Always going to be hard to prove who hits “harder” and what we want that to actually mean. Today we could put a force gauge on a bag and have everyone hit it all day long and whoever gets the single hardest punch could be considered the “hardest” puncher. But then there’s also two hands to find out about. Also an average could be taken over a certain amount of punches, or punches over time. But also how it translates into in ring results. I agree with you that Liston had better form, quicker and more variety. If Liston ever got as heavy as Big George did later on, I think his power punching performances would suffer. The extra weight wouldn’t suit his style as well. So yes I’m picking Big George, but if anything these two have to be very close. There’s no reprieve on having to fight one over the other. Take the biggest pay check. Have medical staff on hand.
And any buildings that need to be demolished could be conveniently put in the way lol! Richard Pryor described Foreman coming into the ring against Ali: "Which one in the ring the referee? Good cause I'm gonna kill the other Mthrfcker! "
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