Did Bob Foster Have Harder One Shot Power Than Archie Moore?

[Ivich]

Did Belting Bob Foster hit harder with one shot than The Mongoose Archie Moore?

[IronDanHamza]

Yes but Foster couldn't lace Moore's boots.

[The Old LefHook]

With the lefhook he could.

[GhostofDempsey]

Archie KO’d Bivins several times. Something even Louis couldn’t do. He was also one of only two men to drop Marciano. Foster never KO’d a world class fighter outside of a smaller **** Tiger. Archie had deceptive power and was a craftier fighter who created openings to land the punch his opponents never saw coming. Who hit harder? Tough to measure.

[Ivich]

Archie KO’d Bivins several times. Something even Louis couldn’t do. He was also one of only two men to drop Marciano. Foster never KO’d a world class fighter outside of a smaller **** Tiger. Archie had deceptive power and was a craftier fighter who created openings to land the punch his opponents never saw coming. Who hit harder? Tough to measure.

Louis was 37 when he fought Bivins. Vincente Rondon held a version of the title and was ranked no 1 when Foster stopped him. Finnegan was no4,Tessman was no4,Hank no7,Cotton no 3.Carrol no 7

[GhostofDempsey]

Louis was 37 when he fought Bivins. Vincente Rondon held a version of the title when Foster stopped him.

Last thing to go on a fighter is his punch, Louis still had power. Moore dropped Rocky when he was 41.

[Ivich]

Last thing to go on a fighter is his punch, Louis still had power. Moore dropped Rocky when he was 41.

Nope Louis was all through as far as power was concerned ,his right hand was a thing of the past. Moore didn't have all those years out of the sport that Louis did Joe was never the same after the War.

[GhostofDempsey]

Nope Louis was all through as far as power was concerned ,his right hand was a thing of the past. Moore didn't have all those years out of the sport that Louis did Joe was never the same after the War.

Not true. You have no way to even quantify that. Louis could still punch. Louis stayed physically active during the war, let’s not use that as an excuse. Moore was a LHW dropping a HW, Louis couldn’t finish a LHW in Bivins, who Archie KO’d easily several times.

Moore KO’d and dropped better opposition than Foster.

[Ivich]

Not true. You have no way to even quantify that. Louis could still punch. Louis stayed physically active during the war, let’s not use that as an excuse. Moore was a LHW dropping a HW, Louis couldn’t finish a LHW in Bivins, who Archie KO’d easily several times.

Moore KO’d and dropped better opposition than Foster.

Look at his post war record.Louis himself said his righthand didnt," leave him anymore." Watch his post war fights and how many times he threw it,then look at the couple of guys he managed to stop.More importantly look at the guys he couldn't stop, guys that would not have gone 6 rds with him in his hey day.Then read the fight reports of those contests. Moore stopped Bert Whitehurst Liston didnt ,does that mean Moore hit harder than Liston? More actually ko'd Bivins just once the other stoppages were a retirement and an eye injury and Bivins did not engage with Louis he was on the defensive all night,its difficult to stop a man who is running away all night,amd just concentrating on survival.

• The Associated Press reported: "Always chasing his retreating foe, Louis never was able to explode the bomb he carried in the days when he held the heavyweight title. . . . Bivins did little but retreat and flick his left. Only occasionally did he bull inside or chance a hard punch. Too often he was wild."

[QueensburyRules]

Look at his post war record.Louis himself said his righthand didnt," leave him anymore." Watch his post war fights and how many times he threw it,then look at the couple of guys he managed to stop.More importantly look that guys he couldn't stop, guys that would not have gone 6 rds with him in his hey day.Then read the fight reports of those contests. Moore stopped Bert Whitehurst Liston didnt ,does that mean Moore hit harder than Liston? More actually ko'd Bivins just once the other stoppages were a retirement and an eye injury and Bivins did not engage with Louis he was on the defensive all night,its difficult to stop a man who is running away all night,amd just concentrating on survival.

• The Associated Press reported: "Always chasing his retreating foe, Louis never was able to explode the bomb he carried in the days when he held the heavyweight title. . . . Bivins did little but retreat and flick his left. Only occasionally did he bull inside or chance a hard punch. Too often he was wild."

- - Sheriff Bob had the one shot quitter at LH, but was never a ranked Ring Hvy like Archie who was ranked always at LH and often at Hvy.

Archie had the "nuance" that Sheriff Bob could only dream off.