Who was the strongest heavyweight puncher of all time?

[welsh]

tyson has got to be the most explosive and agressive puncher but i would have to say foreman is right there behind or even with him. and i havent seen anough of shavers.

[Kid Achilles]

Baer, Firpo, Dempsey, and Cooney all hit harder than Jack Johnson or even Joe Frazier. Frazier had a nice quick left hook but it was not as powerful as Dempsey's or Cooney's. Remember that Frazier tagged Foreman with a strong left hook early in their first fight and it didn't even shake him up. Based on how badly he had Foreman hurt, I would name Ron Lyle as a harder puncher than Joe.

Ibeabuchi has no place on this list. His only impressive KO was Byrd. I have some early fights of his and he whacks some journeyman level guys with some very good punches and they don't go down. He was not a one punch fighter; he merely caught Byrd with the perfect punch like Ali did to Bonavena. Ike was more of a strong pressure fighter/ stalker.

[thatruth830]

If any of you people know the law of science you'll know what im talking about. Foreman had nautral punching power and size, tyson on the other hand had nutral punchin power, not as much size but hella speed. with mikes natural punchin power and those fast hands its gotta be mike. speed+power = ya ***** ass is knowcked out

[wmute]

If any of you people know the law of science you'll know what im talking about. Foreman had nautral punching power and size, tyson on the other hand had nutral punchin power, not as much size but hella speed. with mikes natural punchin power and those fast hands its gotta be mike. speed+power = ya ***** ass is knowcked out

holmes said shavers and cooney hit harder than tyson

[Kid Achilles]

Tyson just didn't have as much power as Shavers or Foreman as we've gone over a million times. The topic is strongest puncher and not best or most efficient puncher.

[cornerman]

Id have to say Foreman, but if Ali and Holmes both claim that Shavers hits harder then i'll respect their opinion.

[EXIGE]

i heard that Frank Bruno had a record breaking punch power but he just couldnt utilise it much. he beat every1 on that machine thing that u find in the arcades though.

[tommyhearns804]

let me see maricano wasnt a heavyweight but a cruiserweight so he isnt up their.foreman was able to hurt holyfield and tyson wasnt and a holyfield said foreman hits harder.the only person liston knocked out was the glass chin patterson.holmes never fought foreman so hims saying shavers hits harder is ****** and holmes is a moron on his forum he said butterbean hits harder than both tyson and shavers.
you could either say shavers or foreman

[.::EnRiQuE::.]

what kinda puncher are u talkin about? "one punch ko puncher" like foreman or a "deadly combination ko puncher" like prime tyson?

[svsv]

Yeah. I got to go with Tyson on this one.

Frank Bruno -> LOL!