Ring Magazine's 100 Greatest Punchers p4p

[Dirt E Gomez]

Henry Armstrong at 57? Pfffft, he murdered bitches.

[Pariah21388]

WHERE THE HELL IS JACK JOHNSON? and tyson definetly should have moved up to at least

[Skydog]

Tyson should easily be top 10. His punches were quick, accurate, and we know the power they contained. But he definetley isn't #1. That rightfully belongs to Joe Louis.

I think Ali could be in the 90's. Sure, his punches weren't powerful, but they were quick, sharp, and accurate. A lot of his punches had effect because people couldn't see them.

[Skydog]

By the way, SRR should fefientley be top 10 as well. His punches were probably the fastest with the most power (with the excpetion of Tyson).

[natromgon]

Nobody, absolutely nobody could withstand a single solid punch of IRON MIKE TYSON in his prime. No two legged boxer can stand in front of Iron Mike, absorb even a single punch and remain standing. Come on, what we're talking about is who is the heaviest puncher not the best boxer. I say its Tyson! No contest! Even Foreman, a very huge heavyweight has no match to Iron Mike's power!

[STEELERDYNASTY]

Tyson should be higher on that list.

[jabsRstiff]

Nobody, absolutely nobody could withstand a single solid punch of IRON MIKE TYSON in his prime. No two legged boxer can stand in front of Iron Mike, absorb even a single punch and remain standing. Come on, what we're talking about is who is the heaviest puncher not the best boxer. I say its Tyson! No contest! Even Foreman, a very huge heavyweight has no match to Iron Mike's power!

Tony Tucker, Mitch Green, James Tillis, Evander Holyfield, Bonecrusher Smith.
They all had TWO LEGS, took Tyson's punch, & stayed up...

[Kid Achilles]

This has been done to death a million times. Tim Witherspoon, Mike Weaver, hell probably even Gerry Cooney had punches that were heavier or more damaging than Mike Tyson's best left hook. Stop talking about his power like it has never been seen before in boxing because every era had a guy (or a few of em) who hit as hard or harder than Tyson. The only ones who can't see that are children or casual fans who don't understand the sport.

Boxing is not about being the hardest puncher, but about delivering whatever punch you may have on your opponent while protecting yourself from his. Tyson was by far better at this than anyone around at the time, and so he dominated. It wasn't because he was the hardest hitter of his era. The power was essential to his success but it alone wouldn't have been enough to allow him to beat half those guys (as bad as many of them were).

[fight fan]

How about heavyweight Young Stribling? The guy had 125 KO's in his career. Only Archie Moore has more career KO's than Young Stribling! He career was cut short by a fatal motorcycle accident.

[boxstarr]

Nobody, absolutely nobody could withstand a single solid punch of IRON MIKE TYSON in his prime. No two legged boxer can stand in front of Iron Mike, absorb even a single punch and remain standing. Come on, what we're talking about is who is the heaviest puncher not the best boxer. I say its Tyson! No contest! Even Foreman, a very huge heavyweight has no match to Iron Mike's power!

please never say anything like this again

otherwise tyson would have had a string of 1 punch KOs throughut his entire prime