Which boxer had the best power mechanics in history?

[The Surgeon]

Mike Tyson Tommy Hearns and Tito Trinidad just spring straight to mind

[CHEECH]

i'll go with hearns right cross. laser straight n undeniable. check the cuevas n duran fights. just though of arguello, same kinda right cross. for left hook, dont laugh, but yory boy campas. threw it compact like textbook n didnt overlean n overdig it. u know?

[kendom]

Since training has evolved so much over the years and fighters are using creatinine and such I'm going to go with Sven Ottke, Joe Calzaghe, and Tim Bradley. Even a modern flyweight punches harder than Joe Louis since Joe Louis lived back in a time before the heavy bag was invented and Louis had to survive on only one meal of dried corn every day.

[StarshipTrooper]

Clearly you're trolling or smoking crack. I don't see any other option.

Joe Louis fought Primo Carnero, The Baer brothers, Jersey Joe Walcott, and Max Schmeling--all by knockout.

He was 6'2 and 205-210 lbs in his prime.

He didn't need a heavybag because his natural power and his TECHNIQUE were already super polished and off the charts. Joe was described by on-lookers as being "so perfect in his form that we didn't think it even possible he could make a mistake". It was more than just raw talent, he practiced for hours and always went into the ring with a gameplan. That's why he's in the top 5 or top 10 heavyweights on most lists and in the top 10 for punching power.

Find a dictionary and look up the word "sarcasm" :geek9:

Poet

[AlexKid]

Since training has evolved so much over the years and fighters are using creatinine and such I'm going to go with Sven Ottke, Joe Calzaghe, and Tim Bradley. Even a modern flyweight punches harder than Joe Louis since Joe Louis lived back in a time before the heavy bag was invented and Louis had to survive on only one meal of dried corn every day.

Funny troll is funny

[megas30]

Mike Tyson......the way he does that alligator death-spin with the upper-cut. Tyson was a well schooled puncher, for i have yet to see a puncher with a better technique.

[Capaedia]

Again, this list is based on TECHNIQUE+POWER, not just RAW POWER+NATURAL STRENGTH/BULK+WEIGHT. So I don't want to hear a bunch of people whining about "durr, where's George Foreman or Rocky Marciano?". They were primarily "brawlers" who used arm-punches and didn't have the best technique.

Marciano put a huge amount of his body into his punches. Leaping shots in a downward arc.

I think he is massively overrated as a puncher. But an arm puncher? Certainly not. He got every bit of leverage and torque he could.


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