hardest heavyweight puncher

[paul750]

Foreman obviously had a lot of power, but the guy didn't knock people out with one punch like shavers. could you imagine shavers having the skill of a prime mike tyson who threw quick combos? he would have literally killed people.

[RockyMarcianofan00]

as far as i know they never measured Marciano's psi

they did however esitimate it by watching his fights and checking dmg etc

here's what they said in the article
When Marciano was destroying all challengers with his blockbuster assault, the U.S. Testing Co. was asked to measure the power of Rocky's wallop. Its findings:
"Marciano's knockout blow packs more explosive energy than an armour-piercing bullet and represents as much energy as would be required to spot lift 1000 pounds one foot off the ground." Boxing Illustrated December 1963

it was stronger then an armor piercing bullet and has at least as much energy as to lift 1000 lbs off the ground so they don't actually know how hard he hit which is why the debate over if he was a top 10 power hitter is always heated

either way Marciano is one of at least the top 5 strongest power hitters so far IMO

IMO:
1 hit artists (so to speak)

Probably guys like Marciano and Louis, maybe because these are guys with KO power in either hand

Hardest swarming hitters
guys like Frazier & Tyson- though tyson had KO power in either hand

and Foreman just hit hard in general, though he wasn't a one hit artist and he didn't swarm, he was more of a slugger

[SuzieQ49]

im talking p4p a pre 1954 rocky marciano gets the # 1 spot


- pre 1954 marciano only since marciano lost power when goldman tinkered with his style. marciano was a one punch KO artist up until late 53 when goldman tinkered his with style and he became a attrition volume puncher.

- go ahead and watch the film, its very noticeable marcianos a harder puncher pre 1954







however if ur not talking p4p, then its earnie shavers

[RockyMarcianofan00]

thats because later he worked on his crouch and perfected throwing the jab from his crouch and just like foreman could pick and choose his punches better

however 1954 and before is most of his career

he only retired 2 years later in 1956

[SuzieQ49]

Leon Spinks who was not known for having a great chin walked through everything Mercado threw at him and Mercado hit him alot. Spinks KO of Mercado on the Holmes-Ali undercard was one of his more impressive performances.

thats not good

[SuzieQ49]

goldman got rocky to shorten up his punches so he would be able to punch more effectivley from his newly perfected crouch.
Rocky Marciano in 1954 he started tightening up his stance and punches and fighting more methodically.


- to tell u the truth, i did not like this one bit, i thought it took off speed and power from rockys punches, especially power. he would have knocked charles out sooner had he fought him in 51-52 cause his punches would have been a lot harder. however, he also risks getting outboxed since his defense,skills wasnt as good in 51-52.

[XionComrade]

Foreman was a hard hitter but was not the hardest, just ask Norton, Ali, and Ron Lyle. They all said that Shavers and Cooney hit harder.

Earnie Shavers and Gerry Cooney are tied for 1st place in my books as the hardest hitters to ever grace the ring. They were absolutely murderous.

Foreman is about the 5th or 6th.

Tyson is WAAAY down their at around 50th at best, it wasn't the power that made Tyson the KO king, it was the Precission and speed of the punch, no way you would see it coming!

P4P I think we all agree that Rocky Marciano hits the hardest though.

[Slicksouthpaw]

is this even a question? Marciano or Foreman Foreman would've easily clubbed his ass into the 10th row

[butterfly1964]

this should settle the debate.

[BKM-]

Man..Foreman fought like an amateur..wild swinging..he was lucky he had all that power and strenght or else Norton would have jabbed him to death.