Originally posted by TIMELESS
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The question of the thread still is: Who is the most powerful puncher of all time, not who could knock you out better because they were also accurate.
I think excellent cases can be made for either Louis or Robinson being the best puncher of all time. This really has to do with their timing and accuracy. The case for them weakens considerably if only F=MA is considered. There were more powerful men with just as much throwing technique who were not slower to unbalance the equation, such as Tyson, to name a handy example.
Robinson did cleanly KO two all time top middleweights in Fullmer and Graziano with a single shot. But he had to pound TKO's out of LaMotta and Turpin. A combination with a lefhook that might have done the job by itself, took care of Bobo Olsen. Bobo only had a fair chin. Ray beat on little Basilio all night twice and could not put him out or even down.
To go over old ground, for my money Robinson is the best P4P puncher of all time, all things considered. But when it comes to sheer force my money would go on Hearns or Julian Jackson as harder P4P punchers, to name only two.
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