References of the hardest hitter of all time?

[K-DOGG]

And that's a damn good list you got their!!! Not much arguing with that, but I put it Shavers, Cooney, Foreman...Etc.

Yeah, with Cooney, Shavers, & Foreman it's debateable and since I haven't been hit by any of them....

[BKM-]

I don't know much about Cooney so i can't rank him. Neither do the experts, but,

1-George Foreman
2-Earnie Shavers
3-Mike Tyson
4-David Tua
5-Rocky Marciano

I tend to judge on power on both hands, how accurate it is and KO ability. Shavers is so high because his right hand may have been the hardest punch ever. Tyson because of the power he possesed in both hands. And you gotta see some of Tua's KO's. His power is underrated.

[butterfly1964]

my top 5 is:

foreman
shavers
liston
tyson
cooney

[XionComrade]

if u think cooney is up there then why dont ppl ever talk about him being 1 of the hardest, even the experts

Becuase people don't like to talk about or even remember Gerry Cooney, in the publics eye he was nothing but a mere disapointment. He was supposed to be the real life Rocky, but when he lost to Creed this time for the first time, he fell appart and the rest is history. He is up their, he just wasn't THAT good.


Yaman I would say:
1-Earnie Shavers
2-George Foreman
3-David Tua
4-Rocky Marciano
5-Mike Tyson

I think Marciano hit harder than Tyson. I know Tua hit harder...even though he ****** somewhat.


Butterfly I would say:
Shavers
Cooney
Foreman
liston
Tyson

But Im just debating :P Remember Tyson was all Skill and Speed, if I had to divide his punch up it would be...25%Power,25%Speed,50%Skills! But thats just my oppinion. Foreman hit harder than Liston Im sure, Ali was surely just BSin when he said Liston hit harder, and that was even before they fought or Ali saw him training...

[supaduck]

yeah but if we're talking P4P it has to be Julian Jackson.

[XionComrade]

Ive never seen Julian Jackson, so until I do P4P IMO goes to Marciano! :P

[SuzieQ49]

p4p in the heavyweight division

1. pre 1954 rocky marciano
2. jack dempsey
3. joe louis

[BKM-]

p4p in the heavyweight division

1. pre 1954 rocky marciano
2. jack dempsey
3. joe louis

Couldn't agree more. Although its close between Dempsey and Louis.