The AlexKid 'questions about punchers, chins, hiprotation etc.' superduper thread.

[Fury4daWIN]

I was tempted to say Tyson but I'll go with David Tua. No one routinely put guys' lights out with single shots than the Tuaman, and he didn't even have to put any effort into the shot to totally scramble brains. He might not have been a very good fighter in the historical sense, but there were very few fighters in history who could have taken a flush left from him without taking serious damage.

[Fury4daWIN]

Tyson followed by Lewis, Bruno and Bowe. Bowe really wasn't historically a great puncher.

[HtotheZ]

I remember reading somewhere that they measured everyones punches and Bruno hit the hardest.

I'd rather have Bruno come at me than Tyson though lol

[The plunger man]

Paulie malagnaggi was a true one punch knockout artist

[The plunger man]

I would say Lewis....that rachman and Michael grant right hand was a killer..closely followed by Tysons uppercut ..brutal

[joe strong]

I've heard different stories over the years. Ray Mercer was asked who punched him harder after the Klitschko fight. He said I'm 41 so Wlad can take whatever he wants out of it but Lennox hit me harder. When Mercer was finished he said the hardest he had ever been hit was by Tommy Morrison. Botha was in with Tyson, Briggs, Lennox & Wladimir, he said Lennox was the biggest puncher. George Foreman, David Tua, Mike Tyson have all been listed as some of the hardest punchers. Rahman said Corrie Sanders hit him harder than any other boxer & he's been in with Wlad, Lennox twice, Maskaev twice & Tua twice...

[The Old LefHook]

Tyson, who punched consistently harder, too. Bowe in last place here.

[BKM-]

One punch? I would have to say Lewis. He's got a lot more mass behind it and he knows how to put everything behind it, plus because of his size he is usually punching downwards which puts even more force behind it.

[Weltschmerz]

Anybody mentioned Liston?

[jiopsi]

Least rounds in won (or drawn) world title fights (fights)

4,60 Dempsey (5)
4,67 Tyson (12)
5,40 Bowe (5)
7,06 Lewis (16)
7,29 Foreman (7)
9,33 Holyfield (12)
10,3 Wilder (4)
12,0 Bruno (1)
13,0 Shavers (2)

Tyson is the hardest puncher of all-time.