Strongest fighter ever lived

[RockyMarcianofan00]

i think he means physical strength

id go with foreman

thats very possible
Foreman was big and always commanded a clinch

[butterfly1964]

definetely foreman.

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[Azteca]

jeffrie's strength is somewhat of a myth and overated. at the time, he was much, much larger then any of his opponents because at the time (1900's) the average height/weight was much lower then it his today. i have seen pictures of him, and the only thing that stood out from me was his thighs. he had a very primitive body, but his thighs stuck out. they were very huge and very musculer.

overall i'd say foreman's strength was just astounding. prime foreman was 220 which is pretty amazing if you think about it. my best guess would be that he was naturally strong - because even artificially (holyfield) you coudln't get much stronger then big george.

[LondonRingRules]

I'd go with Valuev. Ruiz couldn't budge him and goes 240 or so and has been big and strong enough to handle Golota and Rahman in clinches.

Foreman and Jeffries are good picks as are Willard and Vitali. Sam Peter is incredibly strong, maybe the strongest today next to Valuev, but Wlad was able to handle him, an indication of Wlad's strength.

[Pugnacious_Z]

stop mentioning hard hitters, this is about physical strength and theres no real way to know who was stronger. handling someone in a clinch doesnt mean ur stronger physically, it means ur at clinching, you cud look at strength in lifting things or u cud look at it in wrestling strength, there are all different types of strength. some guy might not be good at clinches but be real good at lifting things becoz they have very strong backs. so ye it depends

[Azteca]

Valuev? your kidding right

Foreman was natrually a hard hitter thats why he could get away with having big arms and not be sluggish because he was natrually big

Foreman is the hardest hitter IMO

no, son, he's not. he does have a point though. i must say, in the past, i have had a problem with glorifying the old timers.

valuev might just be the strongest because he has genetics, evolution, and technology on his sisde.

[RockyMarcianofan00]

alright i deleted my message because i did infact mention punching power instead of physical strength but i still tend to lean toward foreman as a phsically strongest

Valuev is just big but that doesn't mean he's the strongest, it isd true if your taller you'll probably be able to command in a clinch better but his size doesn't make him the strongest

but thats just my opinion

i think if your talking about lifting stuff up weight wise i'd say tyson because he was big and strong, so was foreman though

Tyson didn't always command a clinch but he could pick "heavy things up"

Ali also had good physical strength in his back and he was good in a clinch

(i'm just using the clinch as example)

so

[Southpaw16]

I think that Foreman is probably a good guess. However, I think that in terms of pure physical strength, some modern guys from the superheavyweight era such as Lennox Lewis and Vitali Klitschko should be thrown into the mix. Rahman and Sam Peter are also very physically strong. But yeah, I would also go with Foreman in the end.

[Schifoso]

Tyson was squatting 500+ out of prison.

[Azteca]

tyson's strength out of prison was artificial. he was on steroids.