Strongest fighter ever lived

[butterfly1964]

Dunno about Sonny Liston. He pushed around smaller heavyweights, somtimes he didnt at all.

Jack Johnson was very strong, the way he stood in the ring and shoved some of his opponents in the ring. But same as Liston, he fought smaller fighters.

Sonny Liston was never manhandled except by ali, that's saying something. And I've never seen johnson manhandled period, small fighters or not. And Johnson fought a few big men.

[BKM-]

I believe Jeffries did that with a deer.

BUT CHECK OUT GEORGE FOREMAN.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...george+foreman

First you see him carry a swine(something like that) on his back.

Then what he does with the car.

That is basicely why i think he was the strongest HW ever.

[Kid Achilles]

From what I can gather (photos, tales of the tape, accounts from people who've actually seen an old Jeffries in person etc), Jeffries' frame was just as big as Foreman's despite being a few inches shorter. Put Foreman in Jeffries time, where he's running 10 miles a day (prime Foreman rarely ran at all) and I'd be surprised if he weighed over 210. Put Jeffries in Foreman's time when the sciences of nutrition and athletics have advanced (as evidenced by comparing the average boxer's physique from each era) and Jeffries is even bigger and stronger.

I'll go with Jeffries or maybe Jess Willard as pure freaks of muscle and tendon strength and bone density.

Yet I'm sure there are some kids on here that would put pick Tyson because of his high peaked impressive looking biceps, regardless of how easily he was bulled around by world renowned strongman contestant, Peter McNeely.

Jeffries it is. That's my best guess.

[BAREKNUCKLES]

GEORGE FOREMAN was the hardest hitting, biggest, strongest heavyweight in history.

I think he was more scary when he came back in the late 80's. He looked like a professional wrestler, he was ugly and I never believed the height and weight they listed him at. The man was huge and powerful.


If George Foreman were a machine, he would be a locomotive-steam roller.

[RockyMarcianofan00]

From what I can gather (photos, tales of the tape, accounts from people who've actually seen an old Jeffries in person etc), Jeffries' frame was just as big as Foreman's despite being a few inches shorter. Put Foreman in Jeffries time, where he's running 10 miles a day (prime Foreman rarely ran at all) and I'd be surprised if he weighed over 210. Put Jeffries in Foreman's time when the sciences of nutrition and athletics have advanced (as evidenced by comparing the average boxer's physique from each era) and Jeffries is even bigger and stronger.

I'll go with Jeffries or maybe Jess Willard as pure freaks of muscle and tendon strength and bone density.

Yet I'm sure there are some kids on here that would put pick Tyson because of his high peaked impressive looking biceps, regardless of how easily he was bulled around by world renowned strongman contestant, Peter McNeely.

Jeffries it is. That's my best guess.

I agree with you-
but overall George Foreman is physically strongest and Hardest hitter but Jefferies is also extremely strong....I mean Foreman did weight lifting and pulled cars which is great (especially compared to today's heavyweights)but it training wise it doesn't compare to Jefferies training...From what I've heard he was in the circus and such, and also had a variety of other training methods...If you put Foreman in Jefferies time I think natrually he'd be about 210-215 but Jefferies in Foreman's time he'd be much stronger and much better boxer...He'd probably be strength wise at least on par with Foreman, I'm not sure about Jefferies punching power though.....

George Foreman physically strongest...

[Southpaw Stinger]

If you put Foreman in Jefferies time I think natrually he'd be about 210-215

You know Foreman in his prime wanted to be around 235 lbs where he felt his weight naturally fell.
His trainers wouldn't allow it and forced him to get down to around 220 before a fight hoping it would improve his stamina!
But Foreman liked to eat.... a lot!

[Zigga]

Am confussed are we talking about how strong they are when it comes to lifting **** or are we talking about core strenght, how strong they are in a fight?
Two very different things.

[BKM-]

Am confussed are we talking about how strong they are when it comes to lifting **** or are we talking about core strenght, how strong they are in a fight?
Two very different things.

I guess weight lifting means nothing when you're fighting in the clinches. Tyson could lift more weights than nearly anyone he faced, but he was easily pushed back.

[Zigga]

I would lead toward forman, but was only strong for 7-8 rounds. Over the duration of a longer fight i would have to go with rocky, so i dont know how u judge it.

[dino]

nicolay valuev..easily

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