How hard did tyson punch?.

[catskills23]

That is the theory but that also means that Ali would have tremendous KO power since he was both bigger and faster than Tyson.

Ali wasent bigger than tyson he was taller and tyson was much physically stronger than ali and had much more mass behind his punches . Contrary to popular believe ali actually had pretty decent power . After he beat liston. Liston said to his trainer . "Thats not the guy i was suppose to fight that guy could punch" . A few more of alis opponents attested to the fact that ali had pretty decent power but what gave ali his decent hitting power was his speed without his speed he would only of hit as hard as chris byrd who is a very weak puncher.

[Southpaw Stinger]

Ali wasent bigger than tyson he was taller and tyson was much physically stronger

Ali was stronger than Tyson in a physical sense. Although Foreman said Ali hit like a ***** although he's damn strong.

[catskills23]

Ali was stronger than Tyson in a physical sense. Although Foreman said Ali hit like a ***** although he's damn strong.

Foreman never said ali hit like a ***** . He said ali had deceptive power. Tyson was much stronger than ali when tyson was 12 he could bench press 250 pounds . When tyson was in his prime he was impossible to back up .

[Southpaw Stinger]

Tyson was much stronger than ali when tyson was 12 he could bench press 250 pounds .When tyson was in his prime he was impossible to back up

Benching and ring strength are diffrent things. And even when Ali was past his prime he still dominated guys in clinches and could take tremendous punishment. If it was a push war I would back Ali to push Tyson around.

[catskills23]

If I had to guess, I think Tyson hit on the 1200-1300 level. Sam McVea (or McVey as I've also seen it), who physically was built a lot like Tyson, hit at this PSI in the early 1900's. For a comparison, Michael Spinks (a decent puncher even at heavyweight) hit at 700-750 PSI or so.

These tests have been around for a long time, over a hundred years. It's interesting that Bob Fitzsimmons, at 160-170 pounds, actually hit at something like 1050 PSI, just a hundred less than modern heavyweight sized Jim Jeffries. Reminds me of Jeff Lacy scoring higher than any of the heavyweights on his olympic team, though I don't think even Lacy hits at 1000 PSI. Fitz was a freak of nature.

Yeah sam mcvey hit at 1300 psi with 4 ounce gloves . Give Mcvey or Fitzimmons 10 ounce gloves and they wouldnt hit half as hard . i mean those guys only weighed 160 pounds no way did they hit as hard as tyson .

[catskills23]

well fighters screamed like bitches when tyson hit them foreman or shavers never made their opponents scream like bitches.

[butterfly1964]

well fighters screamed like bitches when tyson hit them foreman or shavers never made their opponents scream like bitches.

foreman and shavers didn't make them scream because they were tougher than tyson's opponents.

[Southpaw Stinger]

well fighters screamed like bitches when tyson hit them

Mainly because most of Tysons opponents were bitches..

And it has been proven that it is harder to scream beyond a certain amount of pain. If somthing hurts bad it can course someone to scream, if somthing hurts very very much it can be almost impossible to scream due to the trauma.
Tysons punches may have hurt guys but Foremans and Shavers punchers caused damage that took guys beyond simple pain.

[Brockton Lip]

These threads are getting annoying.
He doesn't hit harder than Foreman, Marciano, or Shavers. And since these threads annoy me; he doesn't hit harder than Willie Pep either. I'm a Tyson fan but some people think hes Superman.

[Southpaw Stinger]

some people think hes Superman.

Sadly this is true.