Is George Foreman the biggest puncher in heavyweight all-time?

[Deeznuts]

Foreman was the hardest one puncher in the HW division.

[Southpaw Stinger]

im just thinking if shavers could ko foreman in just 2 rounds like what foreman did to norton & frazier then maybe he's really the harder puncher. or we couldn't really base our analogy as to who really hits harder there? what d'ya think?

I think Foreman, Tyson, Liston and even Tua would all KO shavers. Shavers chin was very poor and his stamina could be said to be worse than Georges. Ultimatly Shavers failed to KO the best of the division where as Foreman and the like KO'd the top class fighters which is what counts.

Foreman is probably the strongest heavy of all time, Shavers had the best 1 punch power of all time. Foreman threw hard shots in bulk where as shavers aimed his a little better.

Shavers, Cooney, Foreman, Liston and even Tua all hit harder than Tyson IMO. It was Tyson's skilled combinations that finished his opponents not his raw power.

[Yogi]

Foreman was the hardest one puncher in the HW division.

And yet, I bet you'll have trouble in coming up with even one example of Foreman scoring a one-punch knockout in the 70's (the Moorer fight is the only one I can think of from the 90's even), or really even an example of Foreman's one-punch power that didn't score him a knockout...

He be a clubbin', and that's what Foreman did...He clubbed his opponents down with a series of hard & heavy shots.

Shavers was constantly showing off true one-punch power throughout the 70's (e.g. Ellis, Williams, Holmes, Norton, Lyle, etc., etc.), whether he ended up winning the fight or not.

And Stinger, please don't make it sound like Foreman scored an extraordinary number of knockouts against top fighters (champions or contenders), because numerically wise, we both can (or should) think of MANY heavyweights who have more quality knockouts of top heavyweights than does Big George...In fact, I don't think the number would be all that much different than what Shavers' is, although Foreman does have Frazier on his ledger.

[AintGottaClue]

good,great and all time great heavys say shavers, who are we to say other wise? the correct answer is shavers end of story

[The Surgeon]

On raw 1punch power id go wit Shavers with Big George a close second but stick em in a ring together and Earnies goin to sleep! Tyson to me is more dangerous even tho these 2 and a few others hit harder because had such speed and put his punches together so well, that said i think Foreman beats em!

[lopez12]

How about Ike Ibeabuchi???

[catskills23]

this is a very hard question to answer . The only way you could know who was the hardest puncher in heavyweight history is to test all the big punchers such as tyson,shavers,foreman,liston,lewis etc on a machine . I heard that foreman and shavers scored 1600 psi on a machine and tyson scored 1750 psi on the machine . This tells me that despite popular belief tyson punched harder than shavers and foreman.

[AKATheMack]

Like was said Shavers actually put his body weight behind it and Foreman just threw arm punches and their power is comparable, so if Foreman put his body into it i'm sure he could punch harder than Shavers. So Shavers punched harder but I believe Foreman could have punched harder if he chose to.

[FeelTheA-Force]

LACY punched very hard tooo

[hemichromis]

this is a very hard question to answer . The only way you could know who was the hardest puncher in heavyweight history is to test all the big punchers such as tyson,shavers,foreman,liston,lewis etc on a machine . I heard that foreman and shavers scored 1600 psi on a machine and tyson scored 1750 psi on the machine . This tells me that despite popular belief tyson punched harder than shavers and foreman.

you know last time you posted psi figures they were different