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

[Easy-E]

Based on purley power, its George Foreman, no question.

[Mistadobalina]

foreman was a huge puncher as well as one of the physically strongest.

it seems that even without advanced supplements and weight training regimes, big george just naturally had the ability to throw men around the ring like ragdolls, even in his comeback. hell, an old george foreman was even able to force huge weight-lifter types like briggs on the backfoot.

[Cutthroat]

Earnie Shavers... Hard decision to make!

[Hurlex]

From what i herd and history of boxer interviews and analysis etc...its gotta be Shavers.

[butterfly1964]

Well now that I think of it, I might as well just add them to the thread, so here they are;


"Oooh man, that man is always with me. He hit so hard, the HARDEST. I still feel his punches today." - Jimmy Young in reference to Shavers (the emphasis on "HARDEST" is taken directly from the quote and is not my own doing)

"Shavers hit me so hard it felt like needles were jabbing the back of my head. Without hesitation, Shavers was the hardest puncher I met." - Ron Lyle

"Shavers. No question. At least with Foreman I was able to get up. When Shavers hit me I went down and stayed down." - Ken Norton, when asked the question as to who hit him the hardest

"Earnie Shavers was indeed the hardest puncher I ever fought, because he hit me with a right hand that jarred my ancestors back in Africa, if you want to take a page out of Ali's book." - Larry Holmes

Shavers punches were probably thrown with better technique, so they hurt more, but in terms of raw power, I would give the edge to Foreman.

[phallus]

i would say shavers, foreman didn't put his body weight into his punches, and he hit from too far away

[Yogi]

Shavers punches were probably thrown with better technique, so they hurt more

Au contraire, young Butterfly, as I would say that a flush shot to the chin from Shavers wouldn't really hurt that much. Like, not at all...if you get where I'm coming from.

[hemichromis]

shavers had the edge in power and unlike foreman he tended to aim for the chin foreman scored a load of knockouts hitting people on the skull!

if foreman had a trainer who could have forces his will on foreman than he would have been damn near unstoppable

[chito]

I'd probably favour Foreman in that matchup, but I fail to see the relevance of your question and how it deals with the discussion of the harder/hardest puncher.

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?

[butterfly1964]

shavers had the edge in power and unlike foreman he tended to aim for the chin foreman scored a load of knockouts hitting people on the skull!

This is a very good point.