whos the best p4p puncher of all time?

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Julian Jackson

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[MightyMikeA]

If you're talking pure one-punch KO power then you're talking guys like Julian Jackson, Mike Tyson (he used to KO guys with one punch from weird angles), Foreman (one punch KO power with bad technique), Joe Louis, Joe Frazier...RJJ had it at middle and super middle.....

[eazy_mas]

here is my list of the top 10 p4p not in order:
G-Man
Julian Jackson
Erin Shaver
Dempsy
Mike Tyson
Wilford Gomez
Forman
Arguello
Hearns
Tszyu

some of the things is abit unfair because old school fight gloves was different from which the gloves they use today or in the 90s

[Panamaniac]

This thread could be interpreted one of two ways - Of the best fighters p4p, who's the best puncher of all time? Or Who's the best puncher of all time, regardless of other boxing skills? In either case, it's rather tough to say, but since I have nothing better to do at the moment, off the top of my head (w/o reseach), here's my top ten in each category, in no particular order.

Best punchers among the best p4p fighters of all time:

• Henry Armstrong
• Sugar Ray Robinson
• Jack Dempsey
• Roberto Duran
• Joe Louis
• Muhammad Ali
• Julio Cesar Chavez
• Rocky Marciano
• Stanley Ketchel
• Sugar Ray Leonard

Best p4p punchers (regardless of other skills) of all time:

• Mike Tyson
• Bob Foster
• Marvelous Marvin Hagler
• Carlos Zarate
• Tommy Hearns
• Roberto Duran
• George Foreman
• Julio Cesar Chavez
• Aaron Pryor
• Joe Louis

[shawn_]

my #1 spots goes to...

Thomas "Hitman" Hearns

Thomas "Hitman" Hearns split Marvelous Marvin Hagler's forehead open with a right hand. Marvelous Marvin Hagler, to this day, claims that the punch responsible for splitting open his forehead was the hardest single punch he received in his entire 67 fight career.

my #2 spot goes to...

Gerald McClellan

What do these two fighters have in common? Emanuel Steward.

#1 p4p hardest hitting trainer in history, period. Emanuel Steward.

[Del Coqui]

who do you think had the most punching power pound for pound

i dont know who is the best but Roberto Duran has to be up there

My vote's with Chavez.

[jmctheone]

archie moore won 185 (KO 131)

[Panamaniac]

Im surprised with people mentioning Duran.
He was a great great fighter, but based purely on power, he was never a one punch KO artist.

One does not have to be a one-punch KO artist to be considered a great puncher. If a fighter is able to take-out his man with a cumulative effect of punches, he's still a formidable puncher. The end result - not the brevity of the journey - is what matters.

[Panamaniac]

here is my list of the top 10 p4p not in order:
G-Man
Julian Jackson
Erin Shaver (Ernie Shavers)
Dempsy (Dempsey)
Mike Tyson
Wilford Gomez (Wilfredo Gomez)
Forman (Foreman)
Arguello
Hearns
Tszyu

some of the things is abit unfair because old school fight gloves was different from which the gloves they use today or in the 90s

Who's G-Man?