biggest middleweight puncher ever ?

[tino]

who is or was the hardest hitting MW ?

i would go with the G MAN , his size and power were out of this world for a middleweight.

julian jackson may come second.

[Italian250]

Many of the old timers ( really old timers ) will tell you Stanley Ketchel was the biggest MW puncher. He ko'd 49 outta 52 people he beat but who the hell were they? It's just too far back IMO. Graziano ko'd 52 outta 67 fighters he beat so he would be up there as well. You're ON target with Julian Jackson. Lead fisted fighter who crushed many ( 49 outta 55 ) to be exact. The G man was also a murderous puncher whacking out 29 of 31...and how many more if that 1 fight in Feb 1995 did'nt happen? Hagler to me was a big puncher but not a 1 punch ko'er like JJ. He more just wore your ass out then sent you to sleep. Nigel Benn was another. So many great MW punchers but very few if any like a Tyson ( 1 punch ko power )....

[LuKahnLi]

The hardest punching middleweight ever? Probably G-Man's vanquished foe.....Julian Jackson.

[LuKahnLi]

If you see clips of Ketchel though.....he really was a terrible fighter.

[Italian250]

If you see clips of Ketchel though.....he really was a terrible fighter.

I imagine the clips are terrible as well, considering he fought around 1905!

[Riddick]

How about Bob Fitzimmons (or however it's spelled). He knocked out many heavyweights and I remember reading that he even killed some guy with one punch.

[jack_the_rippuh]

Was Gene Tunney hard hitting at middle?

[cple]

Who did Ketchel beat? Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, one of the greatest lt. heavyweights of all-time, among others. Yes, he was amatuerish, sloppy, and incredibly wild, but he sure could punch. Possibly harder than any middleweight to ever live.

I'm not sure i can narrow it down to one. There were simply so many: Sam Langford, Stanley Ketchel, Bob Fitzsimmons, Ray Robinson, Julian Jackson, John Mugabi, etc. Not sure if i can just pick one. Perhaps as an overall puncher, i'd pick Ray Robinson. Unlike others, he combined crushing one-punch power, with speed, accuracy, precision, technique, and versatility.

[tino]

Who did Ketchel beat? Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, one of the greatest lt. heavyweights of all-time, among others. Yes, he was amatuerish, sloppy, and incredibly wild, but he sure could punch. Possibly harder than any middleweight to ever live.

I'm not sure i can narrow it down to one. There were simply so many: Sam Langford, Stanley Ketchel, Bob Fitzsimmons, Ray Robinson, Julian Jackson, John Mugabi, etc. Not sure if i can just pick one. Perhaps as an overall puncher, i'd pick Ray Robinson. Unlike others, he combined crushing one-punch power, with speed, accuracy, precision, technique, and versatility.

john mugabi is a good choice , not an hall of famer but if i remeber well all his wins came by KO.

still hagler walked trough his powershots like he didnt care .

[Yogi]

Another middleweight who wouldn't have to take a back seat to any middleweight in history when it comes to the power in his overhand right, would be the tough Colombian, Rodrigo Valdez.

As evident by the fact he was the only fighter to ever knock out the iron chinned, 'Bad' Bennie Briscoe. Not to mention he was able to drop the iron chinned, Carlos Monzon, as well as hurting him on a few other occasions in their two fights.