Biggest Punching heavyweight in history

[KittenFlaps]

It was Foreman. Thats what he did and he is an ATG for it.

[Chex31]

Earnie Shavers.

Then Foreman

[TBear]

I went with Shavers because his power was it! Foreman and Tyson had skills and could avoid punches. Both had boxing skills on their better nights. Shavers just had the BOMB!

[GoogleMe]

Earnie Shavers, Ali's statements says it all imo.

[Mugwump]

I agree with the big three of Shaver,Foreman and tyson but i found this beauty of bruno and who can say that they don't like a bit of Eye of the tiger as a boxing fan?

Whilst Bruno was without doubt a massive hitter, that clip highlights a nearly always overlooked attribute - his jab. BBC TV's Harry Carpenter labelled it "a pole", and I can't think of a better adjective. It was one of the best I've seen and a massive shot in itself.

Certainly it caused Lewis all sorts of problems and had Bruno the cardiac fitness he may well have beaten him (as well as Witherspoon and Smith).

[Mugwump]

Whilst it's fun to talk about this fighter or that being the biggest hitter, I think the question is just too complex. Far safer to discuss which fighter had the best hook, right cross etc. After all, it's very rare for a fighter to retain equal power across all his punches. Most tend to concentrate and load up on specific "killing" shots (the Lewis uppercut, the Klitschko right cross etc.)

To highlight the difficulties you can run into when talking about "The Hardest Hitter" think of someone like Gerald McClellan. No one would dispute that McClellan is right up there with some of the hardest P4P hitters, but you'd struggle to fill too many tapes of him KTFOing fighters via uppercut. He didn't have one. Wladimir is another fighter who can punch through brick walls - but only on certain shots.

[Motofan]

Big George.

[Scott9945]

1.foreman
2.shavers
3.tyson

honorable mention too cooney,tua,bruno,snipes

That would be my trifecta as well. Foreman's strength and power was unbelievable. That's what Ken Norton said, and he also fought Shavers and Cooney.

[GoogleMe]

But you make no points, so your opinion basically sucks. Borderline ******* mentality. lol

Tyson was in my opinion far from the hardest puncher in history. He may be one of the fastest heavyweights ever combined with toughness and a hard punch, but he's miles away from power like Earnie Shavers, George. But that's just my opinion. Though again, speed kills. Power tear you down.

[miron_lang]

George Foreman