Biggest Punching heavyweight in history

[r.burgundy]

el presidente ike ibeabuchi.he knocked rabbies outta chris byrd

[Johnni G]

Foreman or Tyson

[KittenFlaps]

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.

Exactly. Tyson wasn't a KO artist because he bombed you with a shot, he was a KO artist because he was so blindingly fast as a heavyweight, coupled with the combinations he threw to the body to open up your head, add to that the fact that he was 220 lbs of compact muscle. Just made for the perfect storm.

Foreman on the other hand just dropped bombs.

[Calilloyd]

the guy where you think if he lands, no matter who it is, they're outta there

I think Joe Louis should be on that list.

[Random1]

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.

Talk about sucking the life out of a good argument, but I agree with you.

[nomadman]

When I think about a HW who can (and does) turn around a fight he's losing with just one or two shots, the first name that comes to mind is David Tua. His left hook I'd rank as among the hardest punches in boxing history. He's knocked people stone cold with it, and he can do it in the first round or the last. He's responsible for two of the most sickeningly brutal knockouts I've ever seen in Ruiz and Moorer, and numerous other brutal stoppages including the one against Izon where it looked as if Izon's neck had been broken. Just looking at the way in which his numerous victims react to his shots tell me that here is a man that possesses tremendous physical power. I'm really surprised he isn't more mentioned in threads like these.

[~GOAT~]

man all you guys know is tyson/foreman. where the hell is "Smokin" Joe Louis. Man that guy could knock out any heavyweights with a 6 inch punch.




c'mon

[icebergisonfire]

I'm going to say Foreman, Tyson or Tua.

[kendom]

Where the hell is Joe Louis? cant have a discussion of hardest heavyweight hitters without Joe Louis