The Greatest Punchers in Heavyweight History

[Sugar Sting Ray]

5. Earnie Shavers - he put down Holmes, gave Ali serious pain, destroyed other heavyweights like flies.

4. Rocky Marciano - Undefeated at 49-0 with over 40 KOs. KOd Moore and Walcott among others.

3. Joe Louis - 26 title defenses including KOs of Baer, Sharkey, Conn, etc.

2. George Foreman - greatest KO percentage in Heavyweight history. 'nuff said.

1. Vitali Klitschko - immense KO power reverberates throughout victim's body and breaks body parts very far from the tip of the head where he hits them. Didn't really lose to Lennox Lewis who merely cut him but did not beat him. Otherwise, undefeated.

[STILL_DETOX]

[unleashed]

1 = Mike tyson, would make klitschko's face explode

[Larry the boss]

earnie shavers

mike tyson

george forman

sonny liston

all had 1 punch ko power

[IronDanHamza]

It's probably Earnie Shavers.

It most definitely ISN'T Vitali Klitschko.

[Jim Jeffries]

earnie shavers

mike tyson

george forman

sonny liston

all had 1 punch ko power

I think if you're going to include second (or third) tier guys like Shavers, you should add Tua, Ibeabuchi, Morrison, Ruddock, Cooney etc as well.

And as Chambers can attest to, Wlad also has one punch KO power.

[SeattleSeahawks]

Liston had 1 punch knock out power against 180 pound fighters like Floyd Patterson. Shavers usually got Foreman's sloppy seconds. Vitali only knocks out C level fighters after 10 rounds of punishment

Foreman
Bowe
Lewis

[check hook]

Foreman, Shavers, Liston and Tyson are four names that come to mind. If you measured power in terms of PSI Shavers would prob come out on top, but personally i consider the ability to deliver the power just as important, because even if you are the most powerful, but aren't hitting the target flush and timing the shots right it's not going to deliver the full force of the blow. Which is why i was always impressed with Tyson's ability to KO opponents with either hand.

Joe Louis is also another name that comes to mind. He is smaller than most of these other guys we are talking about, but could def lay them out with one punch.

[chillifists]

Tyson one of the greatest punchers I have ever seen..and I'm not just talking power!!

[KILLA RIGHT]

Shavers easy