Rank the top 10 hardest punchers ever at HW

[SouthPawHitman]

Who are they in your opinion?

This is my list

1-Big George
2-Joe Louis
3-Irish Gerry Cooney
4-Iron Mike
5-Rocky Marciano
6-Sonny Liston
7-Jack Dempsey
8-Smokin Joe
9-Lennox Lewis
10-Tommy Morrison

I've always though Shavers power was a little overrated. I mean don't get me wrong he could punch but I think his power was overrated.

[SweetScience]

Chris Byrd is easily number one

[daggum]

you know some idiot is going to say vitali...

[New England]

in order?

that's awfully difficult.

i don't even have the top three worked out in order, though i do have them ranked relatively easily above the rest.


shavers
foreman
and tyson


some other huge hitters in no order:

liston
tua
louis
lewis
wladimir


and here's a lesser tier of puncher who could still really **** with some of the best of them
tommy morrison
donovan ruddock
ronnie lyle
corrie sanders
joe frazier
rocky marciano
max baer




my pick for hardest puncher is probably george foreman. maybe tyson. shavers could possibly hit a heavybag harder than both, but i'm just not sure.

the most dangerous HW i've ever seen was joe louis. second is probably mike tyson. they were polished offensive fighters with devastating power.

shavers and foreman were relatively crude in comparison, especially shavers. foreman did some subtle things in his prime, and was quite crafty in his comeback years.

[bostic87]

Here's my Top 10 in no particular order:

1. George Foreman
2. Mike Tyson
3. Lennox Lennox
4. Rock Marciano
5. Ernie Shavers
6. Ron Lyle
7. Sonny Liston
8. Gerry Cooney
9. Joe Louis
10. Jack Johnson

[soul_survivor]

I dunno, a top 10 would need some thinking but the top 3 or 4 has got to be:

Foreman
Shavers
Tyson
Liston

Dempsey may get a shout, Louis will be in the top 10, possibly Lennox and Vitali too. Marciano and Frazier most definitely.

On second thoughts, I'll give it a quick go lol see what I come up with:

1. Foreman
2. Tyson
3. Shavers
4. Liston
5. Dempsey
6. Marciano
7. Louis
8. Lennox
9. Frazier
10. Vitali

7-10 can be interchangeable imo

[The Surgeon]

For me the best punchers ever are Mike Tyson and Joe Louis, their bombs were fast, sharp and devastating (****ers came in combination too!)

George Forman just tips Earnie Shavers for blunt force heavy handed ****ing imo but they are the heaviest punchers for me.

Cant be hooped doing a top ten, way to hard but I will say Ike Ibeabuchi has no place on the list - he seems to make the lists all the time here!

[Boxing Goat]

It would be impossible to rank them properly but I know there are some names that belong in there without question.

Those are, in no order:

Dempsey
Louis
Marciano
Foreman
Tyson
Morrision
Lewis
Vitali
Wladimir

[Boxing Goat]

If all the top heavies in history were assigned to punch a target and measure one punch power in terms of lbs of pressure I can't imagine anyone would beat Wladimir in this catagory with the straight right hand.

[craigus1990]

Peter Mcneeley > The rest....