Who punch the hardest in boxing history?

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  1. lufcrazy

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    That doesn't eliminate him at all. It means Morrison was able to land his best shots and Lewis wasn't.

    Anyone watching the two fights can see Tommy hurt him more, but he paid the price for it. Lewis didn't always go gung ho but when he did he devastated his opponents.
     
  2. The Spider

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    I think it's out of Foreman and Shavers. They could both hit with amazing power and coincidentally KOed exactly the same number of opponents.

    Foreman KOed 68 opponents from 81 fights.

    Shavers KOed 68 opponents from 89 fights.

    Muhammad Ali fought both Foreman & Shavers and said "Shavers hit me harder than anybody".

    Who are we to argue with Ali - Shavers it is for me.
     
  3. dinovelvet

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    What decent fighter has Wlad one punch knocked out?...He went to town on Wach and he didn't even take a knee.
     
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    I choose Marciano for the horror's he put other fighters through in the ring.
     
  6. lufcrazy

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    Chambers is the first name to spring to mind.
     
  7. dinovelvet

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    Chambers lasted into the 12th round and was out of gas and exhausted before the hook hit him. He was also a CW with not to good a chin.
     
  8. lufcrazy

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    Most guys mentioned only scored 1 punch ko over cruiser guys.

    Chambers was solid though, nothing wrong with his chin or his defence. Wlad really only had that one opportunity to stop him and he brutally took it.

    Lewis impresses me more in terms of power, I just remember steward saying wlad impressed him more.
     
  9. dyna

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    Tommy made Mercer fart inside the ring with his bodypunches.

    Hardest punchers I think Brewster, overhand right from Butterbean, Wlad, and a few guys we've never heard of.
     
  10. dinovelvet

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    Chambers was a zombie in the 12th...You saying Wlad was only good enough to finish Chambers in the 12th when he had nothing left in the tank?....Steward saying these things means nothing...Lewis used always go off on him and not threat him as good as Wlad did........He probably also made his highest earnings with Wlad.
     
  11. MadcapMaxie

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    So in 10 rounds of fighting Lewis couldn't land some of his best shots on Mercer? Indeed.
     
  12. lufcrazy

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    Well.I'm assuming you've seen the fight so you tell me.
     
  13. lufcrazy

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    Obviously. If he was good enough to stop him sooner he would have done so.
     
  14. MadcapMaxie

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    Yes I've seen the fight and Lewis certainly landed some bombs, more than enough for Mercer to gauge his power. Mercer pressured Lewis alot and forced him to engage so to think Lewis after 30 minutes of fighting didn't land good shots is silly. Mercer also fought Wlad, Cooper and Briggs. Still Morrison reins supreme in the power department. Quite a compliment.
     
  15. MadcapMaxie

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    Also McCall said that Cooper and Tyson hit harder than Lewis...also strangley enough Buster Douglas.