Who Was The Hardest Middleweight Puncher?

In no particular order, to get the ball rolling, here are a few guys who come to mind:

Robinson
Jackson
Golovkin
Graziano
Ketchell
Mugabi
Benn
McClellan

 

Oops...definitely should have had Fitz on my list.

 

Fitz. Ketchell and Jackson. Valdez.

 

Robinson hands down!...Jackson, Benn And McClellan would be distant seconds as they were ALL animals!

 

Jock McAvoy maybe should be in there

 

Al Hostak has to be on the short list

 

Really ... how about Sam Langford ?

 

martinburke, are you related to the old heavyweight Marty Burke ?

 

No love for 'Cyclone' Hart yet?

 

Fitz. Langford. McClellan. Jackson.

 

Greetings T! My first thought when I read the thread.
Sort of a 160 lb. Shavers. If he didn't get you early you basically had him if you were contender worthy. I think Hagler said he'd NEVER been clocked and on ''***** street'' like he was after tasting a Cyclone left hook earlier in his career. That's why I love boxing so much; so many guys like Eugene that simply fly under the radar, so to speak.

 

For pure one-shot punching power, I have never seen anyone (at least in the modern era) who could level a quality opponent quite like Jackson. Just freakish power.

But it's interesting because someone like McClellan was probably a light heavyweight by the time he got into the ring. There is bound to be some benefit, at least to some degree, to his hitting power as a result.