Rank the hardest hitters by punch?

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  1. 4T9

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    Left Hook: David Tua
    Right Uppercut: Mike Tyson
     
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    Louis
    Marciano
    Tyson
    Lewis
    Foreman
    Dempsey
    Baer
    Liston
    Fitz
    Langford
     
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    Solar Plexus Punch: Bob Fitzsimmons
    Punch to the Slats: Bob Fitzsimmons
    Loin Shift Punch: Bob Fitzsimmons
    Buttocks Shift Punch: Bob Fitzsimmons
    Hammer and Tong Punch: Bob Fitzsimmons
    Punch to the Wife: Bob Fitzsimmons
     
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    Tyson's uppercut

    Foreman's uppercut

    Lewis's right hand

    Frazier's left hook
     
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    I beg to differ....Punch to the Wife: Tyson always said the best punch he ever had thrown bounced Robin Givens off every wall of there apartment.
     
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    Right Cross: Joe Louis
    Jab: Larry Holmes
    Left Hook: Dempsey/Frazier
    Short Right Hook: Rocky Marciano
    Right Uppercut: Mike Tyson
     
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    G-Man for the body shots.
     
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  8. Seamus

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    Ever read about Fitzsimmons' various divorce proceedings?
     
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    In his younger days Mayweather had a sickening left hook.
     
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    My interest in boxing history never went that deep.
     
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    Hardest puncher ever, the right hand of George Foreman, does it for me...:deal:good
     
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    So except for dinovelvet, this is restricted to heavyweights?
     
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    The inferences that he was a wife beater shows up in old new stories... if you are a fan of that sort of research.
     
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    jab-George Foreman (hardest not best)

    straight right-Joe Louis

    Left Hook-Dempsey

    Right Upper-Tyson
     
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    Its all fun and games until someone brings up Mayweather!!!:!:
     
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