Which 5 Are The Hardest Hitting Heavy Champs?

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member

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    Which five world heavyweight champions were the hardest hitting?
     
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  2. Pugilist_Spec

    Pugilist_Spec Hands Of Stone Full Member

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    Foreman, Lewis, Waldo, Tyson, Rahman.
     
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  3. janitor

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    Baer, Liston, Foreman, Lewis, Wlad at a guess.
     
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  4. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    5. Lennox Lewis
    4. Max Baer
    3. Jack Dempsey/Rocky Marciano
    2. George Foreman
    1. Sonny Liston
     
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  5. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Good list. Can't think of a change I would make.
     
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  6. swagdelfadeel

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    :huh
     
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  7. Pugilist_Spec

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    Well, it was between him and Baer.
     
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  8. janitor

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    That should be a bit of a no brainer.
     
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  9. Vince Voltage

    Vince Voltage Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Foreman, Liston, Tyson, Baer, Lewis
     
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  10. Pugilist_Spec

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    How so?
     
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  11. swagdelfadeel

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    :yep
     
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  12. swagdelfadeel

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    No Liston?
     
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  13. 2piece

    2piece Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Foreman, Tyson, Lewis, Liston, and Tokyo Douglas
     
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  14. janitor

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    Rahman was a punishing hitter, but I don’t think he is in the class of the other people mentioned.

    His resume simply doesn’t support that.
     
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  15. janitor

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    My choices effectively acknowledge the biggest hitters to emerge in the second half of the history of gloved boxing.
     
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