Heavyweight power (scale 1 to 10)

Tucker had only 1 loss in his career prior to facing Lewis, which was to Tyson, a fight where he took hardly any damage. He had a 14 fight win streak and was ranked #1 by the WBC.

He did not look like a faded fighter. Lewis caught him with some shots and dropped him with genuine power. Lewis certainly didn't think Tucker was faded and I believe he praised tuckers footwork in an interview.

I think Lewis is much better at putting punches together than people give him credit for. He wasn't an aggressive slugger or a seek and destroy power puncher, but he knew how to tag a guy and to land excellent shots with good timing.

 

Right, & I have been saying this about Shavers forever.
But I am also saying some guys have their raw power overrated due to how effective they are.
I do not think Tyson is very close to the hardest hitters. He may be at most a 9, & the same goes for Louis, or for him maybe a bit less.
They were so quick handed, accurate & skilled at combinations that their results exaggerated how much brute force was in individual blows.

Marciano hit very hard for his size.
But his usual high volume, sustained beat downs against relatively small fighters do not reveal a 9.5 power. Maybe 8.5. Satterfield, Shepard & Liston from around his era are examples of some who are cited as hitting harder-& in all likelood did.

 

It is well know that when he wanted to end a possible threat early, & against the bigger, heavier hitters, Lewis was an aggressive slugger & the epitome of a search & destroy power puncher.
You must know the fights I am speaking of.

 

Yes, like when he came straight at Golota or closed in on Briggs. But that was the exception and not the norm for Lewis. He was usually safety first after working with Steward.

 

But it was not rare for him. Grant & Ruddock are other prominent examples.

 

No question even anything around a 9 can show great 1 punch power.
However even this can overstate power-if speed &/or skill means you do not see the punch coming, then it will have greater effect than if you are hit as hard (or harder) by the likes of Foreman.

Yes Frazier should be lowered a bit. Marciano hit harder than him if only you are going by both hands & different types of punches.
I doubt either hit harder than Terrible Tim's overhand right.
But if you land many more punches of anywhere near the same force, it will have more effect!

 

If you had a gun to your head and could only give one answer, looking at Lewis entire career, would you classify him as a slugger/seek and destroy fighter?

 

No, both would not need a gun to my head-implying I need this to be completely honest, at least with myself...
Nor never claimed that he usually was.

 

Wepner said Liston was the hardest hitter he ever faced, even tho he faced big George earlier in his career. Yes it was a green Foreman, but still the fact that he places Liston above a green Foreman, shows imo how comparable their punching powers are. Maybe Liston wasn't hitting as hard as prime Foreman, but he definitely was in his league imo.

 

Wouldn't be much between them especially when Liston really lets one go.

 

Exactly, Oliver McCall said Bert Cooper hit harder than Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson

 

Problem is punching power is directly corelated with speed. One of the reasons some guys hit hard is also cause they have great hand speed. Basically, punching power equals

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, as long as you have good punching technique.
In terms of raw power, as you speak, you are only talking about guys who had heavy hands, like Foreman and Liston.

 

Holmes hit harder than Ali, though not by much, and neither was a huge hitter. So having Ali over him in not right.