Ranking the Hardest Puncher in Boxing History (My Opinion & Tell Yours Also)

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  1. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    Lol @ Dempsey & Marciano @ 1&2.

    That is just bloody ridiculous.

    If we are going on sub 190lb then you could make a case.
    Not a chance in hell when discussing proper Heavyweights.
     
    BlackCloud, Jul 12, 2021
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  2. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Someone should've told that to Art Henri, and Willis Applegate ;)
     
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  3. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    You mean Hercules? You don't get that nickname without nothing. 1 punch 15th round. I can't think of another heavyweight that has done that.
     
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  4. JimJeffries22

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    1. Joe Louis
    2. Jim Jeffries
    3. George Foreman
    4. Rocky Marciano/Jack Dempsey
    6. Bob Fitzsimmons
    7. Sonny Liston
    8. Sam Langford
    9. Joe Frazier
    10. Mike Tyson
     
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  5. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    We got a winner!
     
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  6. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Wilder
    Shavers
    Wlad
    Foreman
    Tua
    Liston
    Lewis
    Louis
    Baer

    Something like that.
     
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    Impossible to know really. But for the sake of fun and to upset the apple cart a little for all those having Marciano so high Curtis Sheppard hit harder apparently, so did Yvon Durrell.
     
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  8. JimJeffries22

    JimJeffries22 Irrepressible banned Full Member

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    Apparently you have to be 6'2 or over and 215-220+ lbs to be considered a hard hitter.
     
    JimJeffries22, Aug 18, 2023
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    I wouldn't be so smug if I were you mate
     
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  10. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    Having never been hit by a heavyweight, Thank the Good Lord, I wouldn't know myself so I'll rely on the guy with the hardest chin I know my old buddy Randall Tex Cobb. Tex said by far the hardest puncher was Earnie Shavers. Tex said "In their fight every punch Earnie threw shook him from head to toe. it was the one & only time I gave quitting a thought."
    Tex came back to the corner George said " Don't worry Tex he's not hurting you " Tex answered with a classic " Well in that case you'd better watch that dang Referee then cos somebody is" Great guy Tex
     
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  11. JohnThomas1

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    The guy he literally named as his #1 was six feet tall and 210 and under during his biggest knockouts.
     
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    What about the other 9?
     
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  13. JohnThomas1

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    All massive hitters, what's wrong with them? Certainly a lot stronger than yours. Jeffries at #2, Marciano and Dempsey at #4, Fitz even mentionend?

    It's heavyweights not P4P.
     
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    All those guys fought at Heavyweight and were big punchers.
    Jim Jeffries was 6'2--226lbs thats your definition of a heavyweight right? Apparently size automatically = punching power.
    Bigger sure. I dunno about stronger.
     
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  15. Shay Sonya

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    For pure force, I have to go with George Foreman. That does not mean he had the best one punch knockout punch. A lot of times they saw George's punch coming and it still froze them in their tracks.
     
    Shay Sonya, Aug 18, 2023
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