Who Hit Harder George Foreman Lennox Lewis Riddick Bowe Shannon Briggs

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Who Hit Harder

  1. Lennox Lewis

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  2. George Foreman

    86.7%
  3. Riddick Bowe

    3.3%
  4. Shannon Briggs

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  5. Ray Mercer

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  1. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    And Briggs actually said Foreman hit him the hardest. Couldn't sleep for a week after the fight.
     
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  2. BCS8

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    Whereas I'm guessing that Briggs slept for about a week after Lewis clobbered him ;)
     
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  3. OddR

    OddR Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think Briggs said something about Vitali's power too.
     
  4. Golota1

    Golota1 New Member Full Member

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    Well, we can either take fighter's word or look at the the things as observers. If we are doing the later, the hardest puncher that Briggs fought was Darroll Wilson who laid him out cold with a single left hook. Against Lewis he kept getting up again and again and again
     
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  5. BCS8

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    Another fighter that Lewis put to sleep that Foreman did not:

    Tommy Morrison
     
  6. Golota1

    Golota1 New Member Full Member

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    Well, it can hardly be described as "put to sleep". Morrison got up quickly each time he was knocked down. It wasn't anything like he got brutally KO'ed by Mercer or demolihed in 1 by Bentt.

    Also, judging purely by results, 11-1 (6 KOs) Bentt hits way harder than Foreman, Lewis or Ruddock
     
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  7. SouthpawsRule

    SouthpawsRule Well-Known Member Full Member

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    An early 90s Foreman had the heaviest hands of that bunch. The way his opponent’s head would snap back and the expression they’d get, its like he’d hit them with a baseball bat or something, it was just so loud and heavy. He had almost no speed so KOs weren’t there but in terms of damage dealt, none of the other guys could bruise and knock people around like Foreman when they landed.

    KO power goes to Lewis. He has multiple fights where people just go out and away after he touches them.
     
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  8. NoNeck

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    The way he avoided fighting serious contenders.
     
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  9. SouthpawsRule

    SouthpawsRule Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Completely and utterly irrelevant here, even for someone as mentally troubled as you when it comes to Foreman
     
  10. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    You sound a little bit triggered. I could pull up Butterbean’s highlight reel and it would look just as spectacular.
     
  11. SouthpawsRule

    SouthpawsRule Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No one cares, go away.