was Prime Tyson the hardest heavyweight puncher?.

If we are talking about raw punch power - NO

 

Liston, Foreman, Shavers, and maybe Marciano and Lewis all had more 1 punch power then Tyson when they put it all into one shot

 

I notice when a lot of fans around here talk about Tyson they need to put the word "Prime" in front of his name. When was Tyson in his prime? Age 20? Did he get old at 25?

 

Difficult to say,he certainly stopped a lot of fighters but there are a lot of contenders for the title hardest puncher.Mike is in the top 5 i would think.

 

I say foreman.............tyson was a more in point puncher........

 

good for you anut,

No tranny bumps

 

1. Shavers
2. Foreman
3. Lewis
4. Tyson
5. Marciano

 

Not even close

 

Pure raw power? I don't think so. I'd venture to say Foreman or even Shavers.

 

Louis
Forman
Lewis
Shavers
Klitschko
Tyson
Frazier
Morrison
Peter
Dempsey
Liston
Rudduck
Marciano
Cooney
Rahman
Tua

All these guys hit roughly the same IMO. Any one of them has 1 punch KO's to their credit.

 

You're splitting hairs though, who's to say Lennox's KO of Rahman was better or worse than Forman's KO of Moorer? Who hs more actual power? Impossible to tell.

 

You can determine that a single punch from Tyson is more powerful than one from Wlad, Peter, Haye, etc.? I'm not buying it.

 

He is one of the better heavyweight punchers I've ever seen in terms of variety and combinations but raw power wise I doubt it. Foreman probably is and the guy threw sloppy, arm punches.

 

Forman was a bit sloppy when he was younger, he threw more correctly during his 2nd career IMO.