Strongest Heavy in Boxing History??

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  1. Foreman Hook

    Foreman Hook ☆☆☆ G$ora ☆☆☆ Full Member

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    Which Heavy was teh strongest in history? Functional Brute Strength is what im talking about, who was the strongest mother****er in the row? Strongman Options Are - PRIME Foreman Old Foreman Lenny Lewis Sonny Liston Hasim Rahman Ronnie Lyle Nikolay Valuev Evander Holyfield David Tua Shannon Briggs
     
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    Foreman, Jeffries, Holyfield, Johnson, Ali are tops as far as functional strength that i've seen.
     
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    Probably Valuev
     
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    Has to be Sonny Liston. Cleveland Williams deserves a note also.
     
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    old foreman by a mile....
     
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    I Vote Old Foreman, cos he pulled jeaps, trucks And a boeing 747.

    other Great strongman picks are -

    PRIME Foreman - carried a cow And threw Frazier about like a ragdoll.

    Lenny Lewis - VitKlit said Lenny is teh strongest ever.

    Hasim Rahman - can lift 500lbs.

    Sonny Liston - Foreman complemented Sonnys' strength And said he was the only man who could push him.

    Lyle, Holyfield And Briggs - love weightlifting.

    Valuev - Over 320lbs And KO'd Baret with a shove!!

    Tua - A short stock BEAST with massive legs of SOLID muscle, does weights And tire throws.
     
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  7. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Swarmer,

    James Jeffries had big issues outmuscling supermiddleweights. No way he had the best functional strength.

    My votes go to Sonny Liston, George Foreman, Muhammad Ali, lennox lewis, Jack Johnson, and Rocky Marciano.
     
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  8. downgoesfrazier

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    old foreman,primo carnera, young foreman,sonny liston,ron lyle..

    mike tyson was by far stronger than rahman,holyfield or the bunch of fat.. valuev
     
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    is it a joke? :admin what a ****ing animal
     
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  10. Seamus

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    Shaquille O'Neal... he did box de la Hoya.

    Reports of him in the weight room are legendary.
     
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    Foreman Hook's Foreman facts are always 100% xpert and true :thumbsup
     
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    And yet in the early rounds of the johnson fight even an inactive, faded version does a good job of muscling around. Who both of us have cited for strength.
     
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    Hasim Rahman was a tank, strength was one of his greatest assets, he just didnt always use it to his best advantage.
     
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    Don Cockell

    Cockell Hooooook!!!!

    :hat
     
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  15. SuzieQ49

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    Jeffries muscling Johnson around? :lol: Jack Johnson was LAUGHING at Jeffries best punches and toying with him in the clinches.
     
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