Strongest boxer?

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  1. Fnatic

    Fnatic Well-Known Member Full Member

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    As in physical In ring strength.

    Honorable mentions:

    Briggs
    K's
    Rahman
    SNV
    Lennox
    Peter
    Ustinov
    Chisora
    Larsen
    Foreman
    McCline

    P4P

    Froch
    Lamotta
    Ward
    Canelo
    Lacy
    Golovkin
    Mosley
    Broner (130)
     
  2. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Holyfield needs to be on this list. Pushed around much bigger men and treated Tyson like a ragdoll.
     
  3. The Funny Man 7

    The Funny Man 7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Rahman and Sugar Shane were both known for their incredible strength when it came to weight lifting, but that doesn't always translate in the ring.

    Pound for pound Dick Tiger might be the strongest. The ease with which he was able to bully Gene Fullmer and Hurricaine Carter around (who were both known for his crazy strength) is still surprising.
     
  4. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Kosta.
     
  5. Hercegovac

    Hercegovac Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    didnt leif larsen break the nfl combine record for bench press? doesnt get much stronger than that
     
  6. mr. piff

    mr. piff The Ring General Full Member

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    Big george foreman
     
  7. sugarkills

    sugarkills Active Member Full Member

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    All-time "STRONG" fighters

    Heavyweights:
    George Foreman
    Mike Tyson
    Evander Holyfield

    Middleweights:
    Marvin Hagler
    Carlos Monzon
    Roy Jones Jr.

    Lightweights:
    Julio Caesar Chavez
    Roberto Duran
    Kostya
     
  8. Zombieguy

    Zombieguy Boxing Addict Full Member

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    George Foreman and Rocky Marciano.
     
  9. bremen

    bremen Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sugar Nick by a mile.
     
  10. RememberingC.S.

    RememberingC.S. Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'd say Wladimir Klitschko, for the amount of oxygen he is able to burn, thus the overall strenght he's able to generate.
     
  11. JCC

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    Tyson?! He wasn't particolarly strong at all. Bullied by holy as Someone pointed out.
     
  12. aramini

    aramini Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Broner is strong in the ring against limited opposition, and that he has functional strength, but his bench press video indicates he isn't really that strong pound for pound in a weight lifting sense.

    Rahman used to rep like 500 pounds on bench at the gym I used to go to - he is the strongest person I have ever seen live. Of course, there are different kinds of strength, and I reckon you aren't talking about static strength entirely but something more like functional strength. So there isn't really a correlation between in ring and weight lifting ... but there are some very strong guys who don't necessarily hit hard, but who can move people around and not be pushed back.
     
  13. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    Yea I think people getting confused with gym strength and real world strength.
     
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    Ed Too Tall Jones?
     
  15. mughalmirza786

    mughalmirza786 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No SNV tossing monte Barrett around like a rag doll.