Different. Consistently hardest puncher? Beterbiev, he will hurt you with taps, snap your head back with jabs and crush you with short blows that shouldn't generate that much momentum or power. His punches also wear you out the most due to the heaviness. Just a monster. Single hardest most explosive power? Wilder, no question. When he lands clean, it looks like someone got shot by a shotgun at point blank range. Highlight reel KO's. He is arguably the single hardest puncher in heavyweight history. Most perfect Puncher in terms of explosiveness, heavy handedness, technique and precision? Inoue, there is a reason he is probably the greatest lower weight division puncher, at least in my opinion. What he has done is unprecedented, he has crushed several champions across multiple weightclasses where punches aren't as heavy and the reason for that is because he is boxing most complete puncher, maybe ever. Yes i said it. All three can bang but in different ways. If i had to chose whose power i would want though, it would probably be Inoue. He has certain intangibles the other two lack imo.
Nope. Lemieux literally puts his whole body into punches. If Wilder, Inoue, Beterbiev did the same they'd hit harder, but it's just idiotic since you expend too much energy, and you're too wild.
They are different types of punchers as they come in many forms. Inoue is the best puncher while Beterbiev is the most heavy handed. As mentioned by another poster, beterbiev hurts people with light taps and anywhere he lands. Dudes are wasting energy and off balanced trying to avoid his punches.
What the **** are you talking about? wilder throws his shots from the other side of the ring and practically falls over himself sometimes. Lol Inoue and Gassiev are the hardest punchers in the sport.
Wilder. Pound4pound this guy knocking guys out 50lbs heavier than himself. That’s like inoue knocking out a MW. I don’t know how he generates as much or more power than 250lbs+ Punchers like Joshua, Wlad and Lewis. It’s freakish.
Hardest puncher = highest KO ratio. Beterbiev. Both Inoue and Wilder went the distance already. Wilder did so with a human blob who couldn't punch his way out of a wet paper bag and in the process, got hurt so bad he looked a truck ran him over.
If Inoue was fighting similarly ranked MWs to Wilder has HWs I'd pick him to KO them as well. Also Wilder usually isn't outweighed by 50lbs, it's more like 30lbs. So that's from BW to WW. Still impressive mind you but it's sullied by the fact the guys he KOs are complete no hopers, bar Ortiz.
He dropped Fury, a 6’9 260lbs lineal champ. At the least Fury would be equivalent to someone like Lemieux p4p (I think he’s higher but for arguments sake), could you see inoue dropping Lemieux, or even a Semi chinny WW like Ortiz?
Based on Wilder's opponents post fight- I go WILDER! But the other two mentioned here are great also.