In the P4P sense, who would it be? Who, pound for pound, is the single most powerful puncher of all time? And why?
Of the fighters I've seen footage of my pick would be Julian Jackson. He left his opponents out cold more than once with just one punch.
Of the 175 boys we all say Foster yet Moore took out rated Heavies and Bob never did ,curious,how do you define power?weve had many threads on it,the raw clubbing type,ie Foreman ,Bruno,the spectacular one shot -curtains ie Foster,Ill go with Louis,though Liston ,Baer,Marciano,Foreman may have had more impact with their delivery,kos over Paychek,B Baer ,Uzcudon,Braddock ,look the biz to me.
Wrong ! Henry Armstrong was a volume puncher. He never turned the lights out with only one punch. Julian Jackson and Bob Foster are good choices.
Foster likely hit harder than Moore, but his power wasn't as well applied. For instance, against bigger opponents, Foster wouldn't sit down on his punches because he needed to move. Against someone like the evasive Folley, he couldn't land his punches. Terrell clinched the life out of Foster. Ali was just plain tough.
He flattened Terry Norris too. Honestly, nearly half his KO's were count-outs. I don't think anyone can question his power at all. Either he, or Tommy Hearns as a welter would be my choices.