Did Bob Foster hit as hard as ...........

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  1. Unforgiven

    Unforgiven VIP Member banned Full Member

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    ..... any of these guys :

    Floyd Patterson
    Jack Dempsey
    Max Schmeling
    Archie Moore
    Gene Tunney
    Georges Carpentier
    Ezzard Charles
    Michael Spinks
    Michael Moorer
    Evander Holyfield

    ?

    Comparing them at their most hardest-hitting ever against Foster at his most hard-hitting ever ...
     
  2. he grant

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    More or as hard than ...

    Moore
    Tunney
    Carpienter
    Spinks
    Charles
     
  3. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i rate big bob in the top 3 with julian jackson and tommy hearns. imo
     
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  4. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Pound for pound he was better. That is he hit harder.
     
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  5. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Easily he ranks with them.
     
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  6. MRBILL

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    MR.BILL:deal:hat
     
  7. mcvey

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    I think Foster had better one shot power than
    Moore
    Spinks
    Carpentier
    and probably Tunney
     
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  8. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Foster hitting harder than Spinks is a TUFF call.........:good:scaredas:

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  9. klompton

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    I think Foster had better power or even power with Carp and Tunney. I give the others the edge. The other guys could hit a big heavyweight and keep him honest. Foster for all of his vaunted power could not do that. Heavyweights walked through Foster, even relatively small ones.
     
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  10. horst

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    Foster hit harder than all of them. Foster hit harder at lhw than any other fighter did at any other weight ever IMO. For single shot concussive power he was the GOAT, harder than Hearns or Jackson or anyone. JMHO.
     
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  11. he grant

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    Foster hit harder than Dempsey ? NO!
     
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  12. horst

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    Much harder. Easily.
     
  13. horst

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm0wuLHykU0[/ame]

    Look at the way people react to his punches. It's freakish.
     
  14. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Dick Tiger....HOLY...****...that was unbelievable.

    He had bloody fast hands too by the looks of it. I'm a fan.
     
  15. MRBILL

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    I know Willard was a hulking redneck, but I doubt a '70 version of Foster could waste Willard like Dempsey did in 1919.......... Cheers.....

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