Did Louis hit harder than Foreman?

hmmm, good question

better but not harder. louis had better technique, timing and precision

foreman had none of those yet still manage to bludgeon world class fighters nearly to death

foreman had more raw punching power but louis did far more with his

 

That's what I was thinking. I think that's...that's what it is.

 

Look at what Louis did in the second Schmelling fight, was this maybe the hardest punching in the history of the sport.

 

Louis's first punch usually numbed you,but the second or 3rd if necessary, put you in dreamland.Joe punched in such fast combo clusters that the accumulate effect of his punches was unmatched. Foreman was a slower punch ,more like a bludgeon.
Of course Louis could put you in dreamland with one punch ala, Paolino Uzcudun ,who
was the George Chuvalo of his time. My favorite puncher of alltime...

 

Louis did not drive Uzcudun's teeth into his mouthpiece, he knocked several of his gold replacement ones out, onto the canvas .A ringside reporter said they lay there like a charm bracelet.
Jess Willard took out two of Johnson's gold teeth with one left hook, the public never knew, because his pride would not let him spit them out ,he swallowed them .
Louis was probably the most perfectly correct of the big hitters,in terms of technique.
Foreman seemed to wobble guys just with some of his arm punches, he was very heavy handed.

 

Louis fractured vertebrae in Schmeling's back he went back to Germany on a stretcher.

 

foreman was stronger, but louis was the better puncher as his technique was vastly superior (for me this means he hit 'harder' more often i.e. his punches had more of an effect). louis was maybe the greatest puncher in the history of boxing. even after charles had thoroughly outboxed louis, look at what his face looked like:

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Probably yeah, he certainly did some damage over the years.

As Boucher said, look what he did to Uzcudun, glad there's no pictures around of that.

 

No footage of the ko ,unfortunately.


http://wn.com/Paulino_Uzcudun

In no 3 " a couple of heavyweight fights, " Firpo's ko of Willard is shown.

 

Being that Foreman was bigger than Louis. I would say that he hit harder than Louis.
I think Louis was a better puncher though.

 

Foreman was all about blunt force trauma, he had more raw power, but crude technique.

 

Foreman hit Harder.