which light heavyweight champs along with Jones did Jackson punched harder than also? prime Bob Foster hit harder than Jackson at Lthvy because of his leverage. Prime Ezzard Charles before he killed a fighter hit very hard. Archie Moore when he want to could hit also (and these were the "modern" fighters).
Do you feel they punched harder than Jones at ligght heavy? I feel Foster hit far harder than Jones. Do you think Charles would have hit harder than Jackson when he had his early fights at middle?
It`s the MW I`ve got a problem with and nobody aparrt from John Thomas would have known I was talking about your reply, I couldn`t even remember that it wa you that wrote the paragraph, nice one.
I feel Jackson was more of a one punch KO artist than Foreman was in their respective weight classes.
Jackson was indeed, if not the hardest puncher p4p, one of the top. Jones was a half step behind Foster at LHW in terms,of power. These great LHW punchers shouldn't be compared to Jackson in terms of pure power; they're 15lbs bigger at the very least, considering Jackson's best weight is 154... Monster punchers, even the greatest ever, can't knock everyone out they fight. Especially if they fight top opponents.
Jackson had different power than many guys who had power. Take Nigel Benn, who had more clubbing power with speed or Hearns sharp punches with speed and picking guys apart. But Jackson seemed to lull guys into feeling comfortable in a way I never saw. Almost hypnotic. It is almost like he saved his punch for the right time. He waited for that moment he could land the perfect punch and he would land it. The Norris fight was not a fluke. Who lands that clean a punch on Norris in round 2. I don't know if Jackson is the hardest puncher in history, but he is one of them. His knockouts were scary. Lights out. He should have been called Julian "lights out" Jackson.
In boxing especially since there are so many variables such as stylistic differences in eras, weight differences, etc, one should be very careful attaching absolutes to any statement.
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