Hardest two-handed HW punchers of all times

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  1. Unique Way

    Unique Way Active Member Full Member

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    Name the guys that had the most firepower in both hands in the history of HW division, i.e. biggest combined tonnage of power from his best right hand punch and left hand punch.

    Fighters that definitely won't make the list because one of their hands was much weaker power-wise than another one: Shavers, Wilder, Lennox, AJ (harder left hook than 3 previously mentioned fighters but still not comparable to his right hand), Brewster, Sanders.

    Tua, however, would make the list because while his right hand was far from perfect technically it still contained devastating power. The same goes to Tommy Morrison.

    But I think the best two-handed punchers are among those men who had both excellent technique and power in both hands - Joe Louis, Sonny Liston, George Foreman, Mike Tyson, Wladimir Klitschko and Zhilei Zhang. Each of those men could take you out with either hand. Out of this group I think Wlad and Zhang had the most devastating combined raw power in both hands. However, it was George Foreman who held the widest arsenal of devastating punches of them all - right hook, straight right hand, right uppercut, left hook and left uppercut.

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  2. Tiger Tiger

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    Dempsey
     
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  3. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Dempsey
    Liston
    Tyson
    Wladimir
    Foreman
    Louis

    All come to mind instantly.
     
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  4. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think Foreman , Liston and Tyson have the heaviest hands in boxing history
     
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  5. BoxingFan2002

    BoxingFan2002 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Marciano, Foreman, Shavers, Tyson, Lyle, Dempsey...
     
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  6. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    One of the hardest two handed punchers was Joe Louis, He was capable of truly crushing combinations
     
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  7. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Liston
    Foreman
    Wlad
    Tyson
    Louis
    Dempsey (maybe a little bit less than the guys above due to him being light in weight, but still ....)
    Shavers

    I agree with Zhang being up there as well though he only has a couple of notable stoppages. But he does have a strong left and and excellent right hook.
     
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  8. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Great post , especially the points on Foreman's variety.
     
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  9. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wlad was probably the hardest two handed puncher ever.
     
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  10. Terror

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    Foreman and Wlad

    The double-triple left hook from Wlad that sent Ray Austin down was a revelation to me for his versatility and true KO ability
     
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  11. GlaukosTheHammer

    GlaukosTheHammer Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Marciano for destructive power.
     
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  12. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s banned Full Member

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    Come on it’s Joe Louis easy! - if you mean raw power it could be freakin anybody, probably Shavers, Wlad or Brewster? Maybe Sanders? Maybe Foreman? Or Tyson? Heck could be Oliver McCall who knows it’s all circumstantial guess work they all hit hard but the guys who hit hard and did it the best was Louis, Dempsey, Marciano, Wlad, Lennox and Tyson by quite a bit lol it’s entirely possible Ali hit the hardest he busted up durable guys pretty bad but his style would never let him get KO’s the way Liston did.
     
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  13. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s banned Full Member

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    I think Wlad was the hardest puncher of all time monstrous left hook.
     
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  14. Ice8Cold

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    I'd back George Foreman, Mike Tyson and Sonny Liston in no particular order in having overall the hardest left and right hands in boxing.
     
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  15. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Lewis, Wlad, Wilder... dudes from the past 30 years only.
     
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