Heavyweight power (scale 1 to 10)

Williams had a glass jaw

 

This is me...I put Fury at a 7.5 before he potentially knocks somebody else out.

Shavers said Holmes definitely hit harder than Ali, both jab and right hand. Of course, that was a past it Ali and prime Holmes.

I tend to agree with him on the jab. Ali had a much harder and better left hook, but Holmes had him on the right uppercut. In fact, Holmes' right uppercut was the closest thing he had to a power punch. On straight right/overhands I edge that to Ali.

 

BS.

 

Fury is about a 6.5 out of ten and needs to be tested vs more top ten types. Wilder is tricky, I'd say about a 9 with the landing ability of a " 6 " and I'm being kind.

 

I've said this before but Fury actually has pretty poor to middling pound for pound power. He makes up for that fact by being a skilled boxer and approaching 300 lbs in weight.

He admitted he puts on weight to increase his power. Someone like Mike could cave in a head near at 218 lbs.

A lower weight class Fury would be considered feather fisted.

 

Anthony Joshua is a 9 on the power scale?

Lol

Power is honestly overrated ... Knock out ability is what matters .... Guys like Bert Cooper had stupid power but are never mentioned on these lists

We don't know who hit the hardest but we can determine who the best knock out artists are ... All the time we have discussions on here in whether or not Shavers hit the hardest or if Wilders right hand is the most powerful punch in history .... Nobody knows until these guys are measured ....

 

Fury's weakest attribute is probably punch power but like OP said he has at least 8.5/10 power.

He knocked Wilder down with a body shot here. Just raw power..

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I'd add his

Not a lot between Holmes and Ali. Plenty have also said Ali hit harder i.e. Ken Norton. Neither were genuine punchers but both had more than enough power to get the job done given their rather considerable assets in other area's. I think Holmes right could be a touch "heavier" but Ali's a touch more concussive with that great speed and timing. Both have "good" power in the right and when you add the speed and class behind it one can call those punches great IMO.

So in summing up both Holmes and Ali had "great" right hands IMO, with outright power probably being one of the lesser reasons.

 

I think we can be both right. I stand by the fact that p4p he has mediocre power. However a punch coming from a 277 lbs man is gonna hurt regardless and especially if he does know how to punch.

So in practical terms yes Fury has some power but imagine if Fury were in an Usyk frame body instead? what power would there be? So I dock him points for that.

 

I have to agree, their timing had so much to do with the right hands' effectiveness.

Holmes would really erode an opponent after landing the right over and over; its consistency was usually a sign that the fight wouldn't go on too much longer.

 

You have a point. Relatively to his body size, he is weak. But, this logic is a bit ambigious. Just think Beterbiev as a natural heavyweight. Foreman, Shavers or Wilder would be feather fisted and beg for mercy from him.

 

Liston fans are always in denial when faced against the truth