I'm now convinced that Tua hit harder than Foreman!

It's not ludicrous to say that Tua is right up there in the very top bracket in terms of raw punching power (along with with Louis, Foreman, Shavers, Liston, Lewis and Tyson etc). It's true.

Chilling power, you only have to look as the Ruiz blowout for proof. :shock:

 

Foreman didn't land the same clean hard shots against Ali that he nailed Frazier, Norton, and Jose Roman with. Ali leaned way back on the ropes and blocked a lot of Foreman head shots with his gloves. If Big George landed the same uppercut on Ali that he hit Frazier with, I'm sure Ali would have been on the canvas.

 

How many of them were more successful, and who did they destroy to confirm this incredible power?

He still got the job done, and weather he knocked out his foes with one shot or multiple, his opponents were still hurt by every punch he landed.

Two of those were rated fighters, and one of them a world champion who be beat at 45 years of age.

I think his accuracy is a bit underrated by some. Very few fighters, were able to escape his arsenal, and most of them were either the very best of boxers or faced him when he was nearly a half century old. I agree that he possesed very little speed and agility, but this was not how he earned his living, and he did pretty well with what he had to offer.

 

I think you might be right. George was a strong, strong fighter, but in terms of pure punching power, I have always felt that there were probably many fighters who were his equal, if not above him. There tends to be this "nostalgic" thing when it comes to talking about fighters from the past. A powerful puncher from years ago always seems to be elevated automatically just via the normal passage of time. Big, bad fighters from yesteryear seem to automatically get a few extra points just because they existed a long time ago.

Who's to say that Gerry Cooney didn't hit just as hard as Foreman did? Maybe harder? What about Max Baer, or Tommy Morrison, or Razor Ruddock? Would it be too much of a stretch to think those guys could deliver a blow just as hard, perhaps even harder, than a prime George Foreman? I don't think it would be......

 

The Tuaman could bang with the best of em' in his prime. That left hook would knock you ******ed.

 

Tua was a sharper puncher than Foreman, and often landed more cleanly. Foreman was stronger, and hit harder punch for punch. He just rarely put everything into one shot and landed.

 

Agreed :good

Is that true?!
I always read that Shannon Briggs had the longest consecutive KOs?

 

the following article excerpt shows how much foreman was rated at the time :-

"Foreman had stopped his previous 12 foes in four rounds or fewer, nine of them in the first two rounds. He was 40-0 with 37 knockouts. He seemed indestructible, the greatest puncher in history. How could Ali possibly stand up to his punches?
Before the fight, the New York Times' Dave Anderson wrote: "For a few rounds, Ali might be able to escape Foreman's sledgehammer strength, but not for 15 rounds. Sooner or later, the champion will land one of his sledgehammer punches, and for the first time in his career, Muhammad Ali will be counted out. That could happen in the first round."

 

Foreman's right hand was better just because it was longer , his uppercuts and hooks had more leverage just because he was taller , as to who had more power , prime Tua weighed almost exactly as much as the much taller prime Foreman and was not much fatter , how do I explain it ? much more muscle . So Tua had more power but Foreman had more leverage and range to it.