Julian Jackson, Gerald McClellan, or Thomas Hearns - Who Hit Harder?

All big hitters but going on power at their best weight I'd rank them:
1. Jackson at LMW (True 1 punch KO power with either hand, some of the best knockouts I've ever seen!).
2. McClellan at MW (though he did seem to carry his power up to SMW).
3. Hearns at WW (went right up through the divisions but also used/relied on better boxing skills compared to the other two, and I don't think his left was as strong).

 

Hearns has the best knockouts over quality opposition, but I would rate them
Jackson
Hearns
McClelland. Jackson may very well be the hardest puncher or at least the best knockout puncher in boxing history. Scary knockouts. Most fighters hurt a guy and then stop them. Jackson would knock guys out from the guy being in the fight to totally out cold. That is knockout power.

 

Tommy Hearns is probably the p4p hardest puncher ever. He hit as hard as a heavyweight.

 

Hearns showed his power at much higher weight classes than the others and has more impressive ko's/kd's over better opposition. All three hit very damn hard but Hearns was just much better than them not just power-wise but overall. 1-hit ko is overrated, a puncher's job is to get the guy out of their and Hearns did a better job at that then they did regardless if Jackson looks like he killed some people in ko's(so did Hearns BTW).

 

Jackson hit harder, but that does not make him the best of the three.

 

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Jackson and Hearns I'd consider one-punch KO artists - S.A.T (speed, accuracy, timing).

McClellan had extremely heavy hands and amazing timing.

Benn had more raw power than any of them, more natural punching leverages.

 

Which is doubly remarkable considering he never ever fought as a heavyweight.

 

Jackson is the answer here, and then you could argue one way or the other about Hearns and G-Man. I'd probably go with Hearns myself.

Bob Foster should be included though. He hit as hard at 175 as Hearns or McClellan did at any weight.

 

Jackson is the hardest puncher I've ever seen. I've never seen someone spark so many people with one shot. It's damn near ludicrous.

Hearns gave himself the best opportunities to land his shots, being the more skilled boxer out of the 3.

McClellan...well man he hit like a truck but not only that he swarmed his opponents with that power from the outset, really just overwhelmed guys.

^^^ p4p power I'd rank them in that order.

 

Really? I'd object to that. His right hand was scarily powerful, but how can we say he was the P4P hardest puncher ever? I think Joe Louis has more of a case.

Of raw power, I'd have to say Julian Jackson obviously. And if we were throwing timing, accuracy, and consistency of the power into the mix.... Still Julian Jackson. I believe he was blind in one eye and had the accuracy of a sniper rifle.

Scary stuff right there.

1: Julian Jackson
2: Tommy Hearns
3: Gerald McClellan

All were very powerful punchers, though.

 

Well, Tommy Hearns is for sure better than McClellan and Jackson based on resume, longevity, and everything else - basically just the better boxer overall.

Jackson showed very little ring IQ at times. But my gosh, if he hit you (and he often did) you were going down. His other attributes and skill set is the problem. Julian could have been much more dominant than he was if he had honed his technique instead of looking for the KO punch every time.

So, Jackson hit harder (in my opinion) but Hearns was the better boxer.

 

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