Lennox or Tyson - who hit harder

Its hard to say who hit harder between Tyson and Lewis. Both had amazing power.

 

I think Lewis hit harder in terms of throwing a single punch, but I Tyson did just as much or more damage with the combos he threw. Tyson generated much of his power from the speed in which he threw the punches, where Lewis used leverage more. Both used the best of the assets they had available.

 

Lennox overhand right was bigger than any single tyson punch, but tyson in his prime could throw 3 or 4 power shots so he was a better puncher but didn't punch harder.

 

Both were brutal hitters, however Tyson faced a young prime Tucker, and therfore had more trouble with him. Tyson hurt Holyfield more in my opinion but Lewis outboxed him. I'd say Lewis had the slightly better right hand, however Tyson was the more "complete puncher", ie he had speed, better combinations. If i had to do a list of 10 hardest hitting heavyweights, both Lewis and Tyson would make it but if i had to do a list of the 20 most complete punchers regardless of division, then Tyson would still make it and Lewis won't

 

I think lewis would make the complete puncher's as he had a better arsenal of punch's than most heavyweights, he might not have been as good at combo's but he had alot of variety.

 

Lewis did have a good asernal, and he had good handspeed for a big man but overall he wasn't as complete a puncher as say Robinson, or as accurate as Arguello. Again nothing wrong with him being in the top 20 list

 

I just thought that for a guy of lennox's size to have such an arsenal of punch's and such good handspeed was pretty special. In turn he could throw a pretty decnt combo just not on the level of a peak tyson.

 

that is true :good

 

McGrain,

are you saying you believe Lewis's most powerful punches to have been a class above Tyson's?

If so, can you give me a few examples to support this viewpoint. I think they were in the ball park, with Tyson's punches being slightly more devastating because they were quicker, while Lewis was a little more heavy handed.

Tyson split Golota's skull open (!), and annihilated Botha with a single punch, both accomplishments post prime.

 

Both are very hard punchers and have their share of one-punch KO's. If there was an option "equal" i would have voted that. At their level, there is little to distinguish between when it comes to power. Because there was no "equal" option i voted for Lewis because he finished some common opponents (namely Ruddock) off faster, but other circumstances had something to do with that as well.

 

Lewis punch;'s on ruddock and rahman are easily as good as the tyson punc's anyone has mentioned.

 

Actually, Tyson put Botha out cold with one shot, while Lewis put him down with a four-punch combination, from which he got up, but the referee stopped it. All-in-all, Lewis has a 4-2-1 edge here, but it is worth noting that most of these men had aged and gone downhill since their fights with Tyson by the time they got to Lewis.

Personally, I think they're pretty close, maybe with an edge to Tyson at his absolute peak.