Most underrated heavyweights in terms of power

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  1. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold Hype Jobs will be hype jobs until proven so. Full Member

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    I always thought Holyfield had underrated power.
     
  2. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Definitely Ali.
     
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  3. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Yeah, I think I’d agree that Fury is a bit underrated in that dept. Usyk also for that matter.
     
  4. Pugguy

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    While many acknowledge that Norton was a good puncher I think he had a bit more pop than he is generally afforded.
     
  5. Bigcheese

    Bigcheese Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Tim Witherspoon had great power imo.
     
  6. SixesAndSevens

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    Rattled Smith, Holmes, and most other guys quite a bit.
     
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  7. catchwtboxing

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    Our boy Usyk. Look a the seventh of the Chisora fight, the 10th and 12th of Joshua 2, and the 9th of Fury. The power is there when he needs it. He just rarely needs it.
     
  8. drenlou

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    Oleg Maskaev.
     
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  9. USFBulls727

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    Witherspoon stiffened the legs of the granite-chinned, prime, or at least near prime, Ray Mercer with a right hand in the 5th round of that fight. In the post-fight interview, Mercer said that he had never been hit like that before, and this was after he fought Lewis.
     
  10. SixesAndSevens

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    Those Philly dudes are strong.
     
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  11. The Undefeated Lachbuster

    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    Mac Foster isnt typically brought up when discussing the hardest hitting heavyweights of all time for some reason from what ive seen, but he probably should be

    We all know John L Sullivan hits hard, but he might be a historic puncher type and we just dont know it

    Most casuals dont know Joe Choynski
     
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  12. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Those are all great picks.

    Mine would be Ali - the lead right hand was fantastic, could put together amazing powerful combinations, and he had a strong left hook that we saw vs Bonavena.

    Witherspoon and Usyk are both excellent picks too.

    I don't think Povetkin gets mentioned enough as a puncher, but he could really punch.
     
  13. HistoryZero26

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    Jim Coffey statistically has a higher KO rate than every notable HW except Wilder, Dubois and Bruno.

    Heralds got an 100% but only had 5 wins.
     
  14. he grant

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  15. ETM

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    Jerry Quarry especially his lefthook.