My top 55 heavyweight punchers

How about Gunboat Smith?

 

In 84 fights he had 72 wins 65 by ko,pretty good % .About Gunboat Smith,is he worth a place in your list?

 

Smith had 48 wins with 33 kos ,isnt that enough? Dont forget his record included 51 no decs,as to percentages ,they can be misleading , Ike Williams a monster puncher at Lightweight ,didnt have a terrrific ko %. Power is the last thing top go but as you age ,you can,t pull the trigger,as Louis found out,Ali,not a big puncher ,stopped a lot of guys ,hiow many did he stop in his last few fights?

 

Gomez is not a bad choice. He had a high percentage of ko's, with 65 in 87 bouts. There is an element of Lamar Clark in all of this with plenty of padding but he did stop a number of fringe contenders, Buddy Scott, Johnny Flynn, Phil Muscato, Tony Musto, Freddie Schott, and Gunnar Barlund. I would consider him myself kind of a weak choice for your top sixty list with Lem Franklin and Lee Savold clearly men who blew out better opponents and achieved higher ratings, but he is not an indefensible choice. Walcott, of course, blew out Gomez.

 

I can almost guarantee, that Klitschko hits harder then everyone in your top 5. way to many little guys up there, theres kos came against the dwarf heavyweights of the olden days.(and yes, i know there were a few big men back then)

 

Her some fighters who weren´t mentioned yet:


Goddard
Comiskey
DePiccoli
Gastanaga
Haynes

 

Jersey Joe Walcott claimed Tommy Gomez was the hardest puncher he ever faced. Harder than louis and marciano.

 

Wow! This is a cool post! Gives me something fun to look into.. kinda hard to argue with the guy.

 

I've seen Walcott quoted as saying Gomez was the hardest hitter he had fought, but that was in 1948- can you show me a quote where he says after the Marciano fights that Gomez hit harder than Rocky did?

 

I don't know in this case, but I think a lot of the time fighters say things like this to be nice to a guy while serving as the guest speaker at a dinner in his honor or at some other get together. I don't think we should always take these types of statements--"A hit me harder than Louis or Marciano" or "B gave me a tougher fight than Dempsey or Tunney"--as gospel.

 

Joe Choynski should be on the list. Fought 4 turn of the century champs (KO Johnson 3, draw Jefferies 20 rounds) and I believe each said he hit harder than anyone they had faced. I believe Johnson said in the late 1920's that he thought Choynski was a bigger puncher than all the guys present @ the time. Plus Choynski was the size of a light-heavyweight.

 

Speaking of Hide...

Hide's KO of Tucker was scary. That cross nearly took Tucker's ****in' head off.