Rank the 90s lineal champs' power

Fair enough. In fact, I have no problem putting Moorer ahead of him.

 

1) Foreman (9.5) - Holyfield thought he lost his teeth when hit once in the late rounds versus Foreman. He has stated Foreman was the hardest hitter he fought. And then there's that innocuous arm punch that Foreman knocked out Moore with. The only problem is Foreman's punch speed was so slow he didn't connect as often as the next guy on this list.

2) Lewis (9.0) - Lewis has great power with a delivery system to hit the target. His better hand speed and boxing skills than Foreman meant he connected more often

3) Tyson (8.5) - If this was 1988 Tyson he would get a 10.

4) Bowe (8) - Very good power.

5-7) Douglas, Briggs, & Holyfield (7)

8) Moore (6.5)

 

Rahman didn’t stop glass jaw Maskaev. Maskaev stopped him twice. He did stop Sanders on his feet if memory serves.

 

Are we only counting what these fighters accomplished in the 1990s with their power or does the entire career count? Like does Lewis get an edge for knockouts in the 2000s over Grant, Botha, Rahman?
Does Tyson’s destruction of Holmes and Spinks and Tubbs in 88 count towards his overall power?
Foreman in the 70s?

Because if we limit the criteria to strictly 90s the results will be somewhat different than what i feel each man should rank historically.
Either way Briggs would be last on my list just after Moorer. And Douglas would probably rate as incomplete. Stellar KO of Tyson in 1990 but nothing else for rest of decade.

 

Raw, 1 punch power only, I.e. excluding skill and other attributes to enable each to land their hardest punches:

1. Foreman
2. Lewis
3. Tyson
4. Briggs
5. Bowe
6. Moorer
7. Douglas
8. Holyfield

Very little to choose between 1-4 and 7-8.

 

Reasonable list. I’m wondering if someone like Morrison might have been a bigger hitter than some of those guys but I’m fine with it

edit : Just saw it was linear champs only sorry

 

I’d take Thomas’ word with a grain of salt. He never accepted the loss to Tyson graciously.

 

That's true.
On the other hand, he really winced from Morrison's bodyshots and was cut very quickly. Sure it was a washed up version but it remains impressive.

 

He probably got wasted with Morrison after the fight.

 

As brittle as Pinklon Thomas was by the time he fought Morrison from all the heroine use im sure those punches felt harder than they did against Tyson. Were they really ? Who knows

 

And despite how tailor made Williams was for Tommy he still struggled mightily. You had a past prime ex-contender with a shaky chin who was horribly prone to getting hit with left hooks and hadn’t beaten a good opponent in ages. Morrison came within a hair of losing that fight.