strongest fighter pound for pound

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  1. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Not the hardest hitter, but in terms of sheer physical strength, pound for pound.
     
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  2. My2Sense

    My2Sense Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Henry Armstrong would probably get my vote for #1.

    Les Darcy, Dick Tiger, and Dwight Qawi are honorable mentions.

    Barbados Joe Walcott probably belongs among here as well, but that's just going by accounts of him.
     
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  3. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Good picks, esp. Tiger.
     
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  4. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Armstrong surely.

    Probably Langford aswell...Fenech, Williams, Duran, Wilde

    Manny P gets a shout for me aswell...He is as strong as any of the guys he has fought at these higher weights and I remember he apparently used to manhandle welterweights when sparring for fights at feather.
     
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  5. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Dulio Loi, Gene Fullmer and Oscar Bonavena come to mind.
     
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  6. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jake LaMotta was very strong. I don't think anyone ever came close to out muscling Big George.
     
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  8. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    No, no one has outmuscled big George, that's for sure.
     
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  9. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    One strong dude...
     
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  10. Bummy Davis

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    Sailor Tom Sharkey was a strong one...Langford,Tiger, Lamotta,Armstrong

    "Sailor" Tom
     
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  11. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Terry Norris bench pressed 325 whilst weighing 155. Strong mother****er.

    For proven applied strength in combat, Monzon was VERY strong. And Foreman at 500 pounds would still be pound for pound in the running. At 220, he was just scary.
     
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  12. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well obviously overall... I'd say Foreman was the strongest fighter of all time.

    P4P....Qawi @ 175 and Tiger @ 160 immediately came to mind.
     
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  13. My2Sense

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    Armstrong peaked at 130, yet regularly outmuscled welterweights and even a natural jr. middleweight, while never really more than a jr. welterweight himself.

    That's damn impressive.
     
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  14. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Rocky Marciano is an obvious answer...forget that he's dwarfed by modern day heavyweights, he was p4p one of, if not the strongest fighters of all time...a fact that was almost universally agreed upon in most most boxing writers and people in the sport.
     
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  15. slugger408

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    Marciano, Tua, and Lamotta stick out in my mind.

    more recent, James Kirkland at 154
     
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