Ray Robinson actually tends to be underrated when this topic is brought up. I'd imagine you'd have to have considerable power to stop Jake LaMotta in taking the Middleweight title off him or KO prime Fullmer with one shot when in your mid-30s.
modern time: in no order: julian jackson tyson arthur abraham wladimir klitschko edwin valero hearns i probably forgot a lot of guys, would be happy to hear some from the 80s
:rofl:rofl:roflatsch This is a horrible list. Shavers at #1 despite NEVER KOing an elite opponent except for Glass Jawed Ken Norton and Bailey even being considered is an absolute joke.
Jimmy Young said he hit the hardest Ali said he hit the hardest Holmes said he hit the hardest Cobb said he hit the hardest Joe Bugner said he hit the hardest Lyle said that he hit the hardest Tilis said he hit the hardest Norton said he hit the hardest Leroy Caldwell said he hit the hardest Arthur Mercante sr. said he and Satterfield are the two hardest punchers he has ever seen in the ring It's funny how people say his power is overrated and trying to put up an argument even though they never fought Shavers. I can at least accept if you wanna say he hit less harder than how people think, but his power is not overrated. Never was and never will, and if you do think it's overrated, I bet all those boxers that I mentioned will gladly disagree with you.
1. Bob Fitszimmons 2. Julian Jackson 3. Sam Langford 4. Earnie Shavers 5. Jimmy Wilde 6. Bob Satterfield 7. Thomas Hearns 8. Sandy Saddler 9. Jack Dempsey 10. Ruben Olivares