Who hit harder....Foreman or Marciano?

Foreman was so strong. His punches struck with a force like no other. He really moves his opponents.

Marciano's punches didn't look near as strong to me as Foreman's. Marciano's did, however, look more piercing. Like they were doing damage a little deeper. I don't know if I'm going to be able to describe this the way I want.

I feel like Foreman could knock me down by hitting me on the shoulder. I think it would hurt, but I'd get up and be ok.

I feel like Marciano's punch on my shoulder wouldn't knock me down. I think it may move me a bit, but would hurt really bad. It may also leave a whelp.

 

BIG DEE HERE This is what I said earlier in that Foreman knocked people down
over and over till it was stopped. Marciano KOed guys on his way up with one punch and after he got to the top. His KO of Lee Savold was the type of power of which I was talking in that Marciano drove Savold`s teeth up into his gums and sockets. To put it mildly he impacted Savolds teeth causing
terrible damage to his dental work. Forreman never did things like that.

 

While I don't disagree with what you posted, I would add that Foreman lifted Frazier off his feet with shots,I never saw Marciano do that to 200lbs plus fighters,his most impressive kos for me were against Walcott1 and Layne.

 

Foreman never lefted Frazier up, Frazier sort of "Hop" with it.

 

Thats correct, Frazier seemed to hop with it, he did not appear to actually be lifted off the canvas as many state.

Foreman and Marciano have similar power, neither have alot more as some have stated in this thread. They punch differently leaving different effects which makes it hard to compare their power but in the early rounds, I'd lean toward Foreman. Later rounds, Marciano.
Doesn't matter much though, a punch by either fighter usually means KO.

 

What exactly do you think made him "hop with it"? Was the canvas maybe moving ?,Were there moles under it?Don't tell me he was dancing,thats it ,break dancing ,as in broken ,by something colliding with his chin,causing a short in his transmission .Face it he was bounced like the Easter Bunny.

 

If I remember right, that wasn't the first time he did that. Done to 'roll with the punch'

 

Both men had enough power to KO anyone they hit cleanly, Marciano's power stayed with him into the 15th round, Foreman had more early on but faded

 

Foreman was the harder puncher by far.

 

Good point. The one area where Marciano had a genuine advantage over Foreman was stamina. Marciano's stamina was superb...Foreman's stamina was faulty.

 

Exactly I dont know why everyone says he lifted him a foot in the air when Frazier actually just hopped as he was running away. I dont know why he did that but he wasn't sent up by Foreman.

 

In both fights Foreman seems to lift Frazier off the floor with his uppercuts. Maybe Frazier's hopping away movement had something to do with it, but still, the impact of Foreman's punches is unmistakable.

Watch the final seconds of the second fight in slow motion...it's in round five.

 

I honestly dont know.

I would guess Foreman but who knows?

 

Foreman's knockout of Michael Moorer was not the result of an on going relentless **** beating. It was a picture perfect shot, and one that came from a 44 year old man by the way. Marciano even in his prime, did not always knock out guys with single shots either. What's more, he was quite often fighting men who were older than he was, and nearing the end of their careers. Louis, Charles, Walcott, Moore, and Lastarza were Marciano's best opponents, and all of them were broken down over a percession of many rounds and numerous punches before losing.......Foreman's best victoms lost earlier, and with fewer shots. They were also typically, bigger, stronger and younger on an average basis, if this is the way we want to do this....

 

BIG DEE HERE= You were not even around when Foreman was the real George Foreman. The Foreman that you saw was a really slow fat old man who`s best quality was being able to take the other guys best punch and ware him down. Michael Moorer was a blown up Lt. Heavyweight that couldn`t take a good punch. He got by fighting Holyfield because Evander Holyfield wasn`t a great puncher as he KOed few men after he went to the Heavyweight division and almost no Class A heavyweights were KOed by Holyfield. as he won by dec. almost all of his fights with top 8 heavyweights.
Compered to Moorer, Kenny Norton had a cast-iron chin. Moorer was just a hard guy to fight as he was a damn southpaw and was good at moving his head. When he got hit with a solid punch by a strong puncher was hurt by
anybody who hit him. They couldn`t handle Foreman at 40 to 46 yrs old how would they ever handle him at 26 yrs old. THEY WOULDN`T, HELL OLD GEORGE FOREMAN WOULD HAVE GOTTEN KOed BY A 26 YR OLD FOREMAN
BEFORE THE FOURTH ROUND. PERIOD. HELL ALEX STEWART DAMN NEAR BEAT HIM TO DEATH AND IF HE COULD DO THAT TO OLD GEORGE. YOUNG GEORGE
WOULD HAVE REALLY ****ED HIM UP.