Who Hit Harder Marciano Or Lewis???

simple.

have them face each others opposition and see if they can outdo each other

 

single blows, lewis.

combos - lewis.

average force induced through fight - lewis

accumulated total force delivered in entire fight -Marciano, he could sustain his pressure for the entire fight, despite a lot of wild blows.

 

Except we can't actually do that, so not so simple.

 

I think they would both struggle to go undefeated with those.

 

If tests conducted on both men in separate eras can be compared reliably, then Rocky Marciano hit as hard as Frank Bruno.

I will just throw that one into the mix!

 

I have my doubts as to whether Lewis would go 2-0 against Charles and 2-0 against Walcott.

Mainly because his record is completely lacking wins over fast, cagey, skilful slicksters of that type.
Landing big shots on immobile behemoths like Grant, Bruno and Briggs is the antithesis of boxing with a Charles and Walcott.
I'm not say Lewis absolute cannot, but there's a severe lack of evidence.

 

I don't think any of Marciano's challengers last the distance with Lewis... or Wlad.

 

Based on that list Lewis stopped bigger men but Rocky stopped far greater fighters.

 

Nikolai Valuev, all 7'0" and 320 pounds of him, should, by virtue of his size, be the hardest puncher in heavyweight history. But he wasn't -- not even close! Earnier Shavers would look like a dwarf next to Valuev, but I think Shavers hit just a little bit harder.

 

This is the knee jerk reaction to the reality that greater size does as a general trend equal greater power and durability… i.e. the basis for the very structure of boxing competitions.

One outlier does not disprove a reality that is understood in every gym, that is at the basis of every title belt and negotiation and training camp… making weight.

And beyond that, there does seem to be a flatlining of the power increase above a certain height and weight...