Who hits harder David Tua Or Mike Tyson

Why are some people so confident about Tua hitting harder ?
Did he ever stop someone with a very good chin ? In fact, did he ever face someone with a very good/great chin (apart from Ibeabuchi) ?

I know some would say rightly that Koing a "proved chin" type of opponent has more to do with punching effectiveness than pure power, but if Tua were definitively ahead of Tyson in terms of power, he would have done it at least once.

 

Tua, too much weight, bone density, genetics, legs.

 

Stopping someone with a good chin doesn't have as much to do with pure punching power as you might think. Most heavyweights who fought Earnie Shavers, Ali, Norton, Lyle & Holmes all said he was the hardest hitter by some margin - but he only KO'd one of them. The truth is, that punching power is extremely overrated in boxing.

Tua, as far as a single punch goes, hit harder than Tyson, not because of who he KO'd or didn't, but because most people's eyes told them as such. He lacked in other areas than Tyson excelled in i.e head movement, speed, combinations - which were more important in Tyson KO's.

 

Yes, I already said that punching effectiveness matters more than pure punching power for KOing opponents.

My point is that Tua faced more often weaker opposition, hence he had more chances to demonstrate his "raw" power because it's easier to land your hardest punches against "softer" opposition.
Both were equally destructive against less impressive opponents.

Another thing is that Tyson and Tua just had one common opponent (Lewis) and they didn't land their best punches on him, so we can't have a true comparison.
Even Holyfield who faced Tyson and sparred Tua didn't rank one ahead of the other.

 

I m probably going tyson mainly because his punches sounded different as wierd as that sounds. I think commentators actualy commented on it back in the early days. It was thudding power. Tua was similar tbf....but tyson one punch striking people would generate more speed/power than tua could imo.

 

That's the same angle though, right? Amir Khan stopped Malignaggi but Broner didn't, therefore he must hit harder? It's not logical, I like many other are saying, that in terms of one shot, he hit harder. Sure, we can't have a true comparison - they had no common opponents that would have fought both close to their primes. Hence why we're using logic to deduce who hit harder - and further, why most have conculded the same thing by observing both in action?

 

I see what you're saying, but which feat/KO/KD/performance of Tua would indicate that he more than likely hit harder than Tyson ?

 

Going with Tua.

 

It is as academic as the faster combination puncher between Amir Khan and Ray Leonard. Khan hits faster than Leonard and Tua hits harder than Tyson. But nobody hits harder than Khan, when he hits that deck.

 

Simelar size, but Tyson could deliver his punches much quicker and there fore I think more force. Tyson for me.