Who is a harder puncher between Foreman, Wladimir Klitschko, Wilder and Mike Tyson??

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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  2. Toney F*** U

    Toney F*** U Boxing junkie Full Member

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    Wlad overall, but I think Wilder’s right hand is just as strong as anyone’s.
     
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  3. JOKER

    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

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    Naoya Inoue.
     
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  4. Guerra

    Guerra Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I feel Foreman is the naturally strongest but a fast Wilder hearns type punch is different from that.
    Like a truck hitting you or a fast car, which has more impact? I feel its to different to answer.
     
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  5. Redbeard7

    Redbeard7 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wilder's right may well be the biggest single punch. Wlad had better power if you consider both hands (harder jab, far more powerful left hook).
     
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  6. fencik45

    fencik45 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Tyson was more powerful than Wilder. No one Wilder has faced would have seen the final bell with 80's Tyson.
     
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  7. Redbeard7

    Redbeard7 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Several journeymen/fringe contenders went the distance with young Tyson, who was the 5'10, 212 lbs AJ of his day.
     
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  8. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Firstly you have to define what power is?

    Is it how hard you can punch?

    How much force you can generate with a punch?

    Or is it how powerful your punch is?

    Fighter A might hit harder than fighter B but fighter C might hit harder than them both

    Does that make fighter C the most powerful out of them all or is it just a case that they can generate more power than the others?
     
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  9. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I think they wouldn`t have faced the final bell due to Tyson`s finishing ability and combos, it was very rare for Tyson to stop fighters with one shot.
     
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  10. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Tyson had faster hands than AJ and threw better combos. Tyson weighed 215-220 in his prime however Usyk is going to look human against everyone he fights at Heavyweight. Just like Tyson did. It's tough to always fight bigger guys. Tyson was only 5'10.
     
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  11. Ph33rknot

    Ph33rknot Live as if you were to die tomorrow Full Member

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    I'd go wilder
     
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  12. drenlou

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    Naoya Tyson Wilder the IV:deal:
     
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  13. Heavyrighthand

    Heavyrighthand Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    WLad. He could hit so hard with EITHER hand, they’d be limp before they hit the mat. See Chambers, Brock, and Austin crumbling

    Wlad had more brutal punching power than anyone else in that list.
     
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  14. On The Money

    On The Money Dangerous Journeyman Full Member

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    Single shot power averaged over either hand Wlad takes it.
     
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  15. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Wilder ought not to be in the conversation as he has never stopped a world class opponent.

    Wladdy, as popular as he is, and has good a two-fisted puncher as he is, should probably not be mentioned with Foreman and Tyson, as his KO percentage also taeks a hit as he goes up in quality, although he does have a few.

    Formen with the mac truck going 50 MPH power, and Tyson with the Volkswagon going 100 MPH power.
     
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