Tua, Foreman, Lewis are all very strong mofos. Guys like Valuev and Tye Fields (the steroid version) also deserve mention. They might actually be the strongest based on pure size alone.
If I was a rich mother ****er like Mexican Jew and I needed someone to help me move my piano for instance, I would call Valuev, Butterbean, and maybe......****.....some kinda Sam Peter lookin mother ****er or maybe Briggs. But Briggs looks like enhanced muscle......
I think I gotta go with Forman . I remember as a kid seeing him run through people - He looked like he was moving in slow motion - but stopped fighters in their tracks. Flattened a young Michael Moore.
Tua and Ike must have both been strong as bulls. And yes, muscles do mean something when it comes to strength.
Carnera was a neanderthal. Could probably pick up a train car. Strength though is relative. Just because someone gets pushed around the ring doesn't mean they aren't strong. It just means they don't apply their strength properly. Reminds me of Nate's buddy Big Vic. We had to take an engine from my house to Jacksonville for one of Nate's classic cars. So Vic bends over and picks the motor up off the bed of the pickup and says "Where y'all want this?" all calm and everything. Then he walks about 100 yards to the Uhaul trailer carrying a complete Chevy 400 small block and didnt even get a speck of grime on his t-shirt. Some serious Green Mile stuff there........