Who Was The Hardest Puncher Marciano Met?

Tell that to Ezzard Charles ... and Ray Arcel.

 

Arcel was deeply impressed with Walcott's punching ability. His opinion is worth as much as yours, no ?

As for Charles, I'm talking about him getting KO'd by Walcott. Charles would always attest to Walcott being a mighty puncher.
Well, the film's there, we can all see it.

 

I just admitted there was no Ernie Shavers or George Foreman types around but those he did fight severely knocked out rated heavyweights. Not having a particular type of legitimate puncher on his resume but still having enough examples of legitimate punchers should be enough.

Getting back to Joe Louis not being a puncher of note "at the time" I think the punch was still there but just not so much at top level -as is often the case at the end if a career. Joe did deck Omelio Agramonte and to my knowledge Cleveland big cat Williams did not deck Omelio many loses later.

 

So Williams could not punch at 19? Williams already had a 25-0 record at the time he met Omelio and knocked out all but one of his opponents. Could Tyson punch at 19? One more win later Williams would get his New York debut on the under card of Marciano v Lastarza. obviously his people felt Williams was ready by then.

 

All true.
But if he was as big as Gerry Cooney or Razor Ruddock no one would doubt him as a monster puncher, based on the Charles and Louis performances alone.