Who Was The Hardest Puncher Marciano Met?

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Me too. But back to the original question....It's a tie between Moore and Walcott. Make no mistake though...both men could punch. And when you combine thier ability as punchers with thier skill as boxers and ablility to set a man up for a good shotthen you have a dangerous opponent. You don't have to have the one punch power of a Shavers or the clubbing power of Foreman to be considered a hard puncher. There are other factors that come into play as well. Like Angelo Dundee was fond of saying, "It's the shot you don't see that takes you outta there" and Moore and Walcott were good at that.

 

very good point :goodwell said!!

 

Jersey Joe made it to #66 on RING's list. Ahead of the likes of Razor Ruddock, Holyfield, and Tommy Gomez. So that would count as being considered top flight.

And Archie Moore came in at #4. And of Moore's 3 weight divisons, he has the highest KO% against HWs. So lets not make out like they were just talking about his MW and LHW exploits. His ability to maintain his power against bigger men is a huge part of his appeal as a puncher. Him and Rocky were near the same size anyway in their meeting.

 

Moores power translated into heavyweight much better than Bob Foster, Moore beat top contender Bob Baker by KO and ATG Harold Johnson by KO as well as keeping Nino at bay who did Bob Foster beat as a heavyweight?

you described Walcott fairly well but JJW could punch with both hands pretty well, he often admired his work when he dropped someone, shuffled and side-stepped with grace but when he planted a punch he could hit very hard, he had LouisX3,Marciano and Charles down and he dropped and hurt many others with his power/pinpoint accuracy

 

-It is absolutely top flight on an all time P4P list. And within the top 20 at HW.

-The same can be said of nearly all KO artists.

 

Foster was also fighting much bigger and better heavyweights. Ali, Frazier, Terrell ( he was young and gassed out ).

 

Moore vs Foster Breakdown:


Foster vs 180-200+ Heavyweights

21(18 KOS)-7

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Moore vs 180-200+ Heavyweights

71(52 KOs)-4-3

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Moore vs 180-200 HWs
48(33 KOs)-4-2

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Foster vs 180-200 HWs
14(11 KO)-2

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Moore vs 200+ HWs
23(19 KOs)-1-1

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Foster vs 200+ HWs
7(7 KOs)-5

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Moore vs rated* 200+ HWs
4(2 KO)-1-1

opponents: Ali, Valdez x2, Baker, Lavorante, Sys.

Foster vs rated* 200+ HWs
0-4

opponents: Ali, Frazier, Terrell, Foley

*rated meaning top in RING Annual ratings either the year before or year of fight.

 

It is without question that Moore demonstrated more effective punching power at heavyweight.

He has the great number of KOs, the highest % of KOs, the great number of KOs against rated HWs...etc.

And if there is question of size and quality, Moore performed better against rated 200+ lb fighters.

 

-Foster has no noteworthy HW wins.

-At HW, Moore without question.

-At LHW, who knows. The Morrow knockout sounds like it was every bit as horrifying as the Mike Quarry knockout.

 

There is no denying that both guys were all time great light heavyweights and murderous punchers at 175. If either was a bigger one shot hitter it might be Foster. That being said, Frazier walked thru him and destroyed him .. Ali laughed at his power .. if Moore is one of the two biggest punchers Rocky fought and he was, it just shows that Marciano did not ever fight any big time heavyweight hitters, period. 37 year old Walcott , while respectful, was not a heavyweight all time great puncher.