p4p biggest puncher of all time?

[KostyaTszyu44]

Ok, so p4p (obviously heavyweights hit the hardest usually) who is the biggest puncher of all time, who had the best one punch KO power???

( base your choice on their KO %, and the quality of the people they KO'd, not just some guy who Ko'd like 100 bums in a row)

[slicksouthpaw16]

Foreman is the hardest puncher in any division. Because unlike Shavers, he actually proved his power by knocking out elite heavyweights in their prime. Frazier was always known for being tough with a very good chin and no one has ever came close to doing what Foreman did to him, blitzing him in 2 rounds. Not only that, Frazier was also in his prime when he did it.

[wpink1]

Foreman is the hardest puncher in any division. Because unlike Shavers, he actually proved his power by knocking out elite heavyweights in their prime. Frazier was always known for being tough with a very good chin and no one has ever came close to doing what Foreman did to him, blitzing him in 2 rounds. Not only that, Frazier was also in his prime when he did it.

Good post....

[randy johnson]

A greed SlickSouthPaw16 and not only that Foreman had the power to hurt good fighters when he was well past his prime with one punch. Not many other fightes could say they could do the same.

[Roger Yomama]

Personally, I think Julian Jackson is the man. He had power that was above and beyond the norm for a guy his size and the KO ratio to prove it

[randy johnson]

Jackson's power was incredible as well, He would be on the list, Foreman, Prince Nassem Hamed could ****. There were other fighters who were hard punchers but only against 3 tier fighters. Tua was a hard puncher but who did he knock out? John Ruiz a man who started his career off a light heavyweight and has yet to show that he has any skills. Joe Louis knocked out bums, Marciano, Dempsey, and Max Baer knocked out bums.

[BKM-]

Foreman is the hardest puncher in any division. Because unlike Shavers, he actually proved his power by knocking out elite heavyweights in their prime. Frazier was always known for being tough with a very good chin and no one has ever came close to doing what Foreman did to him, blitzing him in 2 rounds. Not only that, Frazier was also in his prime when he did it.

It just means he was a BETTER puncher and fighter, not a harder puncher. If you use that argument I don't agree. And Frazier was not in his prime when he did it. Still very good, yes. But not the same fighter as he was(after the first fight against Ali).

Jackson's power was incredible as well, He would be on the list, Foreman, Prince Nassem Hamed could ****. There were other fighters who were hard punchers but only against 3 tier fighters. Tua was a hard puncher but who did he knock out? John Ruiz a man who started his career off a light heavyweight and has yet to show that he has any skills. Joe Louis knocked out bums, Marciano, Dempsey, and Max Baer knocked out bums.

They knocked out bums just like every other fighter, but they also knocked out quality fighters. Tua's best ones were over Maskaev and Rahman, Rocky KO'd the likes of Walcott and Moore and so on. You don't know what you're talking about.

[them_apples]

It's gotta be Julian Jackson..he could put everything behind his punches. 1 punch could end a lop sided fight at any given moment. Even against bigger opponents.

[slicksouthpaw16]

It just means he was a BETTER puncher and fighter, not a harder puncher. If you use that argument I don't agree. And Frazier was not in his prime when he did it. Still very good, yes. But not the same fighter as he was(after the first fight against Ali).

I personally rank punchers on who they have shown their punching power against rather than how hard the punch look. Foreman has proven his power against elite heavyweights while Shavers has looked powerful, but with the exception of Ken Norton( who has always lost to fighters that were physically strong enough to push him back and was also past his prime) he has not knocked out an upper echelon heavyweight. He was powerful, although what convinces us that he punches harder than Foreman? Tex Cobb stood in front of him and took his biggest punches for the entire fight and even stopped him if i am remembering correctly. He was past his best, although your punch is the last thing to go. Can we really see Cobb standing in front of any version of Foreman and lasting long? Let alone stopping him. Cobb has been stopped before then by far lesser fighters as well.

Frazier was in his prime when he fought Foreman the first time but obviously we judge by different things. He was the champion, had just come off of a win over Ali months earlier and was also unbeaten.

[KostyaTszyu44]

thomas hearns anyone???

i dont know maybe not hardest of all time but he did KO duran who had a great chin and he carried his power up to cruiserweight, against naturally bigger guys and he still KO'd them