Hardest puncher ever and why?

[3_Hooks]

tyson in his prime and close to his prime wasn't only dangerous in the early rounds. he was getting beat for the entire fight against douglas, but tyson still knocked him down with one punch in the 8th or 9th round.

[Danny Gunz]

In have a hard time believing joe louis could punch harder then foreman or tyson and shavers

[Equilibrium]

i have to agree with you. I keep changing my mind and quite often I do go for Louis as one of the hardest punchers, cos like I said before I like to give credit for a variety of KO punches rather than a one trick pony. When all is said and done, I think I will be the new number one as I KO'd people in the am's too!

I can't beleive i missed this gem. That **** is sig worthy.


Hardest puncher in the story of humanity.



One a serious note, i have to say Julian Jackson. It's just the way he brutally knocked out people, there were out cold.

[BennyST]

One a serious note, i have to say Julian Jackson. It's just the way he brutally knocked out people, there were out cold.

I must agree. He didn't just knock people out, he brutalised them. There are so many of his fights in which it looks as though he has killed them because of the way they fall. Really vicious KO's. There is probably few people that actually knocked out as many people as he did. Literal knock outs, when the opponent is unconscious briefly.

[Equilibrium]

I must agree. He didn't just knock people out, he brutalised them. There are so many of his fights in which it looks as though he has killed them because of the way they fall. Really vicious KO's. There is probably few people that actually knocked out as many people as he did. Literal knock outs, when the opponent is unconscious briefly.

Indeed, just check that highlight video:




Every KO makes you go "DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!"

[StarshipTrooper]

Indeed, just check that highlight video:




Every KO makes you go "DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!"

Pound for pound it's hard to argue against Jackson; and I think that's what the "spirit" of the thread was meant to be.

Poet

[StarshipTrooper]

I can't beleive i missed this gem. That **** is sig worthy.


Hardest puncher in the story of humanity.



One a serious note, i have to say Julian Jackson. It's just the way he brutally knocked out people, there were out cold.

Yeah, no **** right? I'm quaking from his MONSTROUS power right now LOL!

Poet

[StarshipTrooper]

In have a hard time believing joe louis could punch harder then foreman or tyson and shavers

Obviously someone who has never seen a Louis fight. I doubt anyone could punch harder then Shavers but to say Louis doesn't belong in the same catagory as those guys just screams of ignorance.

Poet

[Benny Leonard]

tyson in his prime and close to his prime wasn't only dangerous in the early rounds. he was getting beat for the entire fight against douglas, but tyson still knocked him down with one punch in the 8th or 9th round.

You know it was actually a "glancing: blow that hit Douglas. I didn't know it myself until I heard Douglas say in in a video clip. One angle shows Tyson's punch hit and slid up Douglas's chest up to Buster's chin.

I guess this is why Douglas said he wasn't hurt bad.



For who hits the hardest, without using "P4P," I don't know. I hear Shavers might be the hardest hitter. I've seen some of his fights and KO's and it does look like the guy had Monstrous power.

I don't know about Tyson at #1. I always thought Tyson had incredible power when all his attributes were working, but it was also the angles at which he punched that helped get those KO's. I do think it is possible that he hit harder when he came out of jail because his body had fully matured, but he was less effective as a fighter.

If it's P4P: going by the fights I watched, I thought Hearns was a freak of nature with his power at 147.

All Time: I'm sure someone would bring up Choynski since both Jack Johnson and Jeffries says the little guy hit them the hardest. He knocked out Johnson.

You also have many others to think about: Jimmy Wilde, Ketchel, Walcott {original}, etc.

[StarshipTrooper]

You know it was actually a "glancing: blow that hit Douglas. I didn't know it myself until I heard Douglas say in in a video clip. One angle shows Tyson's punch hit and slid up Douglas's chest up to Buster's chin.

I guess this is why Douglas said he wasn't hurt bad.



For who hits the hardest, without using "P4P," I don't know. I hear Shavers might be the hardest hitter. I've seen some of his fights and KO's and it does look like the guy had Monstrous power.

I don't know about Tyson at #1. I always thought Tyson had incredible power when all his attributes were working, but it was also the angles at which he punched that helped get those KO's. I do think it is possible that he hit harder when he came out of jail because his body had fully matured, but he was less effective as a fighter.

If it's P4P: going by the fights I watched, I thought Hearns was a freak of nature with his power at 147.

All Time: I'm sure someone would bring up Choynski since both Jack Johnson and Jeffries says the little guy hit them the hardest. He knocked out Johnson.

You also have many others to think about: Jimmy Wilde, Ketchel, Walcott {original}, etc.

Angelo Dundee always says it's the punch you don't see coming that gets you out of there. Some of the most brutal KOs I've seen came from punches that weren't nessecerally the hardest but the victim never saw the punch. A lot of Tyson's KOs came via this route: That explosiveness of his got him KOs off punches he didn't have full leverage on.

For Shavers, watch the second Holmes fight: That right hand nearly decapitated Larry. The remakable thing wasn't how hard the punch was, although it was one of the most monstrous punches I've ever seen: The remarkable thing was Holmes got up from it, something no human being should have been able to do.

Poet