Ali's Punching Power?

[MeccaOfBoxing]

How do you rate Ali's punching power on a whole? Only ever man to stop Bonavnea & Foreman. Is he a underrated puncher?

[Vadrigar.]

He had above average punching power, but could land some damaging blows when sitting down on his shots.


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[sonnyboyx2]

Ali punched as hard as any heavyweight with the difference being in that Ali loved to completely dominate his opponents so never really had to resort to one-punch power but when he had to he did it well and with concusive power

[Toney616]

How do you rate Ali's punching power on a whole? Only ever man to stop Bonavnea & Foreman. Is he a underrated puncher?

Haven't seen the Bonavena fight, so I cant comment on that, the Foreman ko was due to Foreman's stamina and the accumulation of punches he took from Ali. So no, I wouldnt say Ali was a big puncher, I would say he was average or below average

[TriggerItch]

he had average power

[HitBattousai]

Average power but he did hit with shots that his opponents couldn't see often, especially from 1964-1967.

[Boogie Nights]

Ali punched as hard as any heavyweight with the difference being in that Ali loved to completely dominate his opponents so never really had to resort to one-punch power but when he had to he did it well and with concusive power

i disagree with that, if a fighter knows he can finish the job he's not gonna screw around just for the heck of it.

as a whole i feel his power is underated, with a few exceptions he mostly wore you down with his punches. he wasnt a light puncher but his gifts lay elsewhere.

[BattlingNelson]

i disagree with that, if a fighter knows he can finish the job he's not gonna screw around just for the heck of it.
as a whole i feel his power is underated, with a few exceptions he mostly wore you down with his punches. he wasnt a light puncher but his gifts lay elsewhere.

Nevertheless that was what Ali did in his entire pre-champion career. He called the round in which he'd KO his opponent and if neccessary carried his opponent that far.

[Spartacus Sully]

Id rank him with Lewis in terms of power...not that Lewis had much power.

[Toney616]

Id rank him with Lewis in terms of power...not that Lewis had much power.

I would rank him below Lewis, That Rahman ko comes to mind