Hardest puncher ever and why?

[JulioCesaChavez]

During Joe's prime, which I consider going from the second Schmeling fight till the first Walcott fight, Louis was 21-0 (19). Buddy Baer was given a DQ loss because his managers wouldn't leave the ring as the round was set to begin, because their man was taking such a beating. In essence this should also be a TKO on Joe's record. The other to last the distance was Arturo Godoy who was stopped in 8 (I think) the next time he fought Louis. Interestingly enough, Godoy was only stopped one other time in a career with more than a hundred fights.

Him struggling with Conn the first time and a couple others during his career is more a reflection of his patient fighting style, than his punching ability. In his immortal words "they can run, but they can't hide". And during his prime this was proven over and over again.

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!

Louis and Tyson are two of my faves because of the variety. I think RJJ could have been great if he wasn't so reluctant to kill. The Griffin rematch showed what he could do, and what he should have done more often. People forget to give credit to contemporary fighters (like me!). I think Naz was hardest punching featherweight of all time although not the best. He brought attetnion to the lower divisions

[fight_professor]

I'm not a huge fan, but Lennox Lewis could sure as hell punch. That awesome size.

You guys forgetting a mother f****er by the name of Ron Lyle. Now he could ****!

[JAB5239]

I'm not a huge fan, but Lennox Lewis could sure as hell punch. That awesome size.

You guys forgetting a mother f****er by the name of Ron Lyle. Now he could ****!

Bob Satterfield? Tommy Morrison? There have been a lot of devastating punchers over the years.

Gerrie Cooney's left to the body or head is as good a punch as has ever been thrown.

Some guys judt rise above the others over the course of a whole career. Can anybody even imagine the kind of wrecking machine Shavers would have been had he had patients, timing and stamina? LORD have mercy!!

[fight_professor]

Yeah Shavers may be the best (or most dangerous) guy not to win the belt.

Who do you feel are underrated big punchers?

[JulioCesaChavez]

Prince Naseem and Kostya Tszyu. Both of them had the punch to bail out of tough fightd such as Kelly and Judah. I think they both would have lost them fights wihtout their big punch

[gibo]

WE MUST ALSO REMEMBER THE POWER OF CARLOS ZARATE.....

[JAB5239]

Yeah Shavers may be the best (or most dangerous) guy not to win the belt.

Who do you feel are underrated big punchers?

Cooney, Coetzee, Bowe, Lyle, and believe it or not.....Tony Galento, among others.

[micsael]

Roberto Duran i mean c'mon his hands were made out of stones!

[fight_professor]

Of the giant punchers (Tyson, Louis, Foreman, Shavers etc) who do you regard as the greatest 1 punch KO artist?

Its round 12, they are behind on all cards, they need the KO...who is most likely to produce that bomb?

I'd say Tyson. Power with either hand, and had great accuracy.

[JAB5239]

Of the giant punchers (Tyson, Louis, Foreman, Shavers etc) who do you regard as the greatest 1 punch KO artist?

Its round 12, they are behind on all cards, they need the KO...who is most likely to produce that bomb?

I'd say Tyson. Power with either hand, and had great accuracy.

This definetly belongs to Louis. He had 6 ko's at or past 10 rounds. Im not sure any other fighter comes close. Sam Langford had 10, but he also had more than 4 times as many fights. Tyson and Liston each have 1 at 10 or more. Liston 2. Shavers and Marciano had 3.

There aren't any bigger hitters than these guys and this is proof positive Louis was the king of the late ko.