What was the hardest punch you ever saw thrown in a heavyweight fight?

Question

I think it was lennox's knockout of Hasim Rahman. Go on Youtube to watch/hear it. Pretty awesome.

Answer 1

Earnie Shavers drilling Larry Holmes in the 7th round of their second fight.  Even with the garbled audio, you can still hear a sickening thud.

Answer 2

I'm with you on this one....

Answer 3

I think tht was a great punch and probally the hardest but another one was when Wlad Klitschcko hit calvin brock with a right hand and you saw his face in slow motion totally wobbly it was sick.  Another great one was when Marciano hit Joe Walcott with a huge right hand and it has been called the greatest Ko ever but all these are great KO's and extremely hard punches.

Answer 4

Morrison vs. Terrell

Brutal overhand right.  When a fighter gets hit on the forehead (which is the toughest part of the skull) and still gets dropped, you know it was a hard punch.  Some boxers take jabs on the forehead intentionally as part of their defense, just because they can get in closer that way.

Watch it on YouTube if you dare.

Answer 5

In all honesty, most boxing experts credit Marciano's 13th round 1 punch KO of Walcott as the hardest punch ever thrown.  Another often mentioned is Floyd Patterson's left hook KO of Johannson that allowed Floyd to regain his heavyweight title for the first time.

Answer 6

I saw Foreman during his 2nd comeback in the late 80's fight some bum.

George was at about 270 and drilled the poor guy so hard with a vicious uppercut it sent the guys mouth piece out to the 4th row of seats.

Answer 7

In 2003 I sawan undercard fight BETWEEN A A FIGHTER NAMED Eli ?and another up and comer The fight lasted17 secondsEli ? hit his opponent once in the middle of the ring drove him to the ropes and he didn't even twitch they took him out on a strecher.Think about this 10 of the 17 seconds were the count!

Answer 8

I'd have to say George Foreman when he sent Smokin Joe to the moon.

Answer 9

Ali-Frazier 1, Frazier's Left hook in I think the 9th round that put Ali on his seat was pretty awesome.

Answer 10

I agree.  When Lennox hit Rahman you could hear the thud.  It was sickening.

Answer 11

george foreman lifting joe frazier off the ground was something else.

george's tree trunk arms would give you the impression that the punch was not that hard, like when he regained the title from michael moorer...............incidentally, angelo dundee has to be one of the all time great cornermen in the business..........he telll his charge he needs a knock out and BOOM (foreman against moorer, leonard against hearns).

Answer 12

A punch landed by Earnie Shavers on Muhammed Ali in I think the 2nd round of their fight in 1977.

And incredibly Ali didn't go down.