Which boxer had the hardest punch??

Question

I am in dispute, mike tyson said the hardest punch he ever took in his whole life was from Frank Bruno. I believe one of those two were probably the hardest punchers in the business but am I wrong?? who does this award actually go to?

Answer 1

Shavers,tyson,foreman,tua?

Answer 2

Mike Tyson, hands down.  There is not a fighter out there who made another fighter as scared as Mike did at this best.  He made people squeel in the ring he hit them so bad.  I believe his words were "I knew i had him when i hit him and he made little girly sounds."

Answer 3

mike tyson

Answer 4

I would have to go with "The Acorn" Earnie Shavers for the following reasons:

Larry Holmes who took punches from Mike Tyson stated that Shavers hit him harder than anyone else in his entire career including Tyson.

Muhammad Ali who took punches from George Foreman also stated that Shavers hit him harder than anyone else.

Shavers never became champ because he had a suspect chin and questionable stamina, but anyone who was in the ring with him will tell you that he hit harder than anyone else and his record proves that: 68 knockouts in 74 wins.

Answer 5

earnie shavers without a doubt,forman a close second.

Answer 6

Ask Ken Norton and Jimmy Ellis that same question. I bet they would have terrible flashbacks of getting KO'd by Earnie Shavers. Shavers gets my vote.

Answer 7

P4P:

1. Ernie Shavers

2. Gerald Mcclellan

3. Ike Ibeabucci

4. Tommy Hearns

5. Mike Tyson

Answer 8

Its hard to accurately say, as well as Bruno and Tyson the ones that stand out are Shavers, Foreman and Marciano. But say if you lined all these fighters up and got them all to punch some sort of punch resistance machine you might be surprised by the results. Not all big punchers have great knockout records as they may lack the skills to land the clean punches. For example Mike Tyson was very quick but take away his speed and would he have K0 ed as many fighters as he did?. In fact there could be some journey man fighter with a devistaning punch but they might not have the speed, skill, timing etc to land it. Having said that i would say possibly Shavers had the hardest punch, and P4P maybe Julian Jackson.

Answer 9

pound for pound nigel benn had the hardest punch ever

thats why all the yanks were too scared to fight him

he offered to fight them all for nothing in vegas

they all ran off scared

the dark destroyer is god!

Answer 10

Rocky Marciano 43 kayos in 49 fights had power in either hand.  Go to youtube and check out his right hand that knocked out Jersey Joe Walcott.  George Foreman, Earnie Shavers and Sonny Liston, Jack Dempsey and Joe Louis were also big punchers.  Mike's best punch was his uppercut.

Answer 11

Earnie Shavers had the hardest punch of any heavyweight.

Answer 12

hard to say, but i would pick shavers.

Answer 13

alfonso bonzo jnr

Answer 14

Thumbs up to RJJ fan, I agree Earnie Shavers was the hardest punching heavyweight I ever saw.

Answer 15

TYSON WAS SOME BOY BUT BIG FRANK DIDNT HALF STUN HIM,I STILL DONT KNOW WHY HE DIDNT FOLLOW UP,OH WELL,THEM BIG HEAVY WEIGHTS CANT HALF PACK A PUNCH I HAVNT GOT A CLUE THOUGH TO YOUR Q..

Answer 16

in wot diverson we talking .it would have to be tyson the power moff him in his prime no one could take it

Answer 17

Henry Cooper!Rocky Marciano,

Answer 18

you are kidding me obviosley Dempsey he weighed 180 took the 240 lb willard to the canvas 16 times knocked his teeth out broke jaw and made his face look like a baloon  

Dempsey

Answer 19

Nobody hit harder than Earnie Shavers.

Answer 20

I would sya Mike Tyosn in his prime and George Foreman before he got fat and started making the george foreman grill.

Answer 21

I'd have to say tyson in his heyday. But, of course, I've never been punched by any of them so its all just speculation

Answer 22

Frank Bruno.