biggest puncher in their division ?????

[Datsue]

Can't believe no one has mentioned Tyson

Cant believe no one has mentioned Katsidis

Hmmm. He's very heavy-handed & strong as a horse but I don't think the kiddie is in the same league as say, Rosario or Durán for one-shot hitting. Katsidis' technique lets him down when he throws punches, if he could actually somehow transfer all that strength (his back's wider than mine, FFS) all the way through his shots without squaring up so much & squandering the torque, he'd probably kill people.

Thinking about it, I might make actually make JMM a harder puncher at the weight than Kats is, you know (just remembering all those left hooks to the body)...

EDIT: Bugger, orbtastic beat me to it.

[orbtastic]

Yeah, nice list orb. Joe Louis was the only one who immediately came to mind as an omission.

yeah don't know why i didn't put him on

[Chambers2]

Earnie Shavers

[damianhucker1]

What about the later Edwin Valero? That man was an absolute beast

Id agree with that choice

[fasteddie]

mike tyson was a combination puncher hardly ever knocked opponents out with one shot it was an accumilation of shots

[Datsue]

mike tyson was a combination puncher hardly ever knocked opponents out with one shot it was an accumilation of shots

Ahem.

I mean, he always tended to throw in combination but...

Just: ahem.

[Teddy's Toupee]

I was watching a youtube montage thingy of Nonito Donaire yesterday and that man is frightening.

(Julian Jackson and Terry Norris were by far the most powerful and fastest hitters I've seen; I'm still not sure how they didn't kill someone).

Simon Fox can hit harder than a peak George Foreman if he suspects anyone of trying to coax him into opening up his wallet.

[whiskey]

Tyszu could chop tree's down with his body shots.

[MightyWarrior]

The mad bad Jeff 'Candy Slim' Merritt is a bit of a legendary figure, reckoned to be one of the hardest hitting heavyweights of all time, they say.
For a short time in the early 70's he was seen to be the biggest hitter around, along with Foreman and Shavers ( whose jaw he broke in sparring ) and I recall Larry Holmes saying Jeff was the hardest puncher he ever sparred with ( and also the craziest ) but drugs, prison, Don King and a less that iron jaw saw him consigned to oblivion, last seen begging in Las Vegas.

[Counter-puncher]

The mad bad Jeff 'Candy Slim' Merritt is a bit of a legendary figure, reckoned to be one of the hardest hitting heavyweights of all time, they say.
For a short time in the early 70's he was seen to be the biggest hitter around, along with Foreman and Shavers ( whose jaw he broke in sparring ) and I recall Larry Holmes saying Jeff was the hardest puncher he ever sparred with ( and also the craziest ) but drugs, prison, Don King and a less that iron jaw saw him consigned to oblivion, last seen begging in Las Vegas.

"man, all I need is a hit of heroin, a couple of bitches out on the street for me, and a can of tuna"

Jeff Merritt, some time in the 1970s.....

[Counter-puncher]

at featherweight, the young Bobby Chacon could seriously crack with the left hook, right up there with just about anyone I'd say.

[orbtastic]

Yeah the boy (Candy Slim) could punch for sure but it's hard to really place him in an overall list as he burnt out so quickly. Definitely out there. Liston deserves a shout too but it becomes a scramble then and you maybe have to start naming guys like Mac Foster, Al Lewis, Leotis Martin, Lyle, Ingo & Dempsey.

Foreman said Lyle hit him the hardest he had ever been hit.

Norton, Young, Ali, Lyle & Holmes all said Shavers hit them the hardest, no question.

LaMarr Clark is another who is often quoted when talking about punchers and knock-out streaks but he was mostly fighting cans in tank towns so can largely be discounted.

[Datsue]

There's a nice clear Youtube vid somewhere, the sweetfights version, of Ingo knocking out Eddie Machen (I think it's Eddie Machen, he does the kiddie in a round) & fvck me you can see why some old-timers went on about that right hand.

For a fourteen-stone odd guy, that cross looked like a bloody Excocet.

[orbtastic]

There's a nice clear Youtube vid somewhere, the sweetfights version, of Ingo knocking out Eddie Machen (I think it's Eddie Machen, he does the kiddie in a round) & fvck me you can see why some old-timers went on about that right hand.

For a fourteen-stone odd guy, that cross looked like a bloody Excocet.

Yeah, there's a fairly long article on CBZ I think with a lot of points made by Alan Sugar (the ref)...I think anyway, my memory's not great on articles I've read once but basically he makes the case for Ingo being one of the biggest one punch hitters in history, particularly with the right hand - short, quick, very powerful...and from a small guy too.

at featherweight, the young Bobby Chacon could seriously crack with the left hook, right up there with just about anyone I'd say.

No doubt. He bounced Danny Lopez around for shits and giggles.

I've gotta big up my man Olivares, the boy had some crazy power in both hands but the left hook in particular. At one point he was 51-0-1 with 49 KOs.

[DIRT SUGAR]

How's this for a fighter who never gets mentioned. Khaosai Galaxy... He brutalised many a challenger during his reign of terror in the 80s. Hard... as... nails!

[DIRT SUGAR]

Julian Jackson though was something else... heaven knows what he'd have been like if he could have seen properly... the Herol Graham knockout is as clear in my mind today as it's absent in Graham's to this day!!!

[Happy Slapper]

David Haye has to be the biggest puncher and probably biggest pound for pound puncher in boxing today.

Nah, just take a look at who he's been knocking out ( Audley ? Ruiz ?? China chin Macca ? ) and I think that disqualifies him straight off.

Safe to say the two biggest punchers P4P today come out of the Philippines. And for my money, Donaire looks an even bigger puncher than Manny.

I disagree, he's blown away everyone at cruiser, been the only man to wobble Valuev (badly) and Ruiz had a decent beard. Like him or loathe him, I don't think anyone can deny that he is a massive puncher.

[Happy Slapper]

I thought this topic was about current fighters only? Therefore, the Tyson and Hearns etc comments don't count.

[Datsue]

I thought this topic was about current fighters only? Therefore, the Tyson and Hearns etc comments don't count.

Yes, I'm quite certain a topic that starts with the OP putting forth the name "Naseem Hamed" is going to only be concerned with current fighters.

Well done!

[Happy Slapper]

I thought this topic was about current fighters only? Therefore, the Tyson and Hearns etc comments don't count.

Yes, I'm quite certain a topic that starts with the OP putting forth the name "Naseem Hamed" is going to only be concerned with current fighters.

Well done!

Fair point

[Happy Slapper]

Although the title suggests current boxers only. It should be:

"Biggest Ever Puncher In Their Division?".

[Ash-Weston]

Although the title suggests current boxers only. It should be:

"Biggest Ever Puncher In Their Division?".

Heavyweight - Sonny Liston
Cruiser - Dwight Qawi
Light-Heavy - Tommy Hearns(i had to fit him in somewhere)
Super Middle - Gerald Mcllelan
Middle - Nigel Benn
Light Middle - Julian Jackson
Welter - Miguel Cotto
Light Welter - Kostya Tszyu
Lightweight - Michael Katsidis
Super Feather - Marco Antonio Barrera
Feather - Naseem Hamed
Super Bantam - Israel Vazquez
I have no interest in the weight categories below this lol

[alexpaterson]

Randell Bailey- he got through on sheer power, he doesn't have great skill just sheer power.
Alexis Arguello- The boy was a monster puncher
Rubin Olivares- What a puncher he was!

[MightyWarrior]

Greatest battle of the punchers has to be The battle of the Z boys, Bantam unification match that saw Carlos Zarate 38-0, 37 knockouts v the murderous punching Alfonso Zamora 29-0, with 29 knockouts. A combined record of 67-0 with 66 knockouts. Wow. Imagine that kind of matchup these days...and it wasn't even PPV.
Plus a mad Ninja jumps into the ring mid-way, and starts shaping up kung fu style, before disappearing under a mob of LA's finest, never to be seen again.

[wesley05]

David haye u all forgot about his power ????