Top 15 Hardest Hitters 1940-1950 Heavyweight Division

[BrocktonBlockbuster49]

Note: I only included men who were at their BEST in the 40s. So a young Marciano, Nova, Baer, Galento do not make the list.

1. Joe Louis- 6'2 207lb


2. Hatchetman Sheppard- 5'11 185lb


3. Turkey Thompson- 5'8 210lb


4. Lem Franklin- 6'2 200lb


5. Elmer Ray- 6'2 190lb


5. Tommy Gomez- 5'10 185lb


6. Lee Q Murray- 6'3 210lb


7. Buddy Baer- 6'7 250lb


8. Jersey Joe Walcott- 6'0 195lb


9. Archie Moore- 5'11 180lb

[BrocktonBlockbuster49]

continued.....


10. Harry Bobo- 6'4 215lb



11. Tami Mauriello- 5'11 195lb


12. Pat Comiskey- 6'3 220lb


13. Abe Simon 6'4 260lb


14. Johnny Haynes- 6'4 220lb


15. Sid Peaks- 6'4 220lb



Honorable Mentions:

Joe Baksi- 6'1 220lb



Al Big Boy Brown(Joe Louis' Cousin)- 6'1 245lb



Rusty Payne

[Crease]

No Rex Layne?

[The Great John L]

Nice list BB

[BrocktonBlockbuster49]

Layne was not a 1940s fighter Crease, he was a 1950's fighter

Thanks John L, took me a while to compile!

[muray]

Lorenzo Pack

[Goodnight, Irene]

Id say Marciano could be considered to be in his prime from 1950.

[crusader]

Big Boy Brown's record doesn't suggest a monster hitter, but I know records tell only a small part of the tale. Can you explain why he was given an HM?

[dempseyfire]

Good list BB and enjoy the photos.

I think Mauriello should be a little higher, definitely above Walcott; the guy went knocked out lots of normally durable guys once he moved up to HW and also had Louis reeling from a single right hand in their short contest (but he broke the cardinal rule of boxing . . though shall not trade punches with Joe Louis)
Also think Peaks and Haynes should be higher. While they were clearly not as good all-around fighters as the guys above them (Haynes was downright amateurish), judging by pure hitting ability they were huge punchers.

[BoxBuzz]

Wouldn't Galento be here somewhere?

[Jaclem]

...ezzard charles sometimes coming in at 180 or less knocked out a couple of those guys (i don't differentiate between tko and ko) and scored a decision over a couple of others.

nice pictures, but is the walcott kayo of ezzard the ONLY picture of walcott scoring a kayo?. I: would thin during this holiday season you could show me a little charity.

[dempseyfire]

Wouldn't Galento be here somewhere?

Galento's career was more or less over by 1940 (the year he got stopped by Max Baer, the following year he got stopped by Max's brother and that was pretty much it)

[BoxBuzz]

Yep, that makes sense.....thanks.

[BrocktonBlockbuster49]

Lorenzo Pack, and Tony Galento were 1930s fighters. Rocky Marciano was a 1950s fighter.

Jaclem old buddy,

Ezzard Charles was a terrific all around puncher, an all time great technician, but he was not a concussive one punch artist at the heavyweight level in the 1940s in my opinion. Also the 1940s had quite a few big punchers, it was a deep era. Did Charles really have a lot of brute force in one punch at heavyweight level?

[Jaclem]

...brockton my dear old young friend...no, ezzard did not have that brutal one punch power against strong heavyweights...when he was a heavyweight.....but when he was virtually a light heavy he did pretty good against them.my point was that without that kind of power he scored wins over some of those heavyweights listed...sometimes by knockout..other times by decision.

i forget how long we've been communicating here....i guess you're out of school by now? are the only exams you're taking these days that cautious young men take after a night out with painted ladies? still wrestling?

[Crease]

Layne was not a 1940s fighter Crease, he was a 1950's fighter

He was indeed, I misread the title thread, my bad.


Great pics by the way.

[BuddyscottsGS]

Buddy Scott

[pound per pound]

Note: I only included men who were at their BEST in the 40s. So a young Marciano, Nova, Baer, Galento do not make the list.

1. Joe Louis- 6'2 207lb


2. Hatchetman Sheppard- 5'11 185lb


3. Turkey Thompson- 5'8 210lb


4. Lem Franklin- 6'2 200lb


5. Elmer Ray- 6'2 190lb


5. Tommy Gomez- 5'10 185lb


6. Lee Q Murray- 6'3 210lb


7. Buddy Baer- 6'7 250lb


8. Jersey Joe Walcott- 6'0 195lb


9. Archie Moore- 5'11 180lb

Thanks for the photos. Why didn't Joe Louis meet any of the black fighter son the list, aside from Walcott?