Some of the hardest punchers of the 70's 80's 90's & 00's

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Vitali is still too high, pavlik is absurd. Marvin was a classic boxer/puncher with plenty of power, but not that high on this list. There are just too many holes to fill, half don't belong and the ones that do are terribly placed. Tua is waaaay too high. LOL, nice effort.

Agree Pavlik at 3 is totally absurd. I'd say Jackson, shavers, g man, foreman and hearns. Devastating punchers. Hamed a huge puncher too.

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wayne alexander was a big banger i don't no if no brits are aware of him and if not take a look at his highlights clip below ....awesome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnLDaoKvGRw

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@psychod1986...it is a bloody good effort mate, although inevitably folk will question who appears where on the list and if anyone has been missed.

I'd throw a cople more names out there for consideration in a (hopefully) helpful way;

John 'The Best' Mugabi hit like hell with 39 stoppages from 42 wins. Not a perfect fighter with a roll-call of big scalps by any means, but he iced people very early and dramatically for many a year. A truly explosive, nasty fighter and hence the moniker.

Corrie 'The Sniper' Sanders. Far from perfect and missing big names on his resume, so just like Mugabi. But flattened blokes and had a serious, explosive power and typically delivered it early. The Wlad beatdown win is often cited but he levelled Bert Cooper, Du Plooy, De Leon, Czyz and Cole inside three rounds. The guy could whack and had single shot power.

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@psychod1986...it is a bloody good effort mate, although inevitably folk will question who appears where on the list and if anyone has been missed.

I'd throw a cople more names out there for consideration in a (hopefully) helpful way;

John 'The Best' Mugabi hit like hell with 39 stoppages from 42 wins. Not a perfect fighter with a roll-call of big scalps by any means, but he iced people very early and dramatically for many a year. A truly explosive, nasty fighter and hence the moniker.

Corrie 'The Sniper' Sanders. Far from perfect and missing big names on his resume, so just like Mugabi. But flattened blokes and had a serious, explosive power and typically delivered it early. The Wlad beatdown win is often cited but he levelled Bert Cooper, Du Plooy, De Leon, Czyz and Cole inside three rounds. The guy could whack and had single shot power.

Good pics both huge punchers

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I give you credit for making the effort.I just do not agree with the list.
I saw Earnie Shavers a few times in person.I could hear the wind howl when he threw a punch.
The thudding sound of him hitting an opponent was enough to make you cringe.

The most devastating puncher ever in my opinion

[Tuan_Jim]

I give you credit for making the effort.I just do not agree with the list.
I saw Earnie Shavers a few times in person.I could hear the wind howl when he threw a punch.
The thudding sound of him hitting an opponent was enough to make you cringe.

The most devastating puncher ever in my opinion

'B-b-but Vitali K-Klitshcko had a 90% knockout r-ratio!?'

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If I had to pick one I'd go for Shavers....

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I think Marvin johnson should at least be top 70.
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That was the first missing name from the list that came to my mind. For some reason Johnson quite often seems to be missed from lists like that.

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Some high players missed out.

Wlad, Lewis, Tyson, Duran, Ortiz, SRL, Barkley, Benn, Mcclellan, Toney and Cuevas spring to mind

Toney was not a hard puncher compared to the likes of Benn and Mcclellan.

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Most ridiculous list ive ever seen surely just a basic trolling exercise.

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I give you credit for making the effort.I just do not agree with the list.
I saw Earnie Shavers a few times in person.I could hear the wind howl when he threw a punch.
The thudding sound of him hitting an opponent was enough to make you cringe.

The most devastating puncher ever in my opinion

Ali said something similar and I think Holmes would agree

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These type of hard punching list's don't count if Rubin Olivarez isn't up near the Top....... when he won his 1st World title from Aussie Bantamweight Great Lionel Rose his record was something like 52-0-1-50ko's he's final win ko log was 89 win's with 79ko's it makes me laugh when people carry on about GGG whats he's record is it 34-0-31ko's that's not even comparable to Rubin

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I stopped reading after #1. VK wouldn't even crack my top 250. But...but... look at the KO %...
And Shavers nowhere to be found lol.

Man what are you talking about Vitali Klitschko knockout percentage is 87% and Earnie Shavers knockout percentage was 76% before retiring.

Percentages are meaningless.

It's the quality of your opposition; the amount of fights you had & the type of KOs that count.

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1.Julian Jackson
2.Kelly Pavlik
3.Marvin Hagler
4.Joe Frazier
5.George Foreman
6.Felix Trinidad
7.Mike Tyson
8.David Tua
9Aaron Pryor
10.Edwin Valero
11.Julio Cesar Chavez sr
12.Edwin Rosario
13.Thomas Hearns
14.Alexis Arguello
15.Kostya Tszyu
16.Naseem Hamed
17.Frank Bruno
18.Lamon Brewster
19.Herbie Hide
20.Fernando Vargas
21.Mike Mccallum
22.Diego Corrales
23.Tommy Morrison
24.Gerry Coney
25.Samuel Peter
26.Acelino Freitas
27.Sugar Shane Mosley
28.Jose Luis Castillo
29.Danny Lopez
30.Carl Froch
31.Ken Norton
32.Larry Holmes
33.Oscar De La Hoya
34.Joe Calzaghe
35.Ike Quartey
36.Daniel Ponce De Leon
37.Wilfredo Gomez
38.Quincy Taylor
39.Hasim Rahman
40.Vernon Forest
41.Lennox Lewis
42.Auturo Gatti
43.David Haye
44.Wladimir Klitschko
45.Roberto Duran
46.Earnie Shavers
47.Tony Tucker
48.Shannon Briggs
49.Gerald Mcclellan
50.Harry Simon
51.Milton McCrory
52.Pipino Cuevas
53.Marcos Maidana
54.Randall Bailey
55.Ray Mancini
56.Nigel Benn
57.Danny Green
58.Roy Jones JR
59.Salvador Sanchez
60.Jose Luis Ramirez
61.Rafeal Marquez
62.Juan Manuel Lopez
63.Laurent Boudouani
64.Dave Boy Green
65.Crisanto Espana
66.Carlos Zarate
67.Alfonso Zamora
68.Ruben Olivares
69.Vitali Klitschko

What about John Mugabi?

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Doesn't have a patch on Peter and Boudouani.

[Tuan_Jim]

I give you credit for making the effort.I just do not agree with the list.
I saw Earnie Shavers a few times in person.I could hear the wind howl when he threw a punch.
The thudding sound of him hitting an opponent was enough to make you cringe.

The most devastating puncher ever in my opinion

Ali said something similar and I think Holmes would agree

And Ron Lyle, and Joe Bugner, and Tex Cobb. It's quite the collection of chins that regard the single shot power of the old Acorn.

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1.Julian Jackson
2.Kelly Pavlik
3.Marvin Hagler
4.Joe Frazier
5.George Foreman
6.Felix Trinidad
7.Mike Tyson
8.David Tua
9Aaron Pryor
10.Edwin Valero
11.Julio Cesar Chavez sr
12.Edwin Rosario
13.Thomas Hearns
14.Alexis Arguello
15.Kostya Tszyu
16.Naseem Hamed
17.Frank Bruno
18.Lamon Brewster
19.Herbie Hide
20.Fernando Vargas
21.Mike Mccallum
22.Diego Corrales
23.Tommy Morrison
24.Gerry Coney
25.Samuel Peter
26.Acelino Freitas
27.Sugar Shane Mosley
28.Jose Luis Castillo
29.Danny Lopez
30.Carl Froch
31.Ken Norton
32.Larry Holmes
33.Oscar De La Hoya
34.Joe Calzaghe
35.Ike Quartey
36.Daniel Ponce De Leon
37.Wilfredo Gomez
38.Quincy Taylor
39.Hasim Rahman
40.Vernon Forest
41.Lennox Lewis
42.Auturo Gatti
43.David Haye
44.Wladimir Klitschko
45.Roberto Duran
46.Earnie Shavers
47.Tony Tucker
48.Shannon Briggs
49.Gerald Mcclellan
50.Harry Simon
51.Milton McCrory
52.Pipino Cuevas
53.Marcos Maidana
54.Randall Bailey
55.Ray Mancini
56.Nigel Benn
57.Danny Green
58.Roy Jones JR
59.Salvador Sanchez
60.Jose Luis Ramirez
61.Rafeal Marquez
62.Juan Manuel Lopez
63.Laurent Boudouani
64.Dave Boy Green
65.Crisanto Espana
66.Carlos Zarate
67.Alfonso Zamora
68.Ruben Olivares
69.Vitali Klitschko

What about John Mugabi?

Rubin Olivares 68th...............So these 3 punch Harder Laurent Boudouanin..63rd Roy Jones..58th Joe Calzaghe..34th

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1.Julian Jackson
2.Kelly Pavlik
3.Marvin Hagler
4.Joe Frazier
5.George Foreman
6.Felix Trinidad
7.Mike Tyson
8.David Tua
9Aaron Pryor
10.Edwin Valero
11.Julio Cesar Chavez sr
12.Edwin Rosario
13.Thomas Hearns
14.Alexis Arguello
15.Kostya Tszyu
16.Naseem Hamed
17.Frank Bruno
18.Lamon Brewster
19.Herbie Hide
20.Fernando Vargas
21.Mike Mccallum
22.Diego Corrales
23.Tommy Morrison
24.Gerry Coney
25.Samuel Peter
26.Acelino Freitas
27.Sugar Shane Mosley
28.Jose Luis Castillo
29.Danny Lopez
30.Carl Froch
31.Ken Norton
32.Larry Holmes
33.Oscar De La Hoya
34.Joe Calzaghe
35.Ike Quartey
36.Daniel Ponce De Leon
37.Wilfredo Gomez
38.Quincy Taylor
39.Hasim Rahman
40.Vernon Forest
41.Lennox Lewis
42.Auturo Gatti
43.David Haye
44.Wladimir Klitschko
45.Roberto Duran
46.Earnie Shavers
47.Tony Tucker
48.Shannon Briggs
49.Gerald Mcclellan
50.Harry Simon
51.Milton McCrory
52.Pipino Cuevas
53.Marcos Maidana
54.Randall Bailey
55.Ray Mancini
56.Nigel Benn
57.Danny Green
58.Roy Jones JR
59.Salvador Sanchez
60.Jose Luis Ramirez
61.Rafeal Marquez
62.Juan Manuel Lopez
63.Laurent Boudouani
64.Dave Boy Green
65.Crisanto Espana
66.Carlos Zarate
67.Alfonso Zamora
68.Ruben Olivares
69.Vitali Klitschko

What about John Mugabi?

Rubin Olivares 68th...............So these 3 punch Harder Laurent Boudouanin..63rd Roy Jones..58th Joe Calzaghe..34th

If we combine all the Ko's the 3 you picked above Rubin its 109 ko's between them Rubin had 79 ko win's alone.