Tony1244 wrote: ↑15 Apr 2022, 11:20
At the risk of repeating myself, fantastic video but do they mean Lyle third of all time? He was a very good puncher but 3rd is a bit high.
OUT OF WHO THEY FOUGHT. Thats why i like this so much. You can't tell how hard a guy hits by seeing it. Found this so much more interesting than drab discussions by folks who never took a punch.
I think you can get an idea by seeing it. Obviously a punch can look better (or worse) depending on the chin of the opponent. Sometimes what looks like a big punch isn't because it didn't land as cleanly as you might think.
However, there are certainly times where you can tell a guy landed a big shot.
I do like the comments of guys saying who hit them the hardest. Assuming that the guy fought other big punchers, it is informative.
We do have to keep in mind that a guy could have fought a big puncher but never got hit on the button by that guy, so that guy doesn't get mentioned. And these are human beings who might not like another guy who indeed had a big punch.
They know better than you Alp, no matter what you think
Re: What HW hit you the hardest?
Posted: 19 Apr 2022, 11:38
by Ambling Alp II
I was just saying that you have to consider some things:
-Did they actually get nailed by the guy they don't consider to be a big puncher?
-Are they being honest?
Something else to consider that occasionally they might get nailed with a great shot by someone who normally wasn't that big of a puncher.
For example, Maurice Hope might consider Wilfred Benitez to be a big puncher or Lennox Lewis might consider Hasim Rahman to be one.
But again, obviously it's worth listening to these guys.
Re: What HW hit you the hardest?
Posted: 19 Apr 2022, 15:00
by Caractacus
I think they should also start asking these guys,
Who was it that YOU (believe) you had hit the hardest ?
especially if they were surprised that they did not go down.
Re: What HW hit you the hardest?
Posted: 20 Apr 2022, 13:15
by Caractacus
George Chaplin fought a lot of big punchers, including Earnie Shavers.
someone out to ask him "The Best I've Fought".
Re: What HW hit you the hardest?
Posted: 20 Apr 2022, 15:25
by Caractacus
Earnie Shavers used to use a 12 lb axe to chop wood.
That is where he claimed he got most of his punching power from.
Re: What HW hit you the hardest?
Posted: 20 Apr 2022, 15:27
by Caractacus
also "What was the hardest punch you ever got "clipped" by ?
thinking "Man, that really would have hurted if it had landed flush"
Re: What HW hit you the hardest?
Posted: 20 Apr 2022, 15:30
by Caractacus
Shavers hit Howard Smith with a punch so hard that it chipped a bone in Smith's neck
and he had to retire from boxing shortly afterwards.
