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For me Shavers was the best puncher at heavyweight , sadly he didnt have the durability to match.

Ali himslef said that Shavers was the hardest hitter he went in with and he went in with Foreman , Frazier etc.....

Tom Podmore.

Neil Sinclair

Holmes said the same thing....he said the only thing that saved him when Shavers decked him, was that he hit the canvas so hard it woke him up....boy did Larry have serious powers of recovery.

Peter Buckley who has met many punchers in his time said that Duke McKencie was the hardest hitter he faced.

Another one not mentioned yet is Herbie Hide.

Jimmy wilde.

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I thought Buckley said Duke was the best he'd fought,as opposed to hardest puncher.

Didn't he say Colin McMillan hit him the hardest?

J wrote:Jimmy wilde.

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Indeed.

'The Ghost With A Hammer In His Hand'

Dont make them like that anymore.

Tom Podmore.

J wrote:Jimmy wilde.

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Pound for Pound he's got to be the hardest hitter, shame there is not much film of him about.

Lenny Albert wrote:Didn't he say Colin McMillan hit him the hardest?

Amazingly, yes. I guess it is all in the timing with Col.

Your right it was Colin McMillan
heres what Peter said.

BM: Of the 11 bona fide world champs you fought, who stood out as exceptional?

PB: Though Naz was the most awkward, I always rated Duke McKenzie as the most skilful I fought. Schooled to fornicate, man. Duke was barely a flyweight when I boxed him but his jab was like someone ramming a broom handle in your face.

Strength-wise, Scott Harrison was probably the toughest. You really feel his strength. Stand in front of him and you’re in trouble.

[Acelino] Freitas was a real strong, heavy-handed bastard but probably the hardest shot I took, believe it or not, was from Colin McMillan, who snapped me right on the chin. I got back up, but I didn’t know too much about where I was.

My hardest fight came against [the future British, Commonwealth and European bantam boss] Paul Lloyd. He was a good body puncher. Stopped me with an accumulation of shots. We’d had a good row but my face never marked up as bad as it did that night. I was aching for ages after.

Suprised Buckley didnt say me!!!! , i sparred with him in my amateur days , when our gym was taken to Nobby Nobbs Gym , for sparring , years back.

Thomas Hearns , im suprised no-one has mentioned.

Tom Podmore.

tommy aint british mate.

true , but i was refering to the part when peeps were talking about , hardest punchers general , Shavers was mentioned etc.

Tom Podmore.

Hardest hitting UK fighters I've seen -

Colin Jones
Pat Barrett
Tony Sibson
Charlie Magri
Jimmy Flint

Colin Jones , boy could he punch.......

Nigel Benn , he was a 'hitter'.

Throw in Pele Reid .

Tom Podmore.

MightyWarrior wrote:Hardest hitting UK fighters I've seen -

Colin Jones
Pat Barrett
Tony Sibson
Charlie Magri
Jimmy Flint

No room for Bingham's hook?

I reckon The Black Flash might be the hardest single puncher I have seen. Is he still helping out Brian Hughes or is he in bother, anyone know?

Barrett's in prison.

3-years , went inside earlier this year i believe.

Tom Podmore.

MightyWarrior wrote:Hardest hitting UK fighters I've seen -

Colin Jones
Pat Barrett
Tony Sibson
Charlie Magri
Jimmy Flint

I used to love watching Barrett fight, thought he had it all. speed , power skills. Shame he never quite lived up to expectations.
Last time i saw him was in nick ,

Podmore_Birmingham wrote:Barrett's in prison.

3-years , went inside earlier this year i believe.

Tom Podmore.

Gutted. He was one of my fav. fighters. Anyone other than the spidery Galloway and he might have been a world champ.

Podmore_Birmingham wrote:Colin Jones , boy could he punch.......

Hell of a puncher but he got a taste of his own medicine from Sugar Ray...that punch, along with Hearn's right hand on Duran and Lennox's bombing of Rahman, have to go down as 3 of the hardest single shots I have ever seen thrown.

TerribleTerry wrote:

Podmore_Birmingham wrote:Colin Jones , boy could he punch.......

Hell of a puncher but he got a taste of his own medicine from Sugar Ray...that punch, along with Hearn's right hand on Duran and Lennox's bombing of Rahman, have to go down as 3 of the hardest single shots I have ever seen thrown.

You're thinking of Dave Green And yes, that was BRUTAL.

Bingham coulld certainly hit...

Pat Barrett: what a waste that was - could've been a world champ easy if he'd stayed on the rails.

And Naz of course

MightyWarrior wrote:

TerribleTerry wrote:

Podmore_Birmingham wrote:Colin Jones , boy could he punch.......

Hell of a puncher but he got a taste of his own medicine from Sugar Ray...that punch, along with Hearn's right hand on Duran and Lennox's bombing of Rahman, have to go down as 3 of the hardest single shots I have ever seen thrown.

You're thinking of Dave Green And yes, that was BRUTAL.

Bingham coulld certainly hit...

Pat Barrett: what a waste that was - could've been a world champ easy if he'd stayed on the rails.

Yup - Dave Green... what was I thinking! cheers! The bloke looked seriously damaged as he lay stone cold in the ring.

Shooting off at a tangent but did anyone see this weeks KOTV?

The left hook that Tommy Morrison exploded on Razor Ruddock had awesome effect . I think I could watch that punch everyday and still jump out of my seat when it lands 8)