top 15 hardest punching heavyweights in history

gensu3k1 · Post by **gensu3k1** » 21 Mar 2003, 16:52

P4P

1. Jimmy Wilde
2. Julian Jackson
3. Earnie Shavers (he wasn't that big of a guy, and everyone felt the power).

Heavyweight

1. Foreman
2. Shavers
3. Lewis
4. Tua
5. Vitaly Klitschko: A reach, but I've seen him land punches that move people around in ways I haven't seen before.
6. Tyson

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 22 Mar 2003, 02:43

Not in order:

Shaver
Foreman
Louis
Bob Satterfield (weighed 180 at his heaviest)
Tyson
Tua
Max Baer

..and as soon as I hit SUBMIT I'll think of some others.

overhand_right · Post by **overhand_right** » 22 Mar 2003, 06:45

still no mention of the big cat, cleveland williams?

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 22 Mar 2003, 20:36

just noticed...not Sonny Liston. No SONNY LISTON!!!!

barry · Post by **barry** » 23 Mar 2003, 02:26

Tommy Gomez was a small heavyweight who knocked out (KO, not TKO) some hard to knock out heavies.

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 23 Mar 2003, 03:18

tommy gomez indeed....glad to see someone remember him..forgot about him myself until this post. He liked to come in at around 180 and belted some of the leading heavyweights cold. Got shot up in the service and got the purple heart..and by shot up I think he was wounded several times.

I THINK it was Gomez who was in an exhibition match with Joe Louis, and in these Joe made into mostly a sparring display, unless pushed. Gomez smacked him with a beauty and Joe flattened him. Louis did the same thing to Elmer Ray. Guys who followed Joe's exhibitions said it was a kind of point of pride when Louis opened up on these guys..it was his way of showing they were making a real fight of it.

Simonpure · Post by **Simonpure** » 23 Mar 2003, 17:03

The most exciting chess match I ever witnessed was a 1950 meeting
of two masters, Tommy Gomez and Bob Satterfield. With over 80
knockout wins between them, the possibility of what could happen at
any moment kept spectators transfixed. What actually happened was
that neither man scored a knockdown and Satterfield earned one of
his rare decisions. Gomez returned to Tampa, Florida, and became a
beer salesman.

overhand_right · Post by **overhand_right** » 23 Mar 2003, 17:08

flex wrote:
overhand_right wrote:still no mention of the big cat, cleveland williams?
make your list and include him on there if you dare. I understand why you would be afraid 8)

fellow knowledgable boxing fans, how moronic is flex?

am i 'wrong' for mentioning one of the hardest punching heavyweights who ever existed in a list of hardest punchers?

Lickszz · Post by **Lickszz** » 05 Apr 2003, 15:13

Big Cat Williams could certainly punch. He had a very impressive Ko record and I even remember Ali saying how when he fought Williams, Williams really shook Ali up on a few occasions.