Who was the hardest puncher in boxing history?
The key word in this question is the word history and since you are talking for history it must be the Ancient Greek legend and 7 times Olympian “Diagoras” who won 837 fights and fought until 55 years old and won all of them by KO,most of them in the first round!He was 6’9 and 260 pounds and the legend says he was moving like a slick teenager,i read the comment exactly from the book right now! They say that his punch was so hard that many of his opponents unfortunately died!Boxing was really brutal back then! Instead of gloves, they had leather belts around their hands and when the fight was a draw, they fought a final round after they had stick their hands with the leather belts, inside bitumen with glasses and little rocks!As you understand this round usually did lead to death for the loser! In this section some “expert” has call these Greek fighters nation of gay men while some other “experts” who give awesome top 12 consider that some “real men” lol like Floyd or Hopkins would mop
There’s a lot of them… It is no secret why people love the heavyweights. More than in any other division, there is always the chance of a sudden and spectacular ending. It is sadly true that many heavyweight fights have been disappointing, lumbering affairs, but the big men have also provided some of boxing’s most startling moments. Here is a look at 10 heavyweight hitters who have provided some of those moments. 1. Mike Tyson For six rounds, the peak Mike Tyson was possibly the most devastating fighter ever seen, although trainer Don Turner once reminded me: “After six rounds he isn’t the same.” At his best, Tyson combined speed and power. Often, he was right on the other man before the poor fellow quite knew what was happening, such as when he crushed Marvis Frazier in 30 seconds. It also helped that Tyson intimidated many of his opponents to the point that they were ready to be knocked out before a punch was thrown (Michael Spinks, Alex Stewart and Bruce Seldon in particular). Whe
