Biggest Right hand of all time?

[kieron]

Have been watching an old boxing tape at the weekend with a couple of Bruno's fights. It got me thinking that with the exception of maybe Earnie Shavers, I reckon big Fwank probably had the hardest right hand of all time. What do you guys think?

[SouthpawSlayer]

no way

[J-Dog]

definately not, there is a huge list before you can even consider Frank !

[jc]

Rewatched Rocky Vs Walcott 1..brutal.

Lewis Rahman 2 is one of my faves also.

[BamBam]

Yeah just beat me to it. Marciano decking Walcott was savage. Walcotts face is distorted like some kind of rubber mask. Quality shot and impressive power from a lad who would easily make cruiserweight these days

[D-MAC]

If we are talking the pure biggest right hand puncher (ie: not P4P, but someone at HW), then Big George Foreman is in with a shout. Sonny Liston as well.

Mike Tyson also had a "decent" right.


Depends really, are we talking about the orthodox straight right here? Or does any right hand shot count?

[TFFP]

Julian Jackson.

Thomas Hearns.

[brown bomber]

Ingemar Johanson? Alexis Arguello?

[kieron]

I was thinking about the straight orthodox right hand. Surely the biggest right hand would have to be from a heavyweight or did the likes of Tommy Hearns hit harder than a heavy?

[Pug1list]

Lennox Lewis.

[D-MAC]

Lennox Lewis.

For orthodox straight right Lennox is definetly up there; that really was his primary honey punch.

Thinking of big hitting HW's like Marciano, Foreman, Dempsey, Shavers, Tyson, Louis etc.; they are primarily hook/uppercut punchers with the right hand (remembering Foreman's right uppercuts against Frazier: truly devastating). But of course they all threw the straight right at various times in their careers, so I don't know if you would exclude them.

I think Sonny Liston had a very powerful straight right, didn't he?:think

[Beeston Brawler]

Lewis also had an underrated lead left hook

[toffeejack]

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[bigG]

max baer...

[mat]

julian jackson or gerald mccellan also early duran

[1stcontact]

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Hell boys right hand is huge:deal:hey

[bronze_bandit]

Hitman Hearns - Need i say more

Julian Jackson... [Only registered and activated users can see links]

speak to Terry Norris, Herol Graham, Agostino Cardamone, ismael negron and 45 other Ko victims.

[D-MAC]

Hitman Hearns - Need i say more

Julian Jackson... [Only registered and activated users can see links]

speak to Terry Norris, Herol Graham, Agostino Cardamone, ismael negron and 45 other Ko victims.

The TS is not taking P-4-P into consideration in this discussion, so while Hearns and Jackson were massive punchers at the weights they fought at I don't think their straight right hand can be compared to the one possessed by, say, Lennox Lewis.

[markedwardscott]

For pure power, Max Baer, Sonny Liston, George Foreman.

[brickfists]

julian jackson

[Beeston Brawler]

P4P it has to be Julian Jackson.

Anyone thought of Herbie Hide - OK his comp level isn't all that, but 90% isn't bad over 50 fights.

[SouthpawSlayer]

max baer and probably p4p would be jackson or hearns

[Chinny]

Yep has to be Julian Jackson; he knocked guys unconscious time and again.

[ron u.k.]

in regards to sonny liston although he had great power in both hands i was always under the impression that sonny's most devastasting punch was the left hook.