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Yes.. but he was almost blind. God gives with one hand, takes away with the other.
I'm pretty sure he also meant p4p... as in relation to his fighting weight range.So Julian Jackson hits harder than Tyson and George Foreman ................ ok then.
Hardest p4p puncher that WE KNOW about? Perhaps. But because there is no unified organizing body in boxing, so many great fighters and big punchers are totally lost to history.
As an example, Sugar Ray Robinson is now everyones consensus P4P all time boxer, but during his day (1940s) most boxing insiders thought Charley Burley was better than him, in fact Jake LaMotta and Sugar Ray Robinson, and Billy Conn all ducked Burley for years. Burley is perhaps the single most ducked boxer in the sport's history. Was Sugar Ray better than Burley? We'll never know.
So there are probably many fighters in history that punched harder than Julian Jackson that we likely never heard about.
basically everyone who fought shavers said he was the hardest puncher they foughtEzzard Charles didn't duck Burley, and beat him twice.
And to answer original question, he'd in the pound 4 pound mix. As for overall? Foreman was on late nite tv getting interviewed, asked who was hardest puncher he had faced. He spat out a couple names, Ron Lyle, Gerry C, uhhh I forget who else, then the host cuts in and asks, "did you ever fight Earnie Shavers" and Foreman gets a huge laugh emphatically replying "No! THANK GOD, NO!".
Foreman respected Shavers' power without even feeling it. That pretty much did it for me and that whole debate.
Anyway, maybe he was just playing the legend up, but always sold it for me.
Ezzard Charles didn't duck Burley, and beat him twice.
And to answer original question, he'd in the pound 4 pound mix. As for overall? Foreman was on late nite tv getting interviewed, asked who was hardest puncher he had faced. He spat out a couple names, Ron Lyle, Gerry C, uhhh I forget who else, then the host cuts in and asks, "did you ever fight Earnie Shavers" and Foreman gets a huge laugh emphatically replying "No! THANK GOD, NO!".
Foreman respected Shavers' power without even feeling it. That pretty much did it for me and that whole debate.
Anyway, maybe he was just playing the legend up, but always sold it for me.
basically everyone who fought shavers said he was the hardest puncher they fought
Burley was a WW/MW. Ezzard Charles was way way bigger, (eventually ending up at HW). If you look at Burleys losses its always to guys that today would be several weight classes larger. Research the black murderers row, its a group of fighters that were so dangerous they could only fight each other and/or contenders in higher weight classes. Their peers wanted no piece of them.
Btw, Burley beat Archie Moore even though Archie was a light heavy. He knocked him down 4 times. Archie Moore outweighed him by 20 lbs.
I have no idea, styles make fights. Theres a reason Robinson avoided him.I know the murderers row, and how no one would fight them, so they fought each other. But, Ezzard was 20 and 161 and 160 for the fights, and Burley 155 and 151 respectively, so if Burley could go to LHW, and beat Moore when Moore was 20lbs heavier, young Ezzard at MW should be easy work, right? All I'm saying is not every name out there avoided murderers row, and not all of them lost bad either. Who do you really think would have won, Robinson or Burley?
cuz God's a sick bastard ?Yes.. but he was almost blind. God gives with one hand, takes away with the other.