Top Ten Best Punchers In Boxing History

The Top Ten

1 George Foreman

George Edward Foreman is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1969 to 1977, and from 1987 to 1997. Nicknamed "Big George", he is a two-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist.

His punch was like a mule kick, one shot and his opponent was in dream land. Even at an older and slower stage in his career, he was dangerous.

2 Earnie Shavers

3 Sonny Liston

4 Mike Tyson

Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title at 20 years, four months and 22 days old.

5 Joe Frazier

Joseph William Frazier, nicknamed "Smokin' Joe", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1965 to 1981. He reigned as the undisputed heavyweight champion from 1970 to 1973, and as an amateur won a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

6 Cleveland Williams

7 Ron Lyle

8 Jack Dempsey

9 Thomas Hearns

10 Lennox Lewis

The Contenders

11 Deontay Wilder

Deontay Leshun Wilder is an American professional boxer. He has held the WBC heavyweight title since 2015, and in doing so became the first American world heavyweight champion in nine years, which was the longest period of time in boxing history without an American heavyweight champion.

Hardest puncher of all time.

12 Rocky Marciano

49-0-0 43 knockouts beat four legends Joe Louis Archie Moore Joe Walcott Ezzard Charles

His power saved him from losing many close fights.

13 Manny Pacquiao

Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao is a Filipino professional boxer and politician, currently serving as a Senator of the Philippines. He currently ranks #4 in BoxRec's ranking of the greatest pound for pound boxers of all time.

14 Julian Jackson