What boxer was most feared?

The Most Feared Fighter in Boxing History: Charles 'Sonny' Liston remembered.
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Who was the baddest boxer?

1. Muhammad Ali. Ali is widely considered the best among the best. Ali, who conquered the heavyweight crown three times and won the gold medal at the 1960 Olympics, finished his career with a 56-5 record (37 KOs).
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Who was the hardest boxer to fight?

The World of Boxing! Mike Tyson - The Hardest Puncher in Boxing Ever!
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Who is the meanest boxer of all time?

It comes as no surprise that Mike Tyson tops this list. After all, he has a reputation of being the most ferocious fighter to step into a professional ring. With his great strength, along with accuracy, coordination, outstanding hand speed, and timing, Tyson was a force to be reckoned with.
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Who did Tyson say his hardest fight?

Winning his first belt at 20 years, four months, and 22 days old, Tyson is the youngest boxer ever to win a heavyweight title. "Me," Tyson said when asked about his toughest fight by Stephen Fulton Jr. in a recent episode of Hotboxin' With Mike Tyson. "That's been my toughest fight all along."
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Who is the most loved boxer?

1: Muhammad Ali

There could be no other name at the top of a list like this. In the United States and across the globe, Muhammad Ali is not only the most popular boxer of all time. Along with perhaps Pele and Michael Jordan, he is the most famous athlete of all time.
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Who is the hardest puncher ever?

A list of the hardest hitters in boxing history
  • Mike Tyson. Whenever there's a discussion about the hardest hitting boxer, Mike Tyson is always mentioned. ...
  • George Foreman. ...
  • Deontay Wilder. ...
  • Earnie Shavers. ...
  • Rocky Marciano.
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Who has the strongest punch of all time?

Ngannou himself holds the current record for the hardest punch in the world, having clocked a striking power of 129,161 units on a PowerKube, which measures the power of a punch based on a variety of different factors, including force, speed and accuracy.
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Who came closest to beating Floyd?

The man who once beat Floyd Mayweather's fantastic 50-0 record, Wanheng Menayothin, has lost for the second time in his boxing career.
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Who is the goat of boxing?

When boxing fans talk about the GOAT (Greatest of All Time), they speak about late great heavyweight legend Muhammad Ali. The former Olympic gold medalist had established himself as a fighter to watch even before he hit the professional ranks in 1960.
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Who is king of boxing?

Muhammad Ali crowned 'King of Boxing'
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Which boxer had the best right hand?

Roberto Duran: Short Right Hand

Few fighters ever had Roberto Duran's finishing ability. His "Hands of Stone" meant he could knock out an opponent from any angle, but his short right seemed to do the most damage.
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What is the fastest human punch?

What Is The Fastest Punch? The record for the fastest punch is held by Keith Liddel who registered a punch at 45 miles per hour. In terms of actual strikes, the jab is often considered to be the fastest punch, as it focuses less on power and is meant to be more of a stun strike.
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Which punch is faster and powerful?

Vertical-fisted punches are faster

While vertical-fisted punches are not as powerful (as horizontal-fisted punches), they can be much quicker especially when thrown in combinations.
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Was Tyson faster than Ali?

Ali is the clear winner when it comes to foot speed. He had speed that a man of his size wouldn't normally possess. Ali had quick hands as well, but his hand speed was nowhere near as lethal as his foot speed. For years Mike Tyson's hand speed has been overlooked.
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What boxer had the fastest hands?

1. Roy Jones Jr. What can be said about his speed that hasn't been said? He's a boxer who was able to showboat like no one else in the ring because of how fast he was.
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Which boxer has the best body shots?

1. Bob Fitzsimmons: Boxing's first triple-crown champion specialized in hard, energy-sapping body blows and is credited with inventing the solar plexus punch. A single left hook to the body from Fitz won him the heavyweight championship of the world in his historic battle with James J.
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Who is the 2nd best boxer of all time?

Roberto Duran (PAN)

He became only the second boxer in history to have fought in five different decades, finally retiring in 2002, aged 50. He held world titles at four different weights (lightweight, welterweight, junior middleweight and middleweight).
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Who is best boxer to Floyd?

Here SunSport runs you down Mayweather's top five greatest boxers of all time:
  1. FLOYD MAYWEATHER. It comes as no surprise Mayweather has put himself in first place as he refers to himself as The Best Ever. ...
  2. PERNELL WHITAKER. ...
  3. ROBERTO DURAN. ...
  4. LARRY HOLMES. ...
  5. AARON PRYOR.
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Which boxer had the best uppercut?

Lennox Lewis may have possessed the greatest uppercut in the sport. In his fight with Michael Grant, Lewis went up against a boxer who was unbeaten and had been in a candidate for "Fight of the Year" in 1999 versus Andrew Golota.
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Who is the coolest boxer in the world?

Muhammad Ali tops this list of the top 10 boxers.
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Which boxer has the strongest chin?

1. George Chuvalo: Battling in the most competitive heavyweight division in history, this brave Canuck slugger took the hardest shots of Ali, Foreman, Frazier, Patterson, Bonavena, Quarry, Zora Folley, Ernie Terrell, Cleveland Williams, Bob Cleroux, and Yvon Durelle and, amazingly, he was never once off his feet.
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Did Tyson beat up King?

Mike Tyson has revealed that he kicked and beat his promoter Don King back in the day because of his love for him. King and boxing legend Tyson had a strained relationship that was tainted by the promoter's stance on financial dealings.
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