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In 2017, he set the world record for the hardest punch ever recorded on the PowerKube, at 129,161 franklin (a unit used by the PowerKube that combines power and energy). [46] [17] [47] In the highest profile fight of his career, Ngannou faced veteran Alistair Overeem on 2 December 2017, at UFC 218. [48]
Earnie Dee Shaver (August 31, 1944 – September 1, 2022), [1] best known as Earnie Shavers, was an American professional boxer who competed between 1969 and 1995. A two-time world heavyweight championship challenger, he is known as one of the hardest punchers in boxing history.
He holds the record for the "fastest punch" in the Guinness World Records. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The punch was registered at 45 miles per hour. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In 2012, he qualified for the summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom .
Whatever the exact formula is, Steele’s record slap was less than half as powerful as the hardest punch (191,796 Franklins) or the hardest kick (235,875 Franklins) they had recorded.
After the fight, Holmes said the punch Shavers hit him with to drop him was the hardest he’d ever been hit. Shavers wasn’t a big man for a heavyweight at 6 feet tall and around 210 pounds.
Robert James Fitzsimmons (26 May 1863 – 22 October 1917) [a] was a British professional boxer who was the sport's first three-division world champion. [1] [2] He also achieved fame for beating "Gentleman Jim" Corbett (the man who beat John L. Sullivan), and he is in The Guinness Book of World Records as the lightest heavyweight champion, weighing just 167 pounds when he won the title. [3]
Douglas Baker (April 19, 1934 – October 20, 2014), known professionally as Ox Baker, was an American professional wrestler and actor. He was famous for his distinctive eyebrows and finishing move, the Heart Punch, sometimes called the "Hurt Punch", after Baker's famous catchphrase "I love to hurt people!".
Hagler was then approaching the middleweight record of 14 title defenses, held by Carlos Monzón. When Hagler vs. Hearns took place, Hearns had recently moved up from the welterweight to the junior middleweight to the middleweight division. Hearns was regarded as one of the hardest punchers of all time, winning 30 of his first 32 bouts by knockout.