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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]
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 .
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 heavyweight boxing history.
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.
The bout drew a record-breaking indoor crowd of 35,460 people. Williams had once been considered among the hardest punchers in the heavyweight division, but in 1964 he had been shot at point-blank range with a .357 Magnum by a Texas policeman, resulting in the loss of one kidney and 10 feet (3.0 m) of his small intestine. Ali dominated Williams ...
In 2005, Ardito broke the record for the first time with 428 punches. In 2007, he later surpassed his previous record with 702 punches. [4] In 2009, the record was broken for the last time by Ardito, totalling 805 punches.
Lyle, Muhammad Ali and Jimmy Young are the only boxers to have ever knocked down Foreman during a professional boxing match. Foreman later said that Lyle was the toughest man he ever fought, and the hardest hitter he ever took up. The former champion recovered and scored a knockout in the fifth round.
It was a special night for "Go-Big Show" contestant Professor Splash, as he attempted to set a new world record. 60-year-old man belly flops from over 26 feet into just 10 inches of water to set ...