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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]
Robert James Fitzsimmons (26 May 1863 – 22 October 1917) 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]
Ian "Powerhouse" Jacobs is an Australian kickboxer and former 3 time World Kickboxing Champion. [1] [2]He has had victories over other former World Champions, such as Gurkan Ozkan by Unanimous points decision, and 'Diamond' Dale Westerman by Knockout.
Though the bout was promoted as a match between two of boxing's hardest punchers, neither fighter scored a knockdown nor had his opponent in any real danger. Morrison abandoned his usual aggressive style while Foreman was the aggressor for the duration of the fight, stalking the agile Morrison, who in turn circled the older and bigger Foreman ...
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.
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 .
Another former champion, Rocky Marciano, changed his view about the knockout punch after seeing videotape the next day. "I didn't think it was a powerful punch when I saw the fight from ringside," Marciano said. "Now (after seeing video) I think Clay, seeing the opening, snapped the punch the last six inches."
Retained world light-heavyweight title: 58 Win 41–7–5 (5) Australian Jim Ryan PTS 20 Aug 29, 1899 Auditorium for fistic carnival, Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. Won inaugural world light-heavyweight title: 57 Win 40–7–5 (5) Mexican Pete Everett DQ 7 (25) Aug 4, 1899 Colorado A.A., Denver, Colorado, U.S. 56 Win 39–7–5 (5) Jack McCormick PTS 6 ...