Who is the hardest puncher in boxing history?

Not the best boxers - the heaviest hitters. Men who ended fights with one punch, from the bare-knuckle era to the modern heavyweight division.

1

Mike Tyson

Forty-four of his fifty wins came by knockout.

2

Muhammad Ali

Thirty-seven knockouts, built on speed rather than raw weight of punch.

3

George Foreman

Sixty-eight knockouts in seventy-six wins across two careers.

4

Earnie Shavers

Sixty-eight of his seventy-five wins by knockout; Ali called him the hardest hitter he faced.

5

Joe Louis

The Brown Bomber, whose short, precise punches ended fights early.

6

Sonny Liston

A feared champion with a jab that broke opponents down.

7

Rocky Marciano

Retired 49-0 with forty-three knockouts.

8

Deontay Wilder

Forty-three knockouts in forty-five wins.

9

Lennox Lewis

Unified heavyweight champion with concussive right hands.

10

Julian Jackson

A middleweight whose one-punch power was legendary.

11

Thomas Hearns

The Hitman, a welterweight who carried knockout power up five divisions.

12

Jack Dempsey

The Manassa Mauler, boxing's original destroyer.

13

Wladimir Klitschko

Fifty-three knockouts across a long title reign.