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Old 11-24-2007, 05:34 PM  
DS250
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Originally Posted by Pornwolf View Post
You are nuts Dig. Foreman, Buster Douglass, Holyfield and a few others definitely had more power than Tyson.
Yes Foreman had way more power than Tyson but Douglas and Holyfield? Douglas had decent power but Holyfield can't be mentioned in same sentence. I think few people on here are confusing punching power with handspeed and technique. The last thing to go on a heavyweight is power and the first thing is speed. Mike Tyson had lightning handspeed and would clock you on the button with a punch you never saw. That is why he knocked people out not raw power. When he lost his speed he became a less than marginal heavyweight because he didn't have the punching power to fall back on. He couldn't knock out Kevin McBride who has a feather chin. If Foreman came out of retirement now at 60 years old he could still knock out McBride. That is punching power.
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