Who was the Hardest Hitting Heavyweight Champ Before Dempsey?

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Bob Fitzsimmons gets my vote.
     
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    I'm banking on Sullivan
     
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  3. janitor

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    Sullivan.
     
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  4. mcvey

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    I have him at number 2.
     
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    Sullivan ..
     
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  6. ETM

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  7. janitor

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    Highly unlikely.
     
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    Obviously this is difficult enough with recent fighters.

    Fitzsimmons was an absolutely terrifying surgical finisher, but perhaps precision played a part as much as power?

    Jeffries was never the finisher that Fitzsimmons was, but it is fairly reliably recorded that he punched slightly harder in a test with a pressure sensor.

    Sullivan seems to have been the kind of puncher, who didn't even need to hit people cleanly to hurt them!

    There is almost a Shaversesque quality to him.
     
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  10. ETM

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    Oh
     
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  11. mcvey

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    How many professional fighters did Sullivan knock unconscious? Compare it to Fitz's tally.
    Those who had seen both Sullivan and Jeffries tipped Sullivan the nod for power.
     
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  12. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    How about Willard?
     
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    Bob Fitzsimmons.
     
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  14. janitor

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    You could make the argument.
     
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  15. Seamus

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    Joe Goddard is in the discussion, as is Joe Choynski.
     
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