Molina had been KO'd in a round twice. Szpilka's chin is made out of dried dog sh*t. Sopranos wannabe Mike Mollo bounced him up and down off the canvas 3 times and a walking blob named David Saulsberry put him on his ass too. Mollo hadn't fought in 2.5 years going into their first encounter either and he was 1-2-1 in his last 5, the win coming against a 23-11-1 scrub, the 2 loses coming against shot versions of Golota and Jameel McCline, and the draw coming against a 18-11-1 journeyman. Even Jennings' power was too much for Szpilka. Stiverne was dropped by a footballer and he was ill when he fought Wilder. Johann Duhaupas was dropped hard by a 15-14-1 blown up CW named Jean Claude Bikoi who sports a terrifying 26% KO percentage and was 1-6 in his last 7 fights going into the fight against Duhaupas and is currently 1-9 in his last 10, the lone victory amid all those loses being a MD against a 3-5-1 nobody. Wilder couldn't have tried any harder to to put Duhaupas over but he didn't come close despite hitting him with everything bar the kitchen sink. 3:15 mark [YT]1iW6RFGffh4[/YT]
Yeah he's certainly not featherfisted, but he's certainly not an otherworldly power puncher like his fanboys tried suggesting on his way up. There's a reason he's going rounds with Stiverne, Molina, Duhaupas, and Szpilka! Each time he's supposed to bomb these guys out early but it doesn't happen... Because his power isn't what it was billed up to be.
I think Wilder's power is decent but generally over estimated. A lot of his KOs have been via huge windmilling overhand rights. Punches that are seldom thrown by technically proficient boxers and/or against decent opposition as they leave you so open to the counter if you miss. I reckon even relatively feather-fisted boxers can KO opponents if allowed to bolo punch without fear of reprisal. No coincidence that Wilder's KO% has declined with better opposition - better chins that have to be boxed more cautiously. There's a saying amongst folk who buy young racehorses - "all horses look fast when racing alongside trees". That is, consider the opposition / context when assessing ability.
I honestly felt like Molina who has been blasted out in a round twice and never beaten anyone was going to beat him at numerous stages in their fight. And Molina hurt him good in that one too. And Duhaupas, who had lost to someone who is widely considered to be one of Wlad's worst title challengers and again has never beaten anyone other than a past it Charr who had been savagely KO'd by Povetkin 11 months early and would be knocked cold by a CW 4 months later, busted up his eye and also gave him plenty of problems even though the only real punch he had in his arsenal was a jab. And Szplika was beating him on most peoples cards until he grew overconfident and walked into a silly shot too. Wilder struggled against all 3 of those guys even though they had been hand-picked to make him look good. He was supposed to blast them out of there early. That's how it was supposed to play out lol.
Mike Mollo had Szpilka crawling around on the canvas and hurt him much sooner that BurgerBoy did and BurgerBoy had to hit Duhaupuss hundreds of times to get a stoppage... while getting himself Pizza Faced in the process... Mollo is fighting that Polish guy that put the BurgerBoy on the canvas over and over when they fought in the amateurs!! BurgerBoy should try to avenge that loss he had!! instead of fighting unknown French Pastry Chef's!
Golovkin is. He or Haye may be the hardest punching 220 pounder through. Hardest punch overall belongs to Taishan 270+ pounds Dong.
--Knocked out badly by an unknown LHW in amatuers --ALSO, OUTBOXED badly by a Polish Sausage in the amatuers --Squeaked by with a bronze medal somehow in the Olympics --Put down by morbidly obese Dustin "Big Worm" Nichols with a "Check-Jab" --Put down heavily and almost out by career loser Harold "Hard Roc" Sconiers --Built much of his career by beating sad corpses like Harrison and Lyakhovich --Brought in personal friend Malik Scott to take an obvious dive --Did not fight the real champ for his "title" but a Don King manufactured Buffet champion --Knocked down by 2 Wlad jabs and OUT with one medium left hook in sparring --Destroyed and almost ktfo'd by Haye in sparring --Rocked heavily by a Firtha jab --Could not defeat a very ill Stiverne as convincingly as Demetrice King --Could not even knock a very ill Stiverne down like Rossy --Some of the most shameful opponents for his "title defenses" that the world has ever seen, showing his low self esteem --Rocked badly and almost out vs substitute teacher Molina ("Drummer Boy") --He did not perform as well agasint Molina as Arreola OR ASHANTI JORDAN, both of whom knocked him out in 1 --Eye busted up and made to look like a gargoyle by Duhaupas ("The Reptile"), a French pastry chef --Sold as a nice guy, but actually spends his time beating up hookers and mental patient Charlie Zelenoff, who are ironically his best opponents --Dispresects great fighters like Tyson and Klitschko --Now trying to claim that Fury's "courageous" win somehow makes him champion. --Avoiding Povetkin like the plague --Seems to be using a new tactic,probably to mask steroid use, of not allowing his pathetic opponents a full camp --Was considering Wawryck, knocked out in 3 by his mandatory, as an opponent --Offered a shot to Adamek, a shot to pieces 39 year old former LHW who is 1-2 in his last three, but only allowed him a 6 week camp. --Avoided Briggs and Bronco Billy Wright, shot fighters who carry AARP cards --Will fight an unemployed Soccer Hooligan named Szpilka? on 4 weeks notice, and will underpay him, overfeed and hooker him up --Wilder's team, the "Burger Squad", keeps removing and scrubbing the Internet of all of his shameful knockdowns and ktfo's; mostly while attempting a bad attempt at the "Ali Shuffle", which will now be called the "Burger Bungle". --Got punked out badly by unemployed, fur coat wearing soccer hooligan Spzilka at face off for their upcoming "title" fight -- Was being outclassed by undersized, unemployed, glorified bum, fur coat wearing, soccer hooligan Spzilka for 9 rounds -- Was clearly intimidated by Tyson Fury after landing a lucky punch against undersized, unemployed, glorified bum, fur coat wearing, soccer hooligan Spzilka -- When intimidated by Fury, had to resort to his pathetic catchphrase, causing embarrassment to, and for, everyone associated with the Wilder camp.