Who hit harder, Vitali, Wlad, Lewis or Bowe?

Bowe's punching power is being underrated here. Coming up he was able to stop most of the durable journeyman and trialhorse opponents he faced. Everet Martin went the distance with Foreman and Wlad K. Bowe put him away in 5. Jesse Ferguson was a tough guy who could always go rounds vs top punchers. Bowe blew him away in a round plus. He dropped and knocked out Holyfield. Lewis never came close to putting an ancient Holyfield down in 24 rounds of boxing.

 

Outstanding post.

Ruiz floored the same Holy Lewis fought.

Douglas and Tyson ripped Fergusson with savage uppercuts and he never went anywhere. Couldn't take Bowe's power for longer than 2 round.

 

Any heavy can hit hard if he is throwing 1-2s from a stand still.

Give Wlad angles and make him punch on the move and his power is greatly diminished.
Hell , he can't even punch at all going backwards, never mind hit with any power:rofl

 

Ummmm... Okay.... and your answers would then be what after you've changed the question to what you believe is more appropriate?

 

never tasted any of thier shots but i would say lennox lewis easily :smoke

 

That much is beyond dispute.

 

Yeah exactly! Strange for even someone like Coke Lab to mock the question. It's a boxing forum! Anyways...

Bowe
Wlad
Lewis
Vitali

 

LMAO at the fools who think fat, burger munching Bowe hit harder than Vlad K. The only excuse is they must be stoopid Muricans.

 

Lewis
Wlad
Bowe
Vitali

 

Bowe stopped Martin on a cut, never had him hurt or dropped him, Foreman at least dropped Martin.

As for the comparison between Bowe and Lewis against Holyfield that came down to styles. Bowe brawled with Holyfield and hit Evander a whole lot more than Lewis ever did. Lewis being the more cautious fighter threw less and landed less in general and so couldn't wear Holyfield down like Bowe could.

When Bowe stopped Evander he landed with 252 punches in 7 rounds and 58 seconds, while Lewis in the 2nd fight, fighting more aggressively than the first, only landed 195 punches over 12 full rounds, Bowe's higher volume, greater aggression wore Evander down, so unless we saw Lewis landing with the same frequency and volume you can't really say Bowe hit harder.

Best way is to compare all the men they fought, not just Holyfield.

Both fought Lionel Butler, Bowe stopped Butler in 2 while Lewis took 5. Though Butler fought Bowe when he was some 46lbs lighter with a 0-1 record, while Lewis fought a more experienced Butler on a 16 fight winning streak, so it can be argued Lewis fought a better Butler. So I'd say this is even.

Both fought Tyrell Biggs both in 1991, Bowe stopped him in 8, Lewis stopped him 3, dropping him 3 times in the process. Clear edge to Lewis.

Both fought Golota. While Bowe was past his best he did get to hit Golota cleanly during both fights, he even dropped Golota and broke his jaw in the 2nd fight. But Lewis blew him away in one round, once again clear edge to Lewis.

Bowe obviously hit hard, but I don't think he hit's as hard as Lewis or Wlad, they didn't need to be as aggressive as Bowe or land as many punches to take guys out.

 

Hard to say.

Lewis compared to Wlad: Lewis had better right hand overall, he had great uppercut unlike Wlad. Both hit pretty hard with straight right.

On the other hand, Wlad had much harder left hook than Lennox.

Bowe hit pretty hard, too. But what diminishes his punching power in the eyes of many - that he failed to KO Golota, while Lewis and Brewster did it in 1 round.

Vitali was also a hard hitter early in his career (though he never hit as hard as Wlad or Lewis). Later, after suffering series of injuries, his punching power decreased as was evident in his comeback fights. But I believe Vitali upped his skills in his late comeback compared to early 2000's Vitali (who was quicker and hit harder).

 

Lewis boxing cautious and safe against an old battle worn Holyfield cost him an undeserved draw first time and a deserved draw second time out.
Since Bowe was the far superior boxer , he did not leave it to faith like Lewis did and thats why he defeated a much better Holy more impressively first time and destroyed him the third time.
Lewis wouldn't have been able to play it safe using his size against prime Holyfield , so he either up's the work rate like Bowe did , or he gets knocked out.

Lewis launched full wounded uppercuts into Holyfield and he never went anywhere. He kept walking forward without even staggering.
One single uppercut from Bowe lifted holy out of his senses and off his feet.
In the measure of power , the best guys are brought to the table, not the worst.
The guy who kracked Holys chin vs the guy who never even hurt it is all you need to know.

Bowe was 0-0-0 and had ZERO experience when he done Butler in TWO. Seasoned Lewis took FIVE

bOWE broke his nose with just a jab in round 2.

Golota's chin and mental state was never the same after he shared the ring with Bowe. One it kracks , it don't come back. Knocking a guy over who was doped up to the eyebalz on sedatives doesn't prove anything. It was Golota suffering PTSD from two fights with Bowe that was his undoing more than anything. Bowe clubbed you so bad the reaction would carry over into future fights.

 

1. Lewis
2. Wlad
3. Bowe
4. Vitali

 

Yeah, Vitali always threw awkward-looking punches, like he was just lobbing them over a fence or something. His punches never looked all that powerful, just long and awkward. But Shannon Briggs said that Vital was the hardest puncher he ever faced, so maybe his punches were deceptively strong.

 

Out of these 4, I'd say Lewis. Probably UKs greatest heavyweight thus far.