Wladimir’s incredible power

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He was a bad boy, although It was jarring to watch a man so large fight so safe lol. It worked for him though for sure. I was with his corner almost begging him to let that right hand go some fights then a couple rounds later, opponent out cold.

 

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Does this not play down those insane claims that AJ has a glass chin?

I mean, he took an almighty straight right from Wlad and got up.

 

The impressive thing about the Chambers KO was it was late in the 12th round too. Steward said in an interview that Wlad dropped sparring partners with left hooks that they actually blocked. And one poster on here years back (Pro Fighter) said Wlad hit him the hardest out of all the heavyweights he sparred. And that included Lewis, Tua and Foreman.

Top three heavyweight puncher for sure.

 

Yeah I honestly don’t think joshua has a ‘glass’ chin. I think it’s more a mental thing. Gets clipped, feels his legs and equilibrium go a bit, then gets panicked really bad and anxiety sets in. Lol! At the same time however, I don’t think his chin is what you’d call great either.

If that Wlad rocket in the 6th was maybe 3-4 inches lower on the side of the chin… joshua wouldn’t have gotten up for five minutes.

 

Wlad was a KO puncher with both hands-granted. One of the hardest, I concede, of the heavyweight champions. But I also think several guys may have edged him out who were never champion, or even that good, as far as one shot, brute force. Because one-shot brute force is something you can pluck someone off a farm and produce on a stationary target impressively. I do credit timing, unusually fast hands, feet and reflexes for any man of his size, combined with being an incredibly hard brute force puncher, for his results. But if he had the same speed and timing as someone like George Foreman, would he be scoring KO's just the same? I don't really think so. But as a total package, where his punching ability is only partly the pure power, yeah, he's phenomenally dangerous. The only thing that kept most guys who got chipped away at more than blown out early is a combination of Wlad's caution and that he didn't have one of Lennox's skills, in assessing how to sell out his distance and from the Wlad school of thought, to over-extend himself when he could reason if he lands, it doesn't matter, because the guy is going away and will never get into the fight when he takes the shots that come from doing that.

I would say one of the best pieces of evidence for him being potentially in the top three hardest punchers, is one of the only times in his later years I thought Wlad just wanted to execute a guy with a good chin and size, and not jab with him (because the other guy's jab was excellent) and that was Pulev. I normally wouldn't call single shots "deadly" in a literal way, because it's usually accumulation that actually is deadly, but the stuff he was bludgeoning Pulev with was absolutely horrific. I rated Pulev well but didn't particularly like him as a person, and even I was cringing. If the US insists on the death penalty as they do, they could probably do it more efficiently by putting a Pulev mask on these guys and telling Wlad to tee off on their chin.

 

Brilliant synopsis.

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As great as he was specifically in regards to his offense he was a bit of a disappointment for me as a fan. He never quite developed the punch arsenal he could've had. As a born left hooker it boggles my mind that he never developed a hook to the body. He also never learned how to shorten his punches at close mid range often smothering his work. It was kind of funny seeing him landing uppercuts and trying to battle Joshua on the inside in his last fight.

 

Short left hook for ya:

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Not sure any HW on the scene could throw a shorter devastating LH

 

He could land the left hook to the head in close, yes, but not with any other punches. If you watched his fights this is plainly obvious. Would've liked to have seen a LH to the body, most great hookers go the body too so it was strange that he never could. I think Steward might've restricted him a bit. He used to throw a straight right hand to the body when trained by Fritz Sdunek but that went away when he changed coaches.

 

Wlad has always been in my top 3 heavyweight punchers. Yes he was very gifted and crazy athletic for a big man. I just hated how so many fights were just a 1-2 clinch fest. He was so damn great to watch when he was on the offensive, it’s a damn shame he took the boring route. The Pulev fight is one of my favorite performances in boxing.