Who Hit Harder Deontay Wilder, Earnie Shavers or Wladimir Klitschko?

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Deontay Wilder Earnie Shavers Wladimir Klitschko

  1. Deontay Wilder

    18.9%
  2. Earnie Shavers

    36.9%
  3. Wladimir Klitschko

    44.1%
  1. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    Yes, and Fury is a guy who gets knocked down by Cunningham.
     
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    We've done Wlad already.

    Shavers KO'd Norton, Ellis, Bugner, Young, Clark...
     
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    Bugner was stopped because of cuts, wasn,t ko,d
     
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    And AJ got knocked out by Andy Ruiz, yet Wlad couldn't shatter that glass or even knock Fury down.
     
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    Ruiz is not comparable to Cunningham, though, a career cruiserweight not known for his big punch.
     
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    Neither is Andy Ruiz.
     
  7. catchwtboxing

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    Cunningham's is much, much less-- 43% KO ratio with most being cruiser, to Andy's 62% all at heavy.
     
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    Kiwi Casual Boxing Addict Full Member

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    And Wilder has a 97.72% KO ratio. What's your point?
     
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    Ruiz did a better job knocking out bigger opponents. He and Cunningham are not comparable.
     
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    Kiwi Casual Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well then by your logic Wilder must be the hardest hitting heavyweight in history considering he was the lighter fighter in almost all of his fights, some by up to 60 pounds.
     
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    You are missing something very obvious--Cunningham got lesser results in a lesser weight class. He has an easier bar, and go lesser results.
     
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    Cunningham weighed the same as Wilder did at heavyweight and was 6'3. He wasn't a cruiserweight when he fought Fury. He scored a flash knockdown that didn't hurt Fury at all.

    Ruiz on the other hand actually knocked AJ out after 4 knockdowns and hasn't really KO'd anyone else of note.
     
  13. catchwtboxing

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    I am freezing here. It is really not a controversial point. The old saying is, "a puncher can't move up and take his punch with him." Cunningham, whose natural weight is cruiser, was not a big puncher there, and he certainly did not become a bigger puncher by moving up. Ruiz is a decent puncher at heavy. I think it's a very reasonable point. Good luck.
     
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    Ok, who has Ruiz knocked out then?
     
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    The opposite point your missing is all the arguments against wilder could be applied to others.
    For a strange reason some people only want to apply certain standards to wilder.
     
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