Bigger Punch: Wladimir Klitshchko or Deontay Wilder?

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Harder Hitter? Wlad or Wilder?

Poll closed Mar 9, 2020.

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  1. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Wlad for sure. He had savage HL reel lights out KO power in either hand, fought against a much higher level of competition, and could generate enormous power from short distances and didn't have to load up on his punches to do so, whereas, conversely, Bootleg D swings his right hand from the bowels of hell, feasted almost exclusively on a diet on low skill tomato cans, and couldn't load up on his shots more if he tried. Wlad could drop you like a bag of lead potatoes with shots that travelled inches, Bootleg D can only do so with ones that travel miles. If Wlad had loaded up on his right hand like Bootleg D does he'd punch his opponent's heads clean off and send them into outer space

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    Serge, Mar 3, 2020
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  2. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    If they're allowed to wind up and punch a wall, then maybe Wilder for all we know.

    But what they have shown in the ring; Wladimir all day baby.
     
    Nonito Smoak, Mar 3, 2020
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  3. lordlosh

    lordlosh Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Was that your first Klitschko match you ever watched? Klitschko looked old in that match. The jab wasn`t there, the right hand wasn`t there, only the left hook, but it wasn`t as fast and as explosive as usual.
    Klitschko also paced himself and throw very little punches, which is unfamiliar to him.
    The guy was one of the most active fighters in terms of throwing/landing punches and accuracy.
    In his later fight he tend to clinch where more, where it`s not even necessary.

    Just because he KO Pulev in the 5 and spectacular, doesn`t mean he was as good as he ever was.
    And maybe there is not difference between 25 and 26 years old, but its big difference from 38 to 39 years old
    The jab was gone and it was obvious in the Pulev fight, more obvious in the Jennings fight and clear as a say in Fury fight. Both in Fury and in Joshua fight he was missing a lot of punches, which never happen to him.
    It was obvious why.
    And Klitschko hurt Pulev big time with the left hook in the first, and instead of finish him, he allowed him to stay till the 5.
    Same thing happen with Joshua, but Joshua comeback and won the fight.
    And this is because Klitschko was very much past his prime and his attribute has declined a lot. Not the same fighter anymore.
     
    lordlosh, Mar 3, 2020
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  4. Heavy_Hitter

    Heavy_Hitter Boxing Addict Full Member

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    At 37 Wlad brutally KOed Pulev. Wilder never KOed anybody near Pulev's level even in early 30s.
     
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    Heavy_Hitter Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This.
    Also Pulev fight was almost 3 years before Fury and not 1 if I'm not mistaken.
    37 vs Pulev and 3 month to 40 vs Fury.
     
    Heavy_Hitter, Mar 3, 2020
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  6. SmackDaBum

    SmackDaBum TKO7 banned Full Member

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    Wilder's official KO percentage since Stiverne I:

    75%

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    SmackDaBum, Mar 3, 2020
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  7. The Clan

    The Clan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I’m saying Wlad based on the quality of the fighters he stopped!
     
    The Clan, Mar 3, 2020
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  8. The Clan

    The Clan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Only against poor opposition that can’t wait to voluntarily fall over then has zero, zip, nada, no ambition to get up!
     
    The Clan, Mar 3, 2020
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    Heavy_Hitter Boxing Addict Full Member

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    His opposition is not comparable to Wlad's.
     
    Heavy_Hitter, Mar 3, 2020
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  10. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    C'mon Mark, Wilder might not be the best puncher right now. Let alone ever.
     
    George Crowcroft, Mar 3, 2020
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  11. Naked Snake

    Naked Snake Active Member Full Member

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    Wilder never hit anybody who wanted to get up, other than Fury and look at what happened there
     
    Naked Snake, Mar 3, 2020
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  12. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    The left hook is a much shorter punch. People struggle to see a a good short one coming and you know what they say about the ones you don't see coming.
     
    Sugar 88, Mar 3, 2020
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  13. Eggman

    Eggman "The cream of the crop! Nobody does it better! Full Member

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    Could you imagine wilder pulling off a technically superb left hand lead ko like wlad v Pulev. No way. Wlad is the harder puncher. You have two hands.

    can’t have an average left and an elite right and say hardest ever.
     
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  14. MrFoFody

    MrFoFody Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wlad's left hook
     
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  15. ForemanJab

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    Wilder might've hit a bit harder with the right hand but that's because he sells out 120% on all his punches. Wlad used textbook technique and didn't telegraph his shots.
     
    ForemanJab, Mar 3, 2020
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