Could Wlad Klitschko punch as hard as Deontay Wilder?

And Chambers. He laid Chambers our cold for 5+ minutes while Breazeale was up 12 seconds after he hit the canvas. Chambers also has much better puch resistance comparing to Breazeale - Eddie never was knocked down before or after Klitschko fight, while Breazeale was knocked down a lot of times (5 at least) before facing Wilder.

 

not to mention trashing Ray Austin without ever throwing a right hand.

 

Ask their common opponents. Start with Tyson Fury. He was probably the best guy Wlad ever fought.

I know Fury said after the Wilder fight that Wilder could've killed him.

“As easy as I got up, I may never have got up. That was the type of punch that sometimes people won’t wake up from. Especially hitting me with a right hand and as I was going down he hit me with a left hook as well."

I don't recall Fury ever saying Wlad could've killed him with his power.

But, feel free to check.

 

Not say I think you're full of crap, but I'd like to see the sixth grader who threw a right hand like that.

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dubblechin...she was throwing the wind mill punches against other six graders. It did well at the time. It is just my way of slamming Wilder's arsenal. He doesn't have an arsenal. A magnificent right hand. Thats about it.

 

Bermane Stiverne and Gerald Washington knocked out Ray Austin (LOL).

 

Wlads KOs were more “wow” shots and needed less “wind up” as has been said. It was raw strength and technique, combined with speed

Brock
Austin
Chambers
.....but A few of his numerous Highlight reel KOs.

Wlad was one of the hardest ever. But the rarity is that his power was ALSO combined with such skill AND size


That is how you dominate the division for over a DECADE

 

Floyd could though. If he really sat on his shots.

 

Yes, plus the fact that his opponents didn't tend to outweigh him by 30 or 40 pounds, as is the case with Wilder.

Chambers was 35 pounds lighter than Wlad. Wilder's never fought anyone as a pro who was 35 pounds lighter than him. I'm sure it would take guys a while to get up if he did.

Wilder hasn't weighed more than an opponent in almost eight years.

Yet, he'll enter his sixth year as champ in January. Ortiz 2 will be his 10th defense in five years.

Catching up to Wlad.

Power RULES.

 

This.

 

Wlad was a very good puncher. I would say wilder punches harder but telegraphs his punches and is not as accurate. Wlad was a MUCH better boxer and prime Wlad KOs Wilder but as a pure power puncher, Wilder throws harder punches than Wlad.

Wilder is an interesting and frustrating dude. He is a monster puncher but a very flawed fighter. I thought he would crush Fury and was surprised to see Fury give him a boxing lesson. I think wilder could have been a true great if he started earlier and had better trainers. He’s an athletic guy who can punch but has too many holes in his game. Fun to watch nonetheless.

 

Wlad clearly has better overall power when you look at both hands.

Now that Tyson Fury is terrible it's interesting to note he's still the only current HW that would have a good chance of beating a prime Wlad. Joshua, Wilder, Ruiz, Whyte, Parker, Ortiz etc. would all be flattened. Ruiz particularly would explode like a pus-filled sore. Fury would have a shot at out-boxing Wlad, perhaps even dogfighting him on the inside if a ref controlled the super homo hug. Everyone else gets out-boxed then nuked at some point. But how **** is Fury!

 

All those guys you mentioned were way better than 95% of Wilders opponents. And the Sanders that stopped Wlad... kills Wilder.

 

David Haye has a diabolical hatred towards Wlad. Of course the stupid ***** is going to say that. Plus Wlad never caught him flush like he did Pulev, Chambers, Byrd etc.

 

Relies on his opponents being tired... like Jefferson, Pulev, Austin and Castillo? Wlad was overly cautious a lot of the time but sure as hell didn’t need his opponents to be tired.