Is Arthur Abrahams power heavily overated?

No, when he lands clean, he has massive one punch power. Look at what he did to Gevor, for instance. I don't think Gevor's even been knocked down outside that fight. He just doesn't do it quickly, and because of his style, he doesn't necessarily get a ton of full leverage, clean shots in.

 

100% correct. It's astounding that people don't realize this. If he wasn't so economical (miserly, really) he'd probably have held the 1st-round KO record well before Valero and that other guy.

 

yeah AA can bang.

 

Savage puncher. He has one punch lights out ko's and thats difficult to do even with the opponents he was fighting. His also has a low workrate and was slightly drained at 160.

 

AA's power is a bit of an anomaly. He has allowed some fighters to make the distance who most other big punchers would have stopped. His problem lies in his ability to effectively use his power, not in a lack of power. There are fighters who do not have Arthur's one-punch power who have higher KO ratios over better opposition.

 

No.

It if anything is underrated. AA can KO any animal weighing 500 lbs or less with one punch.

When he throws I get that sort of scared feeling for his opponent. That really has only happened to me with Mike Tyson and Arthur Abraham.

 

Here's an interesting proposal, following on RealIzm's semi-serious statement above:

Arthur Abraham - puncher's chance against Wladimir Klitschko? :think

Would either of them even throw a power punch in the first eight rounds?

 

Gee, thanks for making a liar out of me with a well-balanced and rational AA post. ...I mean, :twisted:.

 

That was actually very fair, for boo. :good

 

Yeah...it's throwing me way off, man.

 

Butt, you must be kidding me. If Wlad dropped his hands for a moment he just might die in the ring. But Wlads reach and strong jab I imagine could keep AA at bay. But ya never know....AA has a knack for finding a way. Infact I would dare to say that Wlad couldnt handle the power shots Dirrell took. Wlad chin is utter ****. His boxing skills are just good enough to keep everyone away.

 

The guys built for power punches.

 

:yep :good

 

AA is too short to be able to get leverage on Wlad's chin. No way he could hit Wlad even close to full force.

 

Wlad does fight tall but AA has very long arms for his height. Granted AA didnt hit Dirrell with much but he was still able to hit him without jumping. How much taller is Wlad? Dirrell is 6'1 or 6'2.