Rate Vitali Klitschko punching power

Why not?

 

As typical Mendoza is wayyyyy off. Briggs fought Foreman in his last bout. A slow old painfully old and slow Foreman. We are talking Foreman at his best. Foreman at his best was the most destructive KO puncher in hwt boxing history. Young guys like you don't realize the George you watched was eons past his prime. Now go back playing in the street or I'll ask McVey to beat you up for the hundredth time.

 

Why would he?

 

Because he could hit really, really hard. Pawed with his jab a lot but his straight rights were very potent punches.

 

So could Briggs so they don't have the dossier of KO victims to rank higher. If you're going to rank Rahman an 8 based off the Lewis win , then you'd have to do the same with MaCall and i don't think he ranks an 8 , although Rahman surely was heavier handed than the Bull.
I wouldn't argue against Rahman being an 8 at the end of the day.

 

Rahman dropped Lewis hard and had him totally out of it on the canvas. McCall dropped Lewis who got up and was waved off by the referee. Pretty clear which was the harder shot.

Rahman was a very underrated puncher.

 

Vitali lifted Williams off his feet with a cuffing shot as well. You can google the image if you type in their names.

Not saying that makes him a harder puncher than Tyson (he wasn't) but his strength was insane.

 

By that rationale Shavers shouldn't rank very highly either.

 

There are a number of reasons other than punching power why some fighters have more impressive dossiers of KO victims than others though. Rahman was known for his devastating ko power before he ever set foot in the ring with Lewis.

 

Power is the last thing to go, Foreman rarley knocked out anyone over 225 pounds worth talking about. You keep talking about ppl not knowing what they are talking about yet you continue to show its actually you? lol


Foreman best kncokout win was M. Moorer known to be susceptible to heavy hitters.


Even McVey gave Vitali an 8,the only delusional person seems to be you which is daily on here. lol

 

Typical of a boxer bigging up a puncher that he beat to a fighter he couldn't, true though I suppose in this case somewhat. Tyson wasn't punching as hard anymore v Williams though obviously as Danny proved by taking them. Danny don't take them punches off a 5yr younger Tyson let alone prime

 

I gave him a solid 8.
Wlad a 10

 

Between 6-7 is about right, his resume is full stone of old washed up has beens and even then he had to club them for almost the distance until they finally caved in.

VK is not a "big" guy, personal experience here, face to face, he is very tall but skinny as rails, arms , legs ,chest etc.....he does not have the power full "look". Skinny guys can crack, like Hearns, but VK was/will never be a lights out puncher.

Rahman/McCracken made their entire "punching resume" by ko'ing the mediocre chinned Lewis..........on the upper level both rarely delivered a KO against QUALITY opposition, the edge probably goes to McCall, he at least stopped Akinwande and Glass Chinned Oleg.

Mendizzy has no clue about punching power...........he firmly believes that GGG hits harder than Heavyweights while in return he could not KO a Junior Welter or Danny freaking Jacobs who was iced out quickly previously.

Moral of the story, very few fighters continue to ko opponents once they step up, it is always easy to look like dynamite against ham and eggers but against elite the boys get separated from the girls............Tyson, Lewis and Foreman definitely delivered ko's on the highest level.

 

McCall had a better delivery mechanism though. Rahman was slow and cumbersome. Rahman was a perfect example of a guy with huge raw power but very little ability to land it, which accounted for his overall middling success as a fighter barring his one night of glory.