Question in the title, who hits the hardest out of these three heavyweight punchers? Please rank them 1-3 Thoughts?
Wilder, Haye, Joshua. Joshuas got raw thudding power, but his ko rate is as much aggressiveness as power. Haye and Wilder have more single shot devastating power. And Wilder's opponents have shown more effect than Hayes at hw and they've faced comparable opposition to this point
Joshua Haye Wilder All 3 can clearly bang but I have Joshua top. He's the biggest of the 3, his stoppage of Johnson was impressive, we've not seen anyone do a demolition job like that before on Johnson, in fact only Joshua has ever stopped him. Haye's next. He's a proven big puncher, only man to stop Chisora who is pretty durable and only Fury has stopped Chisora since and that was by retirement while Haye KTFO Chisora. I can't have him top, while P4P he hits harder he is a small heavy and he relies on guys coming to him and countering to get a lot of his KO's like in the Chisora fight. Wilder last. He hits hard but he's never KO'ed anyone who was as durable as Chisora or Johnson. He may hit harder than Haye or Joshua for all we know but he hasn't shown that in his performances. He took 8 rounds to stop Arreola who was KO'ed in 6 by Stiverne and Arreola retired he wasn't knocked out. Molina took him 9 rounds who has twice been KO'ed in 1 round. Stiverne despite suffering Rhabdomyolysis went the distance. Liakhovich is probably his most impressive stoppage to date but Liakhovich had been stopped 4 times previously, while never as quickly as against Wilder his chin clearly wasn't as good as the likes of Johnson or Chisora and until Wilder cracks a better quality chin I rate his power less than Haye's and AJ's.
For sheer power probably Wilder followed by Joshua then Haye. However the most devastating puncher for speed and technique it's a no contest, Haye is much superior to the other two.
Wilder has big power when he fights stiff cans and can use his looping hayemaker hands. He can't do that against top 5 opponents they'd counter him in the middle.