Who is harder to hit cleanly, Wlad or Floyd?

I phrased this in a way so that we can take defensive technique and style off the table, since it's difficult to compare legs, positioning, upper body movement and other defensive elements between a heavyweight and a welterweight. In terms of straight out difficulty to hit with a flush shot, who has been a more daunting challenge over the past four years, Wlad or Floyd? Keep in mind that you should take into consideration both technique, like the shoulder roll or tying the opponent up, and natural advantages, like speed, height and reach relative to the opponents in their weight class.

*by over the past four years, I mean to include only the incarnation of Wlad that has mastered the style he learned under Steward. Obviously not the pre-Steward Wlad who was easy to hit and paid the price.

 

Keep in mind that I said over the past four years, which would exclude Wlad's previous style and only consider his current incarnation, where he's rarely (if ever) been hit cleanly.

I also mentioned that rather than measuring just defensive technique, like shoulder rolls, to measure pure overall futility that opponents tend to have in hitting each fighter. That would include natural advantages, like height and reach, as well as technical advantages, like use of legs.

 

In the last four years? None.

 

Right. I know that if you take the entirety of their careers, it's no contest - Wlad has been dropped 11 times in his career. But over the past 5 years he's come to master a style he learned and I've rarely seen him get hit cleanly. Hit so rarely, that the only other fighter I've seen take so few hits is Floyd, and it made me wonder who has been harder to hit over the 4-5 years since Wlad has truly become proficient in his Steward-style.