View Full Version : Exactly how hard does Vitali hit?


!! Anorak
11-30-2004, 03:56 PM
Proportionate to, say, Tyson? I rememeber George Foreman saying in an interview "you gotta be kiddin' me!" about the Klit brothers' punching power.

How many one-punch KOs has Vit had? From what I've seen, Wlad appears to be the harder hitter, but the softer chin.

TheGreat1
11-30-2004, 04:09 PM
hard to tell, the guys i've seen them fight all hard great chins, Sanders, Brewster, McCline, Bryd, LL, so as for one punch power it's hard to say although i'm pretty sure they don't rank up there with Foreman, Tyson, or Tua

dempseyfire
11-30-2004, 04:30 PM
Wladimir is the harder puncher . . .

guru
11-30-2004, 04:31 PM
i don't think VK is a murderous puncher, but punches hard enough.... most of his KO's are from accumulation and wearing down(donald, sanders) but if you're not durable, VK can take you out early(hide, johnson)

leff
11-30-2004, 04:44 PM
I admit as a fan heaint in the class of tyson and tua, but he has enough.

Hurlex
11-30-2004, 04:45 PM
i think wlad has the most power..but a weak chin

VK has (not the best boxing ability) but knows how to wear down a opponent and is smart about his punches and can ko people like that..i also think he has a strong chin to take what he did from sanders...i think VK has a far better chin the L.Lewis of course

wlad problem is he use's his hieght to much..he doesnt understand that no mater how tall you are..u can have a weak chin and be beat by smaller guys

P@pasmurf
11-30-2004, 08:40 PM
wlad punches pretty ****in hard..... VK seems to have good power too, but nothing legendary

FUBAR
11-30-2004, 09:01 PM
Logically thinking the Klit brothers probably don't have any kind of serious power. They both box very tall (well, Wlad doesn't anymore, I don't know what the hell you would call what he does now) and Vitali for sure doesn't put, and doesn't have any legs use as leverage. Most of the time he throws from his arms and "clubs" more then he throws straight punches. I'm sure he has some power for being as large as he is but definitely not as much as you'd think.

BrooklynBomber
11-30-2004, 10:13 PM
His problem is his size. The big guys with long hands usually do not hit very fast. IMHO he got good power but because his opponents can see his punches he does not KO people as fast. But I am sure that his punches are very painful. Just look at faces of his opponents after the fight.

FUBAR
11-30-2004, 10:54 PM
Word, nobody is saying he can't lay down a beating, I just don't think he has that one-punch pop that some of the guys he's being compared to have. It's definitely an issue of his size as well as the physical limitations that come with it though, for sure.

Xecutioner
11-30-2004, 11:24 PM
vlad is a heavy handed guy. if you want a comparison i would say his power in the heavyweight division is similar to fernando vargas' power at junior middleweight. wasnt a murderous puncher but when he lands shots you definately feel them.

Kid Achilles
12-01-2004, 02:24 PM
Vitali has merely above average power. I would compare it to Ali's or Holmes'. He is definitely capable of hurting his opponent, but he is not quick enough nor does he have the timing to knock them out with one punch. This is why you don't see him knocking guys out in the manner that Ali did with Bonavena, Foreman, or some of the lesser heavyweights he faced on the way up. Vitali's power is like Ali's if you slowed his punches down. Perhaps a little more, but not by much.

Now strength on the other hand, he has plenty of that. I've never seen another boxer push Lewis around like he did. True, Lewis was tired, but it's still very impressive.

drh
12-02-2004, 10:00 PM
Vlad punches hard, but biomechanically he doesn't punch correctly.

Short hooks like the one Tyson through at Berbicks forehead, are the ones that get the job done. Perfectly timed, pivot, arm at 180 degrees. Just poetry in motion.