"Maidana Hits Harder Than Saul Canelo Alvarez and Victor Ortiz" --- Josesito Lopez

Of course he hits hard, he's a MW in the ring.

Looks like Lopez was right...?

Those who had not experienced being hit by these three boxers including me holds no weight on their opinions on who hits harder who. Only josesito's words and the boxers KO.% ratio holds weight here. Let's focus on the evidence not wishy washy self-proclaim analyzation, it does not lie.

I like Canelo, but why do people think he hits so hard? If anything he has proved he has about average power for JMW.

So dumb that a poll is included. The man that took a lot of punches from these guys is the one that can actually tell you This is all I wanted to say in here.. So bump this post.

he also included that a number of sparring partners that got in gym time with both Rios and himself have said he hits way harder than Rios not that he has anything to do with this thread ..... Maidana was gifted with hands of stone

Maidana does have game changing power in a fight, but he has to land it. Most of his opponents can parry his shots and ride with them. If he can clock a guy unexpectedly though, 9 times out of 10 the fight is pretty much over. He has a lot of come from behind wins where a guy gets him hurt, tries to close the show, and end up getting smashed for their efforts LOL

Four pages into a thread on this forum, and nobody seems to understand that physical strength is only one aspect in punching power. Canelo is likely physically stronger, yes. But does that mean he automatically punches with more force than Maidana? Absolutely not. We're talking about leverage, technique, physicality, flexibility, balance, bone density, and then of course strength. A lot of you guys are veterans and should know that stuff already. Add to that, a guy who fought all of them says who punches harder and you still don't believe it.

This is random but although Maidana has power HE couldn't knock out Khan or Morales. Garcia knocked them both out. That puts Garcia's power and finishing skills in perspective. That doesn't prove anything in my opinion since Khan was weight-drained and had a terrible camp with his trainer away in the Philippines training Pacquiao.. Khan basically trained himself for the Garcia fight, at least for most of the camp. And Morales got caught using an illegal substance before the Garcia rematch, I think he was relying on some weight loss medication.. He really didn't look in great shape for the rematch at all, it was far from a fit Morales. So I guess what I'm concluding is that both Khan and Morales could have been stopped by a lot of boxers at those particular times in their careers because of external circumstances surrounding those fights. They just weren't fully prepared to fight. Now it could be argued that a fit, conditioned and well-trained Khan stopped Judah when Garcia didn't really come close to stopping him so is Khan in fact a more powerful puncher than Garcia? Who knows for sure..

This is random but although Maidana has power HE couldn't knock out Khan or Morales. Garcia knocked them both out. That puts Garcia's power and finishing skills in perspective.

Maidana punches the hardest if we're talking about one punch. Canelo is strong and solid and every punch is consistently hard. no they just look hard because he's fighting jr ww's

Maidana punches the hardest if we're talking about one punch. Canelo is strong and solid and every punch is consistently hard.

Did he even knock him down? Hit him like 1000 times, Maidana whooped Lopez with a few punches. He went down three times you probably never saw the fight though

hard to believe he hits harder than canelo.

"Mighty Mike Arnaoutis hits harder than Canelo, Ortiz, Manny Pacquiao and Mike Tyson. He came to fight. Maidana vs Mighty Mike should fight to face me, the cash cow in boxing." - Josesito Lopez

i'm not surprised...mosley already said canelo alvarez doesn't hit that hard...

I think Maidana's power is slightly overrated. Probably going with Canelo on this one.

Lopez might be right. I know earlier he said Canelo was faster, better and hit Harder than Ortiz. I voted For Canelo as the hardest puncher and I think Maidana is 2nd and Ortiz is in 3rd. place. All three fighters hit very hard and their punching power is probably close to the same.

I believe him Maidana is one of those heavy handed guys.

My eyes tell me different because I saw Canelo destroy Lopez with ease. Fighters do this all the time.