Have we lost the punchers?

[SCtrojansbaby]

Wladamir is a decent puncher but not that amazing considering his size, he failed to knock out the glass-chinned Haye. Abraham is a good puncher. Donaire has genuine ATG power, one of the hardest punching bantamweights for sure, and the number 1 p4p puncher IMO.

LOL what a ******ed comment

[JAB5239]

LOL what a ******ed comment

Why, its true. Wlad wears opponents down with his size and strength, not his punching power. Not saying he doesn't hit hard, but he's not a great puncher in a p4p sense.

[Forza]

What happened to the julian jackson and alexis arguello skinny punchers?

[The Surgeon]

Boxing has and always will have great punchers

[nomadman]

Punchers of the calibre of Jackson, Cuevas, Hearns, Tua and the like come only rarely. I think we have our fair share of punchers in this era. Donaire springs immediately to mind. He's an excellent puncher with a body of sickening knockouts at the highest level. Abraham, whatever his many faults, is an extremely heavy handed puncher. He's knocked guys unconscious with single punches, and that's usually a sign that you can **** like a mutha. People like Maidana and Matthysse, whilst crude, are very heavy handed, as is Ortiz. Haye is still a hard puncher, however much of a **** he is. Wlad and Helenius can both knock guys out with single punches and have done. Pac and Martinez likewise, though due to Pac routinely fighting at an unnatural weight we don't see it as much. I think we're doing fine as far as punchers go.

[gatorDelux]

we need some heavyweight brawling punchers like frazier....

would murder kilt.

[SCtrojansbaby]

Why, its true. Wlad wears opponents down with his size and strength, not his punching power. Not saying he doesn't hit hard, but he's not a great puncher in a p4p sense.

Because Wlad barely hit him because Haye hardly ever threw a punch. ANYBODY can run for 12 rounds and not get knocked out I don't care how hard the opponent hits

[JAB5239]

Because Wlad barely hit him because Haye hardly ever threw a punch. ANYBODY can run for 12 rounds and not get knocked out I don't care how hard the opponent hits

As you said, Haye hardly threw a punch. There are thing like cutting off the ring and going to the body to slow the other guy down that Wlad could have done but didn't. He was content to jab all right and throw an occasional right. I've heard people say Haye showed great head movement. No argument here, but thats why fighters throw combinations. Wlad didn't do the things to put him in position to knock out Haye.