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I never been hit by any of these dudes nor have I seen any advanced metric gauging this stuff so I'm just spitballing with some educated guesses:
The three heaviest ****ers at LHW are probably Beterbiev, JSJ and Callum Johnson. I'd say Beterbiev throws low velocity, heavy-force power. It thuds. Smith Jr seems higher velocity but not as technically sound.
I'm not saying one hits harder than the other but they are different kinds of power. Beterbiev breaks people down, pulverizes them. Smith usually catches someone and hit them like they got popped with a baseball bat, problem is he doesn't always connect with the sweet spot all the time. Look at their stoppages, they seem different.
Someone mentioned Chocalito and I have to agree. KOs in those lighter weights are hard because things don't always scale up or down proportionate to mass (like skull thickness).
The three heaviest ****ers at LHW are probably Beterbiev, JSJ and Callum Johnson. I'd say Beterbiev throws low velocity, heavy-force power. It thuds. Smith Jr seems higher velocity but not as technically sound.
I'm not saying one hits harder than the other but they are different kinds of power. Beterbiev breaks people down, pulverizes them. Smith usually catches someone and hit them like they got popped with a baseball bat, problem is he doesn't always connect with the sweet spot all the time. Look at their stoppages, they seem different.
Someone mentioned Chocalito and I have to agree. KOs in those lighter weights are hard because things don't always scale up or down proportionate to mass (like skull thickness).
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