Exactly how hard does Vitali hit?

[Guest]

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]

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]

Wladimir is the harder puncher . . .

[guru]

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]

I admit as a fan heaint in the class of tyson and tua, but he has enough.

[Hurlex]

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]

wlad punches pretty ****in hard..... VK seems to have good power too, but nothing legendary

[FUBAR]

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]

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]

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.