Does Vitali Klitschko hit harder than his brother?

[Clark81]

Vitali has more power than it appears on TV - it looks like he's landed "soft" punches but he's naturally heavy handed so those "soft" looking punches are actually really powerful. Remember Arreola saying "****, he hits hard!"

Kelly Pavlik was another guy who was very heavy handed - with power you couldn't appreciate unless you were hit by it

[have_not]

Here's a short clip of wladimir klitschko's punching power

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPNFoJX-_BA

[SN!PER]

There's only one way to find out.

Get Wladimir to hit you, then Vitali after that for comparison. Good luck.

[beez721]

chris byrd fought both ... says wlad hits harder

its obvious wlad is the snappier puncher. vitali's might hurt a bit more but wlads are more apt to put the lights out on you

[SN!PER]

Obviously Wladimir hits harder. Vitali is a sissy boy. He hit Haye in the shoulder and it barely even moved him:

http://********/UdC3BZ-lmUA?t=32s

[New England]

wladimir is very clearly the harder puncher. he's got faster hands, and his punches are much more sharp. if any of you have ever boxed, you know that the speed and "sharpness" of the punch is what generates the impact.

vitali has extremely heavy hands. wladimir is an extremely hard puncher.



in his prime, vitali wasn't a bad puncher. watch his fight with kirk johnson. lately he's had too many injuries, and doesn't even try and punch hard. he just puts his hands on guys until they wear down.

[Dr.Eisenfaust]

The thing is that Vitali's punches' impact are just frightening. It's really a shame that he had to go through so much injuries. For instance against Chisora he came with a swollen right hand, torn his left shoulder's ligament in the 4th round and was still able to rock him in the 10 th round. Considering Vitali's unorthodox style you must admit that this guy is really brutal. Wladimir's punches are more surgical.

[Dr.Eisenfaust]

its obvious wlad is the snappier puncher. vitali's might hurt a bit more but wlads are more apt to put the lights out on you

You can#t compare the Vitali that fought Byrd in 2000 with the Wladimir that fought Byrd in 2006. I am more than sure that if Byrd had to fight the 2002-2004 or 2008-2011 version of Vitali, his opinion would be completely different.

[beez721]

You can#t compare the Vitali that fought Byrd in 2000 with the Wladimir that fought Byrd in 2006. I am more than sure that if Byrd had to fight the 2002-2004 or 2008-2011 version of Vitali, his opinion would be completely different.

i wasnt going on byrds word. its obvious wlad is the sharper puncher. thats not to say vitali is a light puncher himself but his knockouts come from more of an accumalation of punches. btw,,,,wlad also fought byrd in 2000 right after vitali and dropped byrd twice en route to a lopsided decision win