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Do you Wlad of today would have beaten Corrie Sanders?
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Originally posted by Elroy1 View PostWladimir is possibly the hardest puncher in history of relevance to elite level boxing.
Pulev's chin is of iron but not many can take shots like that and not go down unless you are Marius Wach.
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Originally posted by beez721 View Postwlads left hook is as powerful as any punch in history imo. there's been fighters that have taken his right hand but how many fighters have you seen stay up from a wlad hook? its a damn shame he doesn't throw it often becuz its definitely his out punch
As the punches in HW boxing get harder, so do the chins.
Povetkin and Wach etc took many of them and survived but I credit that to a chin of iron.
I've never seen a better right hand in absolute terms.
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Originally posted by daggum View Post44 times in 4 and a half rounds seems excessive to me. 180 times against povetkin seems excessive to me. henry akwindade cries himself to sleep because he missed out on the henry akwindade era of dominance.
using a shoulder roll and movement are legal. the only difference is what wlad does is illegal. if there was a guy that only threw low blows would you be ok with that? he's just utilizing his strengths after all. he's really good at punching people in the balls it's no different.
Akwindade clinched because he looked dazed and in deep waters against Lewis, basically he gave the impression to be surviving.
Wlad doesn't clinch to recover or to slow down the pace when the pressure is up, he systematically clinches and leans on his opponents to wear them down, which , surprise for Wlad's fans, is illegal. Clinching is tolerated if you are hurt, or under heavy fire, but it's not supposed to be part of your offense.
As for Wlad vs Sanders, I believe any fighter capable of getting on the inside or at least stay in trading range has a good chance against Wlad.
It seems to me it is not much of a chin problem, the Ukrainian seems to fold when things don't go his way and he is not allowed to fight at his pace.
In slow paced fights he can take a decent shot, but if the pressure is up, he just freezes.
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