Thurman isn't as powerful as most think.

[Luilun]

Don't get me wrong he most likely is the hardest hitting welterweight out there but if you look at most of his shots he wings them hard and puts all his weight behind them almost looking as goofy as when Bradley does it.

True power is when guys like Beterbiev and Kovalev throw compact shots that don't look like much and just devastate their opponents.

There are levels to power just like anything else in boxing.

I like Thurman btw, not hating.

True he's open for counters all day bad match up if he fights Floyd by the time he's winging a jab or right hand will be in his nose

[hrt3333]

I get what you're saying, but in defense of Thurman:

Most guys couldn't wing them like that if they wanted to.

And there are some guys who'd leave themselves wide open and get KOed

Or they'd never land if they threw them like Thurman did.

He puts some muscle into those punches, I say his power is for real. I feel like he stuns guys with the first punch and puts them down with the second and third.

He might have a hard time connecting on a guy like Floyd with those kind of punches, but then again Shane landed on Floyd and Floyd's slowing down.

[MRBOOMER]

True he's open for counters all day bad match up if he fights Floyd by the time he's winging a jab or right hand will be in his nose

I think Thurman knows that and is willing to take those shots and try to land over the top

[jas]

"He's got power in both hands"- guerrero

Yea Thurman needs to get weight behind it

Kova is just a freak of nature

[hectari]

No one ever said he was a one punch knockout artist and at 147 no one is really, he still might be the hardest puncher in the division though.

He calls him self one time, because all it takes is one punch to put your lights out, thats what keith said.

I think he hits hard but not the hardest hitter. Thurman is like tyson, once tyson speed left so did his power, tyson couldn't even hurt lennox or danny williams or mcbride badly, because he no longer had the explosive speed to generate the power.

George foreman is an example of a true heavy handed fighter, watch his fight with moorer and he threw what looked like the weakest one two arm punch with no leverage and he drops moorer hard and wins by ko. Pavlik is another guy with heavy hands, slow and doesn't really throw with explosive speed but could spark you out with what look like arm punches.

[Ray*]

He has power but he isn't that intelligent. He swings too wide and wildly, anyone intelligent enough would pick him off easily, he doesn't have a good stamina as well.

[Pago007]

One punch conclusive power at ww
Randall Bailey
Tommy Hearns

[sabasfightgear]

He's a good fighter, i have seen him get hurt by non power punchers.

[AliBombaye]

I think this thread is relevant since last night lolz.

[RichCCFC]

Yep, all these bandwagon haters are doing my head in though. I saw him for what he was a while a go, a very good fighter, nothing special. Loses to May, Pac, Brook, Spence.