Why doesn't Joshua have 'lights-out' power?

[Just looking]

A mix of too much muscle and being too tense while punching. It's visible that he's muscles are tense when he throws a punch, because he try hard to be sharp, and it cuts he's speed, power, range and stamina. The one-punch guys get their muscles tense in the moment they land

[j0zef]

Golovkin doesn't have many 1 shot KOs either. Not every KO artist is a lights out puncher. Those are rare. Wilder is a lightning in a bottle. Gassiev has similar explosive power.

[Parksy81]

Great thread guys, really interesting.. I just think with all the media and fans behind Joshua he's got too much pressure on himself to perform and make a 'show' of his fight nights. Early fights with no pressure just ****** em out in first few rounds....

[Mr Objecitivity]

Yea I'd agree with this take.

Joshua lacks that snap/crisp-ness on his punches. BUT he's still a strong ass dude so while he's lacking with that its being made up & maybe then some off of his overall strength.

But Wlad has put many people to sleep.

[Ganondorf]

His KOs of Whyte and Zumbano Love were impressive. BTW, Lennox Lewis also never knocked out anybody as cold as Whyte KOed Browne.

Lennox's KO of Rahman in the rematch was pretty devastating.

[Big Ukrainian]

Lennox's KO of Rahman in the rematch was pretty devastating.

Yes, but Rahman wasn't out cold. He even tried to get up but collapsed again. I think Joshua's KO of Whyte wasn't any less devastating comparing to Lewis' KO of Rahman.

[Big Ukrainian]

Lennox's KO of Rahman in the rematch was pretty devastating.

Lewis' most brutal KO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYtdau3QPOQ

Joshua's most brutal KO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3ghl0a-EsU

[McNulty]

Looking at Joshua's record, I don't believe there's a single instance of his knocking an opponent out cold. Has he ever achieved this?

For someone who is being touted as some kind of Knock Out Artist, it's quite incredible, I think, that Joshua lacks cold power. Sure, some will say, 'Yeah, the ref always jumps in too early, that's why' but it's more than this, he seems tight and slow somehow. Is he simply too muscle-bouLook at hisnd?

We all saw Whyte's KO of Browne last week. Why haven't we seen KOs like that from Joshua?

Look at his technique, he doesn't snap his punches and his form is off which negates power. His 1-2 is TERRIBLE. I watched the Takam fight last night and I'm like, this guy throws his right hand like an amateur. Joshua's trainer sucks.

If Joshua wasn't so big he would be fighting in the B-Leagues.

Joshua needs to lean down 15-20 pounds and get a new trainer. That one guy from the Kronk would be good, Steward's nehpew.

[LacedUp]

Looking at Joshua's record, I don't believe there's a single instance of his knocking an opponent out cold. Has he ever achieved this?

For someone who is being touted as some kind of Knock Out Artist, it's quite incredible, I think, that Joshua lacks cold power. Sure, some will say, 'Yeah, the ref always jumps in too early, that's why' but it's more than this, he seems tight and slow somehow. Is he simply too muscle-bound?

We all saw Whyte's KO of Browne last week. Why haven't we seen KOs like that from Joshua?

Whyte was out pretty badly.

[LacedUp]

Look at his technique, he doesn't snap his punches and his form is off which negates power. His 1-2 is TERRIBLE. I watched the Takam fight last night and I'm like, this guy throws his right hand like an amateur. Joshua's trainer sucks.

If Joshua wasn't so big he would be fighting in the B-Leagues.

Joshua needs to lean down 15-20 pounds and get a new trainer. That one guy from the Kronk would be good, Steward's nehpew.

Robert McCracken is a bad trainer?