Of course. People like Wepner and Cooper dropped Ali, so we can't say Wilder couldn't if he caught him flush.
Anyone can get dropped, the sheer force of it can put you down. It's if you can get up and have your legs under you like Fury did, that's what truly matters.
I think he could drop most, if not all of them if he caught them right, but i think some of them could get up and be ok like Fury was.
Wilder has been described as the biggest puncher ever.
But could he dent these ATG chins?
If he landed a flush right hand on these chins who would hit the canvas?
Of course, anybody can go down if punched and Wilder does have power no matter how study your chin is but its not like those guys are just going to stand there and take the punches with no resistance. The better question is can Wilder take the incoming fire?
I think we can agree there are greater fighters below Ww than Tommy Hearns. P4P guys like Duran, Pep, Jofre, Wilde, Whitaker, Sanchez, Williams and Leonard all come to mind... and there's others, probably better.
But among them, who's the pick to beat Hearns?
Wilder isn't as good as Hearns. But Ali is no Duran. Foreman is no Ike Williams. Holyfield is no Wilfredo Gomez.
Wilder is hard in the eyes, but his punch is even harder on his opponents.
Of course, anybody can go down if punched and Wilder does have power no matter how study your chin is but its not like those guys are just going to stand there and take the punches with no resistance. The better question is can Wilder take the incoming fire?
Many of these guy have taken flush power shot from some of the biggest punchers in boxing and have not gone down.
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