For his size do you consider AJ to have good power?

[sentax]

6'6", 245-250 lbs muscled with low body fat. Does he have the power in his punches you'd expect from a guy built like that?

[Madison Boxing]

He's stopped all but 1 of his opponents and the only one he didnt was very defensive against him. Ask povetkin if joshua hits hard.

[pillowfists98]

Yeah, I mean he looks like he hits very hard and he does.

[baroidi]

he has one punch Knock out power just like Wilder. Do you want him to be knocking people out with jabs? That's the only thing I give these two credit for, they are both average to below average boxers, but their KO power puts them at the top, along with Fury, in this weak HW era. Fury is an excellent boxer, but lacks power.

[Zaryu]

Absolutely he does

[hugh grant]

He hits hard and he boxes well. So he will be hard to beat.

[Earl-Hickey]

Yes.

I actually think he hits even harder when carrying a bit less muscle mass as it makes punches quicker and snappier.

But he obviously hits very very hard

[boliodogs]

6'6", 245-250 lbs muscled with low body fat. Does he have the power in his punches you'd expect from a guy built like that?

You seem confused about what makes a hard puncher. It isn't being tall and heavy with big muscles and low body fat. There are millions of guys like that who can't punch hard at all. It's mostly hand speed and proper punching form that make a puncher. That's why 200 pound Joe Louis hit harder than the heavily muscled 260 pound Carnera. AJ is obviously one of the hardest punchers alive at any size and has KOed everybody he ever fought except Parker. It's not so much his size but more so the speed of his punches and the weight he puts into them that make him hit so hard. If all it took was big muscles and size then you could find lots of heavyweight champs in body building gyms all over the world.

[champion4ever]

Yes, AJ has good power for a man his size but not game changing one punch knockout type power like Deontay Wilder has for a man his size.

Joshua is more of a boxer/puncher. Which means he needs to put enough combination punches together in order to get his opponents out of there.

The only drawback with that strategy is that he would have to throw a lot more more punches and use up a lot more stamina and energy in order to secure one.

[Marchegiano]

I think that depends on how you look at it.

Big guys struggle with coordination but have mass.

It's easy to look at a big guy and say he's big, it should be easier for him to hit harder. Well, do you also expect him to have higher hand speed? No? Isn't Energy directly relative to velocity and mass? You see my point.


I'd say Josh actually leans on the side of speed over mass. He seems to take his mass for granted, most big'uns do. The idea is you already have mass and don't need to worry about it. You naturally lack speed and need to worry about that.

Compared to other past greats he's pretty good at what he means to do but I'm not sure if why fits your definition of good power for his size.