Does Wilder have the hardest punch in P4P history?

[Luilun]

No Julian Jackson Manny Pacquiao Tommy Hearns Ernie Shavers Pipino Cuevas Roberto Duran Ruben Oliveras Edwin Valero Rocky Marciano Sugar Ray Robinson Wilfredo Gomez Gerald Mc Clclellam in my eyes all rank above him P4P on power. It's easy to have many knocks if all your opponents were found with a bottle of Thunder Bird is some alley

[mikehdaddy]

It’s possible. To knock a man down and unconscious (for a few seconds) who outweighs you by almost 50 pounds, in the 12th round no less, which Wilder did against Fury, is a feat almost without peer.

[SN!PER]

It’s possible. To knock a man down and unconscious (for a few seconds) who outweighs you by almost 50 pounds, in the 12th round no less, which Wilder did against Fury, is a feat almost without peer.

Fury was very fortunate on that night.

Wilder's muscles were nearly spent by round 12.

If he had landed that in round 6, it would be game over.

[Kezzer]

I've been trying to think who hits harder p4p, but only fighter i can think of is hamed naseem.

Hmmmmmm

I think it’s too early too say because he hasn’t fought many at the top end. Fury got up from a flush hit, Ortiz was rocked by multiple rather than a single hit while Stiverne managed to get the distance in the first fight - someone who you wouldn’t have expected too. Who else is there to have a judgement from?

It’s a highlight reel to me until he has consistently fought a few more at the top; and to be fair the history books are only closed after a career is ended so comparing him to others isn’t fair yet anyway.

[Mushroom]

No.

I think his punching power is overrated, Joshua hits just as hard and with a more variety of punches.

The Strange thing about this era of boxing is? You would think that the super-heavyweight era, would produce more frightening punchers. But in reality only really Deontay Wilder & Anthony Joshua have serious punching power. David Haye was able to come into this super heavyweight division, and he was basically the second biggest puncher in the division for along time 'As I believe Wladimir Kiltschko would a single punch may have just edge him'.

Dillian Whyte's power seems one dimensional, his power is contained mostly in his left hook.

The 90's was the hardest hitting heavyweight era ever! The 90's consisted of fighters who had the ability to seriously damage people from single shots, along with fighters with a multi dimensional arsenals.

For me one of the most frightening power punchers I have seen, was a peak David Tua. 'Even during his last comeback, he had a fear factor which surrounded him! I really enjoyed his fights with Monte Barrett'.

I’m a AJ fan and he doesn’t hit anywhere near as hard as wilder. At least not if you compare the hardest punch. There are bunch of videos on YouTube of guys who sparred with both guys and they all say wilder hit considerably harder.

[LacedUp]

Where was he supposed to find all these top notch opposition residing in the state of Alabama? The man was fighting in front of five hundred seat High school gymnasiums for crying out loud. There were no television or any top prospect fighters in his region.

He only fought the opposition that was available to him at the time. Remember he didn't have a major backing in Top Rank or the PBC to give him that extra push as Anthony Joshua did with Matchroom Sport.

In addition, he didn't have a line or scores of sponsors backing him up either. Had he won the Olympic Gold medal he would have gotten his first title shot much sooner. Perhaps as soon as after fifteen professional fights.

However, since he only won the Bronze and was an unknown from a small town, it took him more than twice the amount of fights (33) that it took AJ (16) to get his first title shot.

Terrible terrible opposition and excuses.

he was picked up by goldenboy and still fought crap, become a ranked heavyweight, still crap, became a champion, still crap.