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Most of you are missing the point if not deflecting. Raw punching power is not measured by quality of opposition. Your skills as a puncher yes, but raw power is simply measured by what Wilder has been showing us: the amount of times you're knocking opponents out and the manner in which you do it.
Now you can make the argument that this can be somewhat measured by quality of chins they have knocked out but lets be real, most of the great power punchers generally haven't KO'd all that many great chinned fighters because simply, those type of fighters don't get knocked out that way. I can honestly say after watching this sport since the 90s, I may not seen anyone else with the level of impact Wilder's punches have produced. Maybe there have been a few like Arthur Abraham and Mike Tyson where heads are snapping back violently and sweat explodes on impact, and also by the loud thuds they produce. But really Wilder's knockouts are downright disturbing at times. |
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People always are quick on the trigger to proclaim such things as the best ever... The last time I heard such talk was about Mike Tyson. Tyson was knocking them all out, putting them on chicken legs...
Wilder enters the conversation, we have to see where he ends up in the conversation. If he is the hardest hitting then so much for dawn of the large heavyweights. The man is built like a basketball player lol. And I am not saying that means he cannot punch, on the contrary, I am saying Wilder is another bit of proof that the best heavyweights still do not need to cross over 220-240 pounds. But it is premature, lets see what happens in his fights, lets see him fight a guy with a great chin, Fury got up and some say his chin is not the greatest. His power is impressive. |
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That particular honor probably goes to Sandy Saddler or Art Hafey, but Wilder can punch all right.
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Its one of those things I like to just make others aware of because many think heavyweights are becoming bigger. yet when we look carefully at who is winning, there is a wide variation of sizes.
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I really question how many people here have ever Boxed. Or done any Martial Art. Power-punchers often have careers STACKED with KO's. Lots and lots of wins. Why? It sells. People will pay to watch a decent fighter pole-axe a shyte fighter. Why don't more people talk about Whitaker-McGirt? Why do more people know Ali and Foremanthan Whitaker? People want violence. Lethal power most of all. It's different today because promoters and managers actually try to make power-punchers of limited skill into champions.That wasn't so possible in the past. Paddy DeMarcoand Artie Levine could have been called ATGs and GOAT material - if they came of age today. But no one who makes idiot claims like that even knows who they are. But yeah,being apower puncher isn't decided by competion. If anything ,you need low level opponents to showcase it. |
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