Emanuel Steward says Wlad hits harder than Lennox/probably thee hardest puncher ever!

[cottagecheesefan]

i can believe it. His technique is flawless and he is a big mofo

 

[FreshPrince]

Earnie Shavers - Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia

Muhammad Ali said Shavers was the hardest hitter he ever faced. Ali said, "Earnie hit me so hard, he shook my kinfolk back in Africa!"

Larry Holmes said, "Shavers was the hardest hitting fighter I met in the ring." In comparing Shavers to Mike Tyson, Holmes said, "Being hit by Mike Tyson was like getting hit by a speeding Ferrari. Being hit by Earnie Shavers was like being hit by a Mac Truck!"

 

[boje.]

Sounds like hype to me. Knocking out guys in sparring while they're blocking punches? LIke a previous poster said, if that was the case he would be doing that more often on fight night.

 

[Lazy Man]

Wlad hits damn hard... but Manny is also a hype artist. Just take this for what it is.

 

[Lazy Man]

Sounds like hype to me. Knocking out guys in sparring while they're blocking punches? LIke a previous poster said, if that was the case he would be doing that more often on fight night.

He stops almost everyone?


And don't like a corner stoppage or ref stoppage make you think the guy wouldn't get knocked unconscious if they were left in there

 

[MMA RLZ]

Yeah I don't think I'd like to get hit by that guy. That last one was brutal.

 

[Athenry04]

I may be behind the times here, but I thought it was pretty much accepted that Ernie Shavers packed the most power in his punches. I wouldn't have considered Wlad in that league.

 

[boje.]

He stops almost everyone?


And don't like a corner stoppage or ref stoppage make you think the guy wouldn't get knocked unconscious if they were left in there

But he's not punching through people's arms and gloves to knock them out. Any time i've seen him knock someone out it's been a clean shot. I know Wlad has a shit ton of power i just can't believe those stories about sparring.

 

[Lazy Man]

But he's not punching through people's arms and gloves to knock them out. Any time i've seen him knock someone out it's been a clean shot. I know Wlad has a shit ton of power i just can't believe those stories about sparring.

Who knows... they're sparring partners for a reason

 

[Jesus X]

concurred no way wlad hits harder than big george.

 

[Jesus X]

I was just about to post a picture of ernie shavers, when it comes to power discussion legendary heavyweights always mention his name.

 

[Wire]

When Wlad turns it on I would believe he's one of the 5 hardest hitting HWs of all time, but how do you rate hardest hitting?

What I mean is, if you put a punching bag with a PSI measurement on it and had wlad throw the hook of his life it wouldn't be surprising if he beat other HWs in power

However since he throws all-out shots so rarely (in fact I can't think of one), maybe it's not as accurate to call him the hardest hitter as say foreman

Tall guys are hard to gauge though, for example with Semmy Schilt in K1 a shot that looked really slow and lazy just to keep his opponent at distance will be a knockdown. Due to the length of limbs you have to pay attention to the glove rather than the big slow leverage to see how hard they're actually hitting.

 

[Wire]

I guess I need to brush up on my Ernie Shavers viewing

 

[Wire]

so you are telling me tyson and tua do not have mass power?they are more compact = mass power.

hard hitting is about leverage more than dense mass. Would you rather be hit full force by someone holding a brick or a steel bat?

 

[Aluminum Kam]

WHAT?! But he told me that it was Prince Naseem!!!!













Point being Emmanuel Steward is full of shit.

 

[FreshPrince]

WHAT?! But he told me that it was Prince Naseem!!!!













Point being Emmanuel Steward is full of shit.

Naz had great power.

 

[MMAmouse]

WHAT?! But he told me that it was Prince Naseem!!!!













Point being Emmanuel Steward is full of shit.

I'd love to see you find the quote where Steward said that Naseem hit harder than Lennox...

 

[cottagecheesefan]

I'd love to see you find the quote where Steward said that Naseem hit harder than Lennox...

maybe the dude is confusing the quote. Maybe manny said p4p hardest.. in which case, it is very probably. BARE WITNESS

 

[pimpsocold]

Thank you sir. Shavers delivers one shot harder than anyone ever. Too bad his stamina was not there so he only hit that hard for 1 or 2 rounds.

 

[Lazy Man]