Quote Originally Posted by bcollins
Quote Originally Posted by Taeth
First of all hooks or uppercuts are much harder punches than straight rights, because of how the arm is position and the leverage you can get with them.

Second there are quite a few guys who hit harder than him p4p right now want some names? Rafael Marquez, Ponce De Leon, Pacquaio, Miranda(he was outlanded, outskilled by Pavlik), Miguel Cotto gets better leverage, Oscar's left hook. These are just a few people.

Here are few other things that a perfect power puncher has that he doesn't.
Head/body movement, explosive speed to get in, great chin, being able to land the punch nobody sees.

Tyson, Hearns, lower weight Roy JOnes Jr, Julian Jackson, Dempsey, Louis, Robinson, etc, etc could all land that punch that would take you out immediately.

Pavlik is a poor man's young Foreman. Which isn't bad at all, but definitely not the perfect punching machine.
Just because Pavlik tasted canvas doesn't mean he has a weak chin. He got caught with at least four very solid shots in that exchange, and a few more glancing blows - and popped straight back up. I'd call that a reasonably strong chin.

As for being able to land the punch nobody sees, well - he's not exactly the classic Tysonesque power puncher. He's more the deceptively powerful type. He has a good jab that works beautifully for setting up the straight right - a good foundation for accumulating punishment. I agree he's not the prototypical one punch KO artist, but what he does works just fine
I said great chin, and though Taylor hits hard he's hit Ouma and Winky to no effect.