How skilled is Wladimir Klitschko really?

[The Fightfan]

Damn. I will slightly tear into this but I am sure some other's will ask you if you yourself are new to boxing. Anyone with any sense can see Wlad is talented. First off he uses his height and reach unlike many have seen in a while. If you really look at his percentage of getting hit it is almost unfair I believe he is under like a 10% connect since his fight with Peter. Second his connect percentage is ridculously high making it seem that just about every punch he throws in a round lands. His countering ability is insane,he can fluently box from the outside pick shots off and land power punches. He has I believe over a 90% KO ratio. If honestly Floyd Patterson would Klitschko Do you think Floyd would win? I will sum that up for you 6'6 245 lbs, over a 90% KO ratio,with a very low ratio of being tagged against a 5'10 190 lbs who can easily be hit ala Ingemar Johanssen in their first fight, but yes he maybe the quickest of heavies but you can't hit what you can't reach.

he's talented for sure. He's abnormally strong and packs a huge punch. i'm not sure that you get my question.

He's hard to hit because he's 6'6. His idea of defense is stepping backwards in a straight line or leaning back. He also flails his arms or has them fully extended when backing. That kind of stuff gets you KO'd but how does he get away with it? B/c the rest of the division is full of immobile plodders and fighters who just lack the basics. RJJ got caught leaning back against Tarver in the second fight. Any technically sound fighter will take advantage of that. Unfortunately, the HW's right now are either too awful or too limited by their physique to do that.

As for his countering ability? I don't see how you can say that it's "insane". He rarely counters and when he does it's very simple counterpunching. "Insane" counterpunching is Donaire getting his lead foot inside Vic's right and thus getting himself into the hooking position to throw that lefthook. Wlad's offensive arsenal is limited and basic. He can't throw a combination that goes beyond the 1-2 (and it would be hard to as he has a very wide stance) and he doesn't even know to rotate his shoulder when throwing a lefthook.


BTW, I think Wladimir would KO a Floyd Patterson, but P4P there's no doubt that Patterson is the better boxer.

Isn't that how you are suppose to counter easily and fluently with really no effort? IF also you watch Wlad's fight's he really doesn't have much to counter because no one throws at him and when they do he does counter them easily. To say Wlad's aresnal is limited is a bit of a stretch you want to watch a power punching clinic watch the Ray Mercer fight. He hit Mercer with I think every type of punch possible. Nitpicking his abilities too is a bit funny I mean come on "Doesn't Rotate his shoulder when throwing the left hook"? Uhmm again I point to watching the Merecer fight and look at his KO percentage again.