WBC officially declares Vitali the Greatest heavyweight puncher ever.

[Davros?]

Vitali is definitely a hard puncher but i always thought his punchers had a cumulative effect rather than one punch power, He hits very hard but he has never KO a great opponent like Foreman did to Frazier.

[Leo Pradun]

I could KO my wife every weekend and go 52-0 for a year. That's a 100% win ratio right? A 100% KO ratio too. Level of competion isn't a factor in statistical analysis so I must be the greatest of all time surely?

No. I didn't think so either.

???????????????????? not funny at all

[TheGreatA]

Comparison:

[Deja_Vous]

The WBC has declared reigning heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko to be “the greatest puncher ever in the heavyweight division.”

Official WBC Statement: “[Vitali] Klitschko proved that he is the best fighter in the world nowadays, pound for pound, after defeating Juan Carlos Gomez who had a record of 35 knockouts in 44 wins and only 1 loss. Klitschko has outdone all other fighters, no matter what division they belong to. The heavyweight world champion is the only one who can claim he is the greatest champion in the world of boxing as nobody can defeat him. With Vitali´s extraordinary wins, in fights that have been stunning to world fans, showing absolute control and power, our king of the heavyweights has silenced many mouths and media that had unfairly attacked him without any evidence, and been disrespectful to him, considering the great class he is showing. Jose Sulaiman, president of our organization, stated today that Klitschko is the pride the WBC as well as he is the pride of world boxing. Vitlai Klitschko’s record is now: 37 wins; 36 of them by knockout, and including his last win by KO, his percentage in this specialty went up to 97.2%, fact after which Klitschko is placed as the greatest puncher ever in the heavyweight division.”

March 24th, 2009

LOL....That's ridiculous.

[Deja_Vous]

They all had lower KO percentages than Vitali.

They fought much better opponents.

The guys on Vitali's resume would be laffed out of boxing.

[VERSION1 (V1)]

Good fighter yes greatest hw puncher no

[sL0]

Okay... name one fighter who moved up from cruiser and kept even a fraction of his power... GO!

Michael Moorer from LHW...probably the best example
Evander Holyfield from Cruiserweight still had some power at HW

[T.Horton]

joke.

Lennox hit harder than Vitali 'look at the state of his face'.

Why could Ike KO Byrd while Vitali fought scared vs the light-hitter?

[Fulcrum29]

I wholeheartedly agree with the WBC. The sad part is that 90% of Vitali's punches are weak arm punches. Imagine if he put his real weight into the punches he would have a KO percentage to rival chuck norris.

[dans]

Kudos to the WBC!

Dude come on. You're actually on board with this. It's so rediculous to me, that it reads like a joke. Vitali is good, but let's be realistic.