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There's nothing that casuals overrate more in fighting than "power". They see some new up and coming guy knock out few guys in a row and already go on and on about his supposed "power" that could KO anybody and see these guys as elite based on their power alone.
Then when these supposed power punchers face a solid opponent with a solid chin and defense, it turns out that their power wasn't anything special.
Francis Ngannou is a great example of that. They made him out to be some monster power puncher and even brought up some punching machine stats in the UFC institute. He knocked out two notoriously chinny guys and was suddenly the favorite against the HW champ Stipe Miočić based on his punching power alone, despite displaying obvious flaws in technique and never having his grappling and cardio tested.
When he finally fought Stipe his power turned out to be nothing special, he connected on Stipe few times but it didn't have much effect at all.
Any similar examples of fighters whose punching power was massively overrated?
Then when these supposed power punchers face a solid opponent with a solid chin and defense, it turns out that their power wasn't anything special.
Francis Ngannou is a great example of that. They made him out to be some monster power puncher and even brought up some punching machine stats in the UFC institute. He knocked out two notoriously chinny guys and was suddenly the favorite against the HW champ Stipe Miočić based on his punching power alone, despite displaying obvious flaws in technique and never having his grappling and cardio tested.
When he finally fought Stipe his power turned out to be nothing special, he connected on Stipe few times but it didn't have much effect at all.
Any similar examples of fighters whose punching power was massively overrated?