Power vs. Speed

I know that styles make fights thats why I'am saying who would win a speed style or power style. cause those two in my opinion are the most popular. In my experience power is a dime a dozen every gym has several guys who have got crazy knockout power and its easy to adjust to that. But when someone has crazy speed he can own the fight completely and fighting a fast guy is the most fustrating thing ever.

Yeh your right! Ali had probably the fastest jab in heavyweight history, so he was KOing people left,right and centre was he? the average person gets very confused when trying to apply the laws of physics to boxing. it is more complicated than you realise. Actually Ali used to pick the round in which he would KO people earlier in his career. He slowed down after the 3 year break from boxing and his speed and power diminished after that, but the man could bang when he was young, and was even able stop iron chinned Foreman when he was older.

Timing over speed. Exactly, you can neutralize their speed if you are a good boxer. Look at Mayweather-Judah, Zab was faster but once Mayweather got the timing right...

There is a perfect mix of both imo. You could be super powerful but really slow or super fast and not powerful enough, but a good combination of decent power and good speed is better than just one or the other. In the end of course it is skills and smarts to use your attributes against your opponents to win which is what wins most fights.

Discuss. In my opinion speed will always win, there I said it. I agree, Speed is more important You guys are retarded. Timing can eliminate the speed advantage from a fast guy. It's a mix between power + speed and timing that gets you the win though. If a speed advantage was better then a power advantage then Malignaggi should have beat Cotto but didn't.

Discuss. In my opinion speed will always win, there I said it. Like in Pavlik Taylor??? Mayorga Forrest?? Baldomir Judah?? Hmmmmmm I dont think so mate..

always? no, mostly? yes.

A LOT of high school dropouts in this thread. Ugh. Speed = the rate of change in position expressed as distance/time Power = average work done, or energy transfered / time Strength = ability of person to exert force on objects Accuracy = degree of conformity in measure quantity to it's true value. Therefore speed = power. More speed = more power. Period. In terms of BOXING Accuracy and timing beat all of the above. Yeh your right! Ali had probably the fastest jab in heavyweight history, so he was KOing people left,right and centre was he? the average person gets very confused when trying to apply the laws of physics to boxing. it is more complicated than you realise.

You need a quite a bit of both in the first place but brains wins every time. The greatest boxers have all been intelligent boxers. 8 times out of 10 a good boxer beats a good slugger.

So much for the scientific approach! the comebacking Foreman was slower than just about everyone he faced yet much more powerful. My physics is a bit rusty but power does not equal speed.............or Ali and Holmes would be two of the great heavyweight punchers! Add mass to the equation and you have.............Force ( ie of punch )= acceleration x mass. (I think this is the correct rearrangement of an old formula). Think of mass as size and weight, add good technique, and you have power with even poxy acceleration (speed)! Hence George Foreman!!!!!

Well PURE POWER! Vs PURE SPEED speed wins. In the pavlik taylor case pavlick was the harder puncher as well as just a better fighter, However if two fighters of equal skill fight, One powerfull the other fast, Id give the advantage to the fast fighter

Is that a joke? He wins because they count his girly slaps that land all over peoples arms and shoulders as points. Please, grit and determination. Calzaghe doesn't have speed he has his slapskill. you may think these punches are slaps but they have enough snap to hurt his opponent even if they don't knock him cold

I think they are both as important as the other. Speed is very good but if those shots don't hurt you at all (Malignaggi) then you can walk through them, and land harder shots and maybe get the KO. That said if you have power and a guy with speed just keeps hitting you with combos (Calzaghe-Lacy) your power is nullified. Both are important, it really depends upon what other attributes that fighter has. Some people would be better suited to have one attribute but another guy the opposite.

speed + accuracy= power, look at Floyd, not the greatest power in the world, but fast and on point with his shots, hatton is a prime example

Timing over speed.

speed wins unless you can land the power and knockout the guy. judges care more about punches landed IMO

thats why boxing pisses all over mma because you can be stronger and faster but if the other guy has heart you can never count him out ... how many times have we seen a guy getting beat up by a stronger guy or even losing on points to a fast boxer and then he turns the fight around on heart alone .... actually calzaghe might fall into that category everyone says he slaps so it can't only be his punching that wins him fights its his grit and determination Calzaghe is a good example... he isn't a hard punchers but he has the speed. Good post.

I'd go with Power. As good as it is to have speed. If someone with a brutal punch connected with you then its over. Where as a light puncher who hits alot may take longer to get the job done. Without stating the obvious the power puncher will need to get the fight over earlier or he could get worn down by a speed puncher.

Discuss. In my opinion speed will always win, there I said it. Then i suppose you're willing to bet me all your points that malignaggi beats hatton since you think speed always wins. It ultimately comes down to heart and ring smarts. Winky Wright was almost always both slower and weaker than his opposition but look at his record.

GOD is fair Imagine if Thomas Hearns had a granite Chin Imagine if Mike Tyson had a decent EQ ( Emotional Quotient ) and IQ Imagine if Manny Pacquiao can box like Erik Morales or can counter like JMM Imagine if the joke about Tye Fields is real :D Imagine if Floyd had a one punch KO power You can be a successful boxer if you only have either speed or power. Its great to have both. Speed over Power for me if i have to choose one.