The psychology of making noises when punching

Its cool how all fighters have almost a personal noise they make Pacman makes a noise like "sing!" "sing sing sing!" when he punches Some guys just make a sound like "Ssss"

I gotta tell you though, hearing it sometimes makes me think it could help your opponent time you because it's an audible rhythm. Just a point I've alwas thought of lol

Shawn Porter does it a lot

it tenses your core/abs aswell, incase of a counter to the body What this gentleman said.

Ricky Hattons noise is the funniest he just goes 'wa! wa! wa!'

Glen Johson sometimes grunts when he fights; I like it and think it gives him an edge mentally...

wtf you talkin about, devon alexander literally shouts with every punch he throws Yeah alexander takes it way too far

Well i had the cance to see Edwin valero train for his fight with Antonio DeMarco, i used to train in a gym in monterrey and he prepared there for a couple of weeks before the fight. And the guy screams full force with each punch hahaha he was really insane i mean i go " hu ha ho " when i throw my combinations but this guy scram with like crazy with each punch " HAAA HAAAAAA !!!" Hhahahahaha but the guy could punch thats for sure

Does it really help a fighter's vigor, punch power and will to make manly noises when punching? I'm talking about the Wimbledon Tennis debate where it was considered unethical for players to grunt during match performances. Now that's not much a problem when hardly anyone can hear a Boxers' grunt during a bout but I still question its effectiveness at all. Do you make manly noises? Relieves tension. I grunt when I hit my fuking awesome forehand on court even playing the wii. It's kind of you grunting during sex. Seles and Sharapova should play all the time on clay. Throw P0rnokova in there as well. Soft p0rn it's all good. Only Borg iceman doesn't make much noise.

Glen Johnson has the scariest sounding grunts when he throws punches.

various reasons for it being useful. -quick, sharp exhalation increases pressure inside like someone pointed out this is good for if receiving a bodyshot counter, also for keeping the body strong when you land your punch. -makes the punches a little quicker, especially so in combination punching. -helps with rhythm as you are effectively creating a "beat" that you can work in time to (even if you don't really hear it you can sense it well enough) -metabolic reasons: because you are using up more of your anaerobic capacity if you fail to at least breathe a little when throwing shots. inevitably you do use it up but might as well not waste it, especially when considering all the above reasons/benefits to begin with in boxing matches you shouldn't make too much noise as you'll get told off, and this especially goes for televised matches where the broadcasters will get pissed about it dominating the audio. seeing as they're paying for screening the thing they have a large say in these matters. wtf you talkin about, devon alexander literally shouts with every punch he throws

various reasons for it being useful. -quick, sharp exhalation increases pressure inside like someone pointed out this is good for if receiving a bodyshot counter, also for keeping the body strong when you land your punch. -makes the punches a little quicker, especially so in combination punching. -helps with rhythm as you are effectively creating a "beat" that you can work in time to (even if you don't really hear it you can sense it well enough) -metabolic reasons: because you are using up more of your anaerobic capacity if you fail to at least breathe a little when throwing shots. inevitably you do use it up but might as well not waste it, especially when considering all the above reasons/benefits to begin with in boxing matches you shouldn't make too much noise as you'll get told off, and this especially goes for televised matches where the broadcasters will get pissed about it dominating the audio. seeing as they're paying for screening the thing they have a large say in these matters.

breathing technique that allows you to keep control over your breathing as well as making you hit harder and the ability to hit faster...... coupled with, your body would be better prepared for a counter shot as mentioned above..... exhaling while you're doing any exercise allows you to contract further, tighter, and can get you some extra pop in your punches because of the contraction of exhaling and doing a physical act at the same time. some guys i think over do it, but at the same time, it's a timing thing as well as the above mentioned.......

you obviously never boxed, the "noises" as you say is simply breathing, you do it to breathe, yes, you punch harder when giving you muscles oxygen but the main purpose of it is upon expelling a sudden or high burst of energy, if you dont exhale, inhale, exhale, you will quickly burn out, get light headed it grants you stamina I dont think he is referring to standard noises of energy exertion, I think he is talking about what guys like Anthony Peterson do.

Ah - thanks for the explanation. That clears things up.

you obviously never boxed, the "noises" as you say is simply breathing, you do it to breathe, yes, you punch harder when giving you muscles oxygen but the main purpose of it is upon expelling a sudden or high burst of energy, if you dont exhale, inhale, exhale, you will quickly burn out, get light headed it grants you stamina