What does Heavy handed really Mean

Margarito to me was a perfect example of such a fighter, plaster aside He couldn't knock out Manny, ha ha ha.

Commentators and trainers usually describe a hard hitter as having heavy hands. There are 3 possibilities to this observation. 1) Heavy hands mean a fighter has heavy fists. 2) from Elbow to fist is heavy. 3) The whole fighters arm is heavy, from shoulder to fist. So which is it, what do members of NSB think is most likely the definition of Heavy hands. It means that when you wake up, you find out that you've slept on your arms, they feel heavy.

What does heavy-handed mean? It means that the fighter punches hard. What else can it mean?

Commentators and trainers usually describe a hard hitter as having heavy hands. There are 3 possibilities to this observation. 1) Heavy hands mean a fighter has heavy fists. 2) from Elbow to fist is heavy. 3) The whole fighters arm is heavy, from shoulder to fist. So which is it, what do members of NSB think is most likely the definition of Heavy hands. Look at my sig.

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Heavy handed is someone like Carl Froch who doesn't really have good punching technique but can hit very hard naturally by just throwing arm punches and not using his legs to drive the power. Although, against Groves he used his whole body to deliver that KO.

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Heavy hands is literally what it is. The wrist and hand are heavy. Like having a hammer head as a fist. Same speed but with more power because of the mass.

Lucas Matthysse is heavy handed. Id say Molina has more power in his right than Matthysse does in either hand but his power is like lightning striking. It doesn't always strike twice.

Rightous is close except that the Klitz Bros are NOT heavy handed! Foreman is the best example, he doesn't have to land flush to hurt. a heavy handed fighter can also move a fighter of point and balance without landing flush also! Physically they're usually larger fisted with powerful fore arms, they are not KO artists but if they pronate their KO ratio goes up! The most powerful punchers I ever worked with were Ernie Shavers, Mike Tyson, Kenny Schmidt and Julian Jackson. Out of these men Ernie was the heavy handed guy!! I've been told that Marciano had a similar effect but was more of a clubbing power puncher, I think from the shorter arms and the lack of a large angle from shoulder to elbow to fists! I remember getting hit in the liver by Gaspar Ortega......that hurt! HA!! Ray

The way i see it is a guy hits very hard, just throwing his average punches, that it almost comes natural to him and he isnt really trying to throw them hard. Guys like Golovkin, Kovalev, Lucas and johnny. Then there are guys whose power comes from speed, like rigo or Canelo This dude got it:boxing::boxing: Best post thus far. Looking at some of the responses I get the impression that a number of the posters never fought before, don't box, or haven't fought past middle school/junior high. Heavy Hands means that you are throwing punches that look weak or average but in reality land with some serious power behind them. Typically they are punches that don't require you to put you body behind them such as jabs, crosses, and straights. Fighters like Ken Norton, Archie Moore, George Foreman, the Klitschkos, Pacquaio in his prime, Trinidad, Wilder, and Golovkin.

Some fighters can hit hard, but it is dependent on technique; the proverbial heavy handed fighter will have his punches register, even if the technique is not completely there. Think Mattysse and Danny Garcia.

Gennady Golovkin basically...

The way i see it is a guy hits very hard, just throwing his average punches, that it almost comes natural to him and he isnt really trying to throw them hard. Guys like Golovkin, Kovalev, Lucas and johnny. Then there are guys whose power comes from speed, like rigo or Canelo

My interpretation would be a fighter who delivers persistant, cumulative damage - gradually wearing opponents down, as opposed to one who delivers KO finishes apparently out of nowhere against relatively undamaged opponents.

Heavy hands= natural raw power,no way to explain it...just is what it is

that your hands are clinically obese.

Commentators and trainers usually describe a hard hitter as having heavy hands. There are 3 possibilities to this observation. 1) Heavy hands mean a fighter has heavy fists. 2) from Elbow to fist is heavy. 3) The whole fighters arm is heavy, from shoulder to fist. So which is it, what do members of NSB think is most likely the definition of Heavy hands. It means than the figther doesn't need legs to hit hard. Why Sergio didn`t hit hard Cotto because he is not heavy hand and without legs he has no power. George Foreman is the perfect example of a Heavy Hand boxer.

I've always interpreted it as a fighter who has big, thudding power but is not necessarily a KO artist. I'd say somebody like Cotto would be a good example, he doesn't have that one-shot power, but he'll wear you down and stop/hurt you overtime. Spot on. Another example would be Carl Froch, the Groves finisher aside. On the flipside, I'd say you get fighters who have sort of snap-power, but without the actual force behind the shot. The type of fighter who scores a fair few flash knockdowns, but doesn't get that many stoppages. I assume they catch their opponents out with speed and reflexes, but don't scramble them enough to keep them down. My theory is that one-punch KO hitters have a little from column A and a little from column B, a dangerous combination.

Im guessing it has to do with dense bones. Where even the lightest punch without much effort feels like a bag of bricks hitting you.