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Originally posted by cyril layman
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That being said, sometimes people come into the sport with instinctive technique, and there's certainly a component of power that's genetic, things like length of lever, where the tendons attach, density of bones/muscle, etc. So all things being equal, people will have different maximum levels that they can achieve. But all things aren't equal, and most people don't ever reach their maximum, and can absolutely be taught to increase their power.
Besides, knockouts come from punches that you don't see coming. Certain styles really don't lend themselves to being able to knock someone out, sometimes because you're right in front of them and they can see the punches coming, other times because you're fighting off the back foot and it's much harder to generate power off the back foot with most punches aside from check hooks because your mass is moving away from the opponent. There's a whole host of reasons aside from power that keep people from being able to get knockouts. Most knockouts are TKO's anyways.
The main truth to that truism is that it's very rare to get someone who can really get one hit KO's, especially as the level of opposition goes up, because opponents at higher levels have better defense and are better able to see the punches coming, and it's correspondingly less likely for them to miss a punch enough that they can really get one hit KOed. But you can still teach a boxer to get the angles and use feints and advanced punch selection, or counter punch timing, to increase the likelihood of them landing a punch that the opponent didn't see coming, and thus that's another way that someone can learn to get KO's when they didn't before.
Power is an incredibly misunderstood concept.
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shoot straight from the hip. My dad is like him he enjoys getting debates going rather then mass agreement. what he wants is for people to outwit him so he can get a good debate going. He is a nice guy. I find he talks a lot of sense and i find his put downs witty and i've received a few of them. his knowledge is unarguably vast.
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