Why did Julian Jackson punch so hard?

[BKM-]

I asked him just that question while at the IBHOF Inductions a few years ago; "Julian, where does all that power come from?". He laughed and said, " Man, I have no idea".

Humble man right there.

[automaton89]

Having an exceptional sense of balance and an intuitive sense for movement (they are linked) can play a big factor in some puncher's power. In theory they would be able to transfer weight optimally both in terms of acceleration and positioning. Meaning that they can throw hard without losing balance, and can produce more force over all.

As Dr. Z mentioned above though, the way he steps into power shots is definitely a big factor.

So not all top Boxers can move their body like I do here without some sort of compromise? Could it be hip/back flexibility?

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[K--]

So not all top Boxers can move their body like I do here without some sort of compromise? Could it be hip/back flexibility?

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Hard to say what is it and hard to tell from your clip, though your punch looks nice from what I can see.

If you've been to enough boxing classes you know that some people just naturally move well and others don't. It could be genetic, "nurturing", or even culturally/socially influenced - impossible to know and probably impossible to measure given available scientific methodology and technology. Though certain things are clearly correlated - growing up doing athletics vs growing up sedentary, the person that grew up doing athletics is much more likely to "move well" as I say.

[automaton89]

Hard to say what is it and hard to tell from your clip, though your punch looks nice from what I can see.

If you've been to enough boxing classes you know that some people just naturally move well and others don't. It could be genetic, "nurturing", or even culturally/socially influenced - impossible to know and probably impossible to measure given available scientific methodology and technology. Though certain things are clearly correlated - growing up doing athletics vs growing up sedentary, the person that grew up doing athletics is much more likely to "move well" as I say.

I'll tell you a strange thing about me. My father was a world class karate fighter. But I didnt do karate or boxing... yet age 23 I could punch as if I did. Then I figured: oh, it's the fast twitch muscle fiber from papa...

Nope... Unless the fast Twitch is nurtured, it won't blossom.. but I finally cracked it . I did short distance sprinting as a kid all the way up to teens, and I won in it. That's where my hand speed and coordination developed.

[K--]

I'll tell you a strange thing about me. My father was a world class karate fighter. But I didnt do karate or boxing... yet age 23 I could punch as if I did. Then I figured: oh, it's the fast twitch muscle fiber from papa...

Nope... Unless the fast Twitch is nurtured, it won't blossom.. but I finally cracked it . I did short distance sprinting as a kid all the way up to teens, and I won in it. That's where my hand speed and coordination developed.

Makes sense to me.

I think people under estimate how much you can learn from observation, as well. I think (again) having a developed observational faculty combined with an exceptional sense of your own body allows you to mimic things that you might have seen on tv or the internet. Subsequently, you'd already "know" how to punch with out having practiced it. It may even be more abstract than that - you may be able to identify the aesthetic of "good movement" and apply that broadly to other athletics.

[automaton89]

It looks like Julian has enormous strength in his arm, he is moving back and still puffed that guy out... So my theory is that he is able to tense incredibly, he doesn't need speed, although he did have it there

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[automaton89]

Makes sense to me.

I think people under estimate how much you can learn from observation as well. I think (again) having a developed observational faculty combined with an exceptional sense of your own body allows you to mimic things that you might have seen on tv or the internet. Subsequently you'd already "know" how to punch without having practiced it. It may even be more abstract than that - you may be able to identify the aesthetic of "good movement" and apply that broadly to other athletics.

Some things are instinctive, that I didnt know other people did. Pre step for extra power. I always did that. So I think Cus d'amoto is right that punchers are born in that they do things that are specialized, naturally.

[automaton89]

His body could just slingshot his fist very quickly and hard. So many factors come into play it has to be genetics as an answer overall. As the saying goes punchers are born.

A lot of these guys seem to have similar built. The big wide shoulders, the wide lats, probably have proportionally large hands too. Jackson, McClellan, Hearns, GGG, Alvarez, Beterbiev, Wilder etc.

I'm trying to think of punchers who don't have those shoulders and lats.

Julian has small hands, believe it or not,

[BKM-]

Julian has small hands, believe it or not,

Small hands, that was his problem.

[automaton89]

Small hands, that was his problem.

Was that a joke?