Does Matt Skelton have tiny hands....

[Kid Achilles]

...or is it just the angle he's holding his fist?

[leow]

he s got 3 finger missing i think u didnt knew

[paul750]

Maybe Danny just has big hands.

[majestiC]

the smaller the hands the more power (more psi), could explain why he knocks everyone out, however i may have been taught physics wrong hope shrek KTFO of danny williams im sick and tired with his half arsed arrogant approach to training and boxing.

[Southpaw Stinger]

the smaller the hands the more power (more psi),

Thats what I like to think. I have really small hands for a HW, but the small hands big power theory cheers me up.

[Kid Achilles]

Big hands = big power. Foreman, Liston, Dempsey, and Shavers all had huge hands for their size and it was no coincidence. The more mass in your fist the bigger the impact. Think of your fist as a rock you are throwing with all of your weight behind it. A bigger rock will do more damage, assuming it's being thrown at the same speed as the smaller rock.

[supaduck]

Um, big hands obviously equal big power, im gonna make a thread about it in Training and Nutrition.

[Southpaw Stinger]

Smaller hands equal more focussed power, while larger hands equal power spread out over a larger area. Having big hands doesn't make you a hard puncher. Nor does having small hands.

Technique and training are the key.

[supaduck]

sure, but if you have the power, big hands are a benefit.

[Kid Achilles]

Technique and training help but you're not going to tell me it's a coincidence Foreman, Liston, Dempsey, Louis, Shavers etc. all had huge hands and huge power and guys like Vitali Klitschko, Gene Tunney, Ali, etc. all had normal or smaller sized hands for their bodies and lacked one punch power.

It's definitely a factor whether or not people want to recognize it. It's possible to punch very hard with small hands but the truth is, if you increased the size of a small handed punchers fists, he would have more power.

Mass x acceleration = power. The mass of the body is important but so is the mass of the hand since that is the actual "projectile" you're throwing when you punch. Think of bullets. We all know a .45 bullet is more lethal than a .22. One of the reasons the famed Desert Eagle .50 is to dangerous is because of the size of the ammunition being shot.

With all other things being equal, big hands create more force than little hands. Have you ever heard the term "heavy handed"? Guys with bigger, heavier hands have the potential to hit harder than their less endowed peers.