Why does Cotto ruin oppenents faces?

[deliveryman]

Let's go back to physics 102 then.

Acceleration is very important. That's why when someone hits a golfball they speed up in the bottom part of the swing. It's not necessarily the mass of the driver head that is the only factor.

MassXVelocity gives you momentum. MassXAcceleration gives you force. So acceleration and mass are equally important in that equation.

But yes, if he could increase his hand mass that would make a difference. But if he accelerates his punches (which is why you want to punch 2 ways, either through your target, i.e. then your power extends all the way and does not decelerate on the end of your punches, or tight, short punches, this way you don't have to power your punch all the way through and you will have acceleration for the entire punch)

So how you punch is just as important.

So in short:
F= m x a
M = m x v
and P (power) = F x d (distance)

Now that I look at your post again. You have made some misconceptions in your statements and are interchanging words where you should not.

TIME is very important.

a = v/t, and v = d/t so let's measure.

say you go 1m with a punch. 1m/1s would be a velocity. 1m/1s^2 would be the acceleration. The force of the punch would be (let's say a hand has 1kg mass) F = 1kg X 1m/1s^2 = 1N (1 newton). These are standard forces in metric terms, much easier to measure than english unit.

Say you could increase your hand weight to 2kg you would have 2Newtons force in that case. But if you could decrease the time (to say 0.5 seconds for the punch to travel the distance). All else equal.

F = 1kg x 1m/(0.5s)^2 = 4N (you actually get twice as much force, that is because time is the exponential factor and mass is a directly proportional factor.

I'd say you need to go back to physics!!! The primary factor of force for a boxer is the acceleration of their punches at the moment of impact.

Other factors would be momentum, which will transfer to your opponent in terms of "movement", force has an equal and opposite reaction (so your force is directly transferred to an opponents face), pressure, pressure would be F/A (area). So if you have a larger fist (or more gauze) you are likely to spread the same damage over a larger area.

(The statement that any boxer hits hard primarily because of their hands would be false. Any fighter hits hard primarily because of how they accelerate punches at the moment of impact (that's why they say you want your punch to be most effect at the end of the throw). A fighter may hit "harder" if they have a heavier fist, and he may do "more" damage if his fist is larger because that force will be transferred over a larger area on the opponents body)

(Sorry I got caught up, no disrespect intended)

Okay, I should have worded myself differently, because the velocity of the punch at impact is definitely the primary factor when determing the power of a punch.

All I was saying was that:

The speed disparity between a "slow" puncher and a "fast" puncher in pro-boxing is USUALLY not sufficient enough to overcome huge hand-weight advantages that a fighter might have

Say Fighter A (who has fast hands), has a hand that weighs 1kg, and is able to accelerate a punch at 1m/s^2 and the distance of the punch is 1 meter.

The force behind behind that punch is obviously 1 Newton
And the the power on that punch would also be 1 Watt

And say Fighter B (a slower puncher, but has much heavier hands), has a hand that weighs 2kg and is able to punch at .8m/s^2

The force behind that punch is 1.6 Newtons.
and the Power on that punch would be 1.28 Watts.

That's all. Again, all that I was saying is that the difference between a "slow" puncher and a "fast" puncher is usually not as big a difference between someone who is heavy-handed and someone who has a feather for a fist.

[mic573]

It's because Cotto is a beast and his lefthook is incredible. Even when he changed to southpaw he was able to do damage. The straight left he landed was nice.

[oldgringo]

yeah physics and the like aside....cotto is just an animal and commits to his punches. it makes me happy to see him return to his early form. anyone who has seen him fight early on could see his potential.

[borikua]

[Tha Greatest]

lmfao......

Cotto is a monster...

[Undefeated]

AYII TIENES!

[borikua]

[oldgringo]

Victoriano Sosa's face also looked pretty bad. Brancos whole body was destroyed. Demetrio Ceballos' face looked like hell.

When he stops you, you end up looking like a sad sack wherever you end up.

[Undefeated]

Yea man.. Painfull. ****ing Cotto. El Matador.. That should be his name. Or Rompe Cara (Face however that **** is spelt in spanish)

[guzi815]

Cotto ****s with his feet planted. May not be as fast as most, but definately one of the best short punchers in the ring today. One thing that you gotta give Cotto credit for is his timing. The man knows when to **** the body....on the inhale! It knocks the wind right out of you.