Why can't 'muscled' boxers win?

[werewolf]

Boxing is pretty specialized. Certain skills and inate abilities are much more important than sheer strength, and certainly much more important than bulky bodybuilder muscles.



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[Dyl-G]

when youlift weights and build muscle like that it slows your hand speed down, it also makes you tired fast because thats more oxygen and blood that your body has to supply to your muscles and your body has to work harder...thats why fighters like briggs tire so quickly.

also, just because youhave bigmuscles doesnt mean you have goodpunching power. your power comes from your technique and form. how you twist your hips, pivot your feet and keep proper balance to allow your weight to carry your punch is what gives you punching power and speed.. and with speed comes power.

[Easy-E]

muscle doesnnt equal boxing skill, thats why.

[Bahamut Zero]

Good replies people...

Bottomline...Batista/Arnold S./Lou Ferrigno will never beat a Class D heavy...LOL!

[me2007]

muscles use oxygen. The more muscle mass you have, the more oxygen you need to take in to feed them.

Also think about how you can generate a hard punch....it has to be thrown fast with a lot of weight behind it.

The more bulky you are, the more inflexible and slower your punches will be...this will take the force out of them...

Boxers are not and should not be bodybuilders. If they are, they invaribly turn into wheezing, plodding, muscle heads who get KO'd.

You have to fight at your optimum weight.
You could force your body to put on muscle to add weight...but will it benefit you? I doubt it.

[No1]

For some fighters muscle can give them a great advantage because if they are slow thenthe muscle can give them great punching power.

[Stickman]

Briggs is muscle bound (definitely more power I assume) but Sultan schools him...wtf!?

Speed > Power ?

Muscles mass does almost nothing to help a fighter other than make him stronger. An overmuscled fighter is usually slower, and their stamina suffers horribly. More muscle requires more energy and oxygen. And how the muscle is put on makes a big difference, too. Lifting is generally the worst thing a fighter can do.

[Del Coqui]

Wladimir's as muscular as they come, and all he does is win.

It requires more oxygen for muscle heads to keep up a good pace and keep their hands up. Some fighters dont try to be big muscle wise but thats just the way they are, those kinda fighters actually have to work harder than the ramaining leaner ones.

[me2007]

agreed - the only big guys in terms of muscles i`ve seen who are good boxers are the heavyweights who are naturally big...

even a tua or tyson is not made with weight training, its natural, just look at their bone structure and neck.....

The only guy ive seen have any success as a roid monster is Holyroid, but he's the exception rather than the rule, in my opinion.

[titoi]

"Musclehead Magazine" and its ilk have confused the public about what strength is made up of. A contemporary of a prime Schwarzenegger who would have easily broken him in half (and prolly eaten him!):



Read about him here: http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/F...342/Alxv1.html

Don't look like much, does he? Neither did Marciano. Or Frazier, really. Or Ali for that matter (kinda skinny, right?)

I'm not saying Alexeyev had the right physique for a boxer. I'm just pointing out that the current idea of the blown-up roid box is not an accurate measure of any kind of usable strength.