Can a Muscular Buff Guy Be a Good Boxer?

[renren40]

man...if you train for speed and skill right after you hit muscle failure on the weights...you can be a beast...but that's my secret...yall dont do it...most would wimp out anyways...

[monkeyboy]

That size means a 2 mile per hour punch.
No speed means no power. Their punch would be useless at that size. Plus when you see steroidal weight lifters with that size muscle they are so inflexible that they can't lock their arms out.
10 seconds to a knock out by a top 100 heavyweight.

[tyson]

They wouldn't be able to stretch their arm out far enough to create something that even looks like a punch.
You build the strength before you build muscle, so it isn't necessary to be big to punch hard.
If you're explosive and have a decent technique, you punch hard.

Why would you be afraid to be crushed by one of them? They can't even grip around you without exploding their chestmuscles!

[No-mas-tias]

All yo need to do is look at Bob Sapp, he's slow as hell, can't throw a good punch, and gets tired easily. He's not even half as big as these guys.

[Stickman]

Being musclebound doesn't mean you can ****. Look at Corrales, one of the biggest punchers in his division. Long, lanky, and slender. But a solid left hook from him was worth two from most others in his div. A smaller, more highly conditioned muscle will be much faster in reaction time and have far more strength per mass than a much larger muscle built by lifting weights.

[Lethal]

All yo need to do is look at Bob Sapp, he's slow as hell, can't throw a good punch, and gets tired easily. He's not even half as big as these guys.

Bob Sapp can punch hard. He's fast for a dude his size. See his fight agains tHoost

[guzi815]

these dudes have extra-ordinary "strength", can bench a volkswagen. But that much muscle, has low stamina, they'll cramp up rather quick. Getting grabbed by someone like that is like a boa constrictor around your neck!

When ARNOLD (Terminator) was firing his weapon with one hand, it is possible because he can lift 200+ with one hand. But When "RAMBO" fired the M60 (two of them!) with one hand, I said no way! I don't think the biggest body builder can with stand the kick of an M60. During training, I took it off the bi-pod, tried a RAMBO....no way.

[PapiShasho]

Depends on how they train...As big as the guy you showed, too slow probably, but Ike Ibeabuchi was huge and ripped, and he was very skilled for a heavyweight.

[deuce_drop]

no they wouldn't make good boxers, at best they might be sluggers but they don't have the same kind of conditioning as boxers, they focus on bodybuilding not stamina and conditioning. plus they are more injury prone than anyone else. why do you think that vitali had so many injuries, roid use. just like jose canseco when he threw out his back warming up in the batting circle, it brings crazy tension to you muscles and tendons. trying to fight with that stacked against you, is tough as ****.

plus they're too bulky, i would doubt that they would be able to make any kind of tight defense either with their huge ass muscles. their muscles are more of a detriment then an asset.

plus guys who just LIFT weights i got this to say, " lifting weights is for ****s and inmates........"

[Aaron K]

well, they would make good heavy bags.