What muscles make for hard punchers?

[darkvladimir]

Alot of people are posting incorrect information in this thread. Trust me, the source of true punching power is in the legs, with a focus on the thighs. Arms, biceps, pecs, etc are no indication of punching power. Its all in the legs. Any boxing trainer or 2nd will tell you. It starts in the legs, and culminates in the swivel of the body to the direction of the punch and the extension of the arm. Just my 2 cents. I know boxing.

[boxingknight]

Like the guys said its not about muscles , its balance rotation and timing and a brain that wants to punch hard without thinking about it ,,, much like a little weedy guy that can wack a golf ball 400yrds .

Alot of people are posting incorrect information in this thread. Trust me, the source of true punching power is in the legs, with a focus on the thighs. Arms, biceps, pecs, etc are no indication of punching power. Its all in the legs. Any boxing trainer or 2nd will tell you. It starts in the legs, and culminates in the swivel of the body to the direction of the punch and the extension of the arm. Just my 2 cents. I know boxing.

It might be the legs, but theres alot of boxers with big muscles on their upper body who punch hard. Jeff Lacy, and so on is an example of this and sakio bika is pretty big too. But a good upper body definitely should help contribute to the power.

[MELLY-MEL...]

It might be the legs, but theres alot of boxers with big muscles on their upper body who punch hard. Jeff Lacy, and so on is an example of this and sakio bika is pretty big too. But a good upper body definitely should help contribute to the power.

no it really does not! believe what u want, but the legs harness most of the power! as much as you can say about big guys having power u can say it about guys like hearns, monzon, hamed, tyszu etc....as well.

[moin126]

Core + tricep i would say. But its mostly coordination+technique

[darkvladimir]

It might be the legs, but theres alot of boxers with big muscles on their upper body who punch hard. Jeff Lacy, and so on is an example of this and sakio bika is pretty big too. But a good upper body definitely should help contribute to the power.

naw man its a big misconception, but an understandable one. You look at Lacy for example and his muscled physique and think power but its not true. If anything a muscled body slows you down, which is why serious weightlifting is frowned upon in boxing training. Look at Tyson and Pavlik. Both have punching power in their respective weight classes, but one is muscled the other isnt. But both have big thighs which allow them to throw with power when they plant their feet and throw bombs. Trust me, its the legs. Just my 2 cents. I know boxing.

[Orange Sneakers]

TRICEP? I can't believe what I'm reading.

[Orange Sneakers]

If you look at Lacy's punching technique, he arcs and gets a lot more from his hips than his upper body, and his KD hooks are all hip - no real arm extension.

[squealpiggy]

Legs, by far, end of discussion. You can have the biggest arms in the world and my full rotation punches will still be harder than your arm punches.

[beez721]

I have big ass shoulders, and a big back and I think thats the reason why I punch so hard. I think hard punchers in boxers are ppl with big shoulders, what do you think? Like, I don't think it has to do with someone having super big arms, but just the shoulder muscles

the large muscles of the body. back and legs

[ANDROID_DOES]

triceps, pecs

wtf???????? okay u know nothing about boxing