What contributes to punching power?

[ShalafiV.2]

Punching power comes from the legs, as well as a combination of balance and technique. Back, shoulders, and arms contribute but muscle mass is not really as important when it comes to punching power IMO.

[Sparked_1985]

I like a lot of the posts here.

But some guys can't be explained, like Daniel Ponce De Leon, dude would actually be rubbish if he didn't punch like a middleweight.

Carlos Maussa was another one, he was basically completely talentless, and fought like a rank amateur.

[skullduggery]

The legs, all about how you shift your weight and ofcourse you need to have a strong back

the first one that got it right. timing, and the shift in weight generates power from the ground up.

[Sparked_1985]

the first one that got it right. timing, and the shift in weight generates power from the ground up.

what if you swing your punches from the ground up like Maussa? lol

Maybe intangibles are a factor here. Stuff like desire for a knockout. Columbians are all about knocking people out, it's part of their boxing identity.

[RightCross94]

Technique!!!!!!!!!!!

[hemichromis]

You know i once was reading a top boxing magazine and they were talking to Emanuel Stewart from the Kronk gym,they was asking him lots of different things about lots of different fighters that hed trained over the years like Lennox Lewis and Tommy Hearns etc They asked him who was the hardest puncher he had ever held the pads for ,i was shocked when he replied : Naseem Hamed ! No question!
He then went on to say that Naz had the hardest punch he had ever seen...espeicaly considering his size !
Naz had huge legs if i recall so i would say legs must help natural power to some degree !

did he say this while he was training naz?
if so its not very reliable.

lewis MUST have hit harder!

hearns right hand was one of the most powerful in history

[hemichromis]

Could it be that they put themselves in harms way as they are trying to land the big shots?

or that they rely on their power so much that they'll take 'lesser' shots to get one in?

[hemichromis]

legs are definitely fundamental to power-punchers that follow the textbook. but you also must account for guys like roy jones and hamed who could knock people out while there feet weren't even planted. really i do believe alot of it has to do with range of motion in the shoulders, as those guys had piston like punches that had more snap than other boxers.

when your whole body is flying into an opponent with the pucnh you WILL hit harder than being planted. the problem is recovery. jones had this sorted

[hemichromis]

Punching power comes from the legs, as well as a combination of balance and technique. Back, shoulders, and arms contribute but muscle mass is not really as important when it comes to punching power IMO.

well mass certainly is and so is strength so i would certainly say muscle mass is a factor.

remember that muscles are required to generate the speed of the punchs and to transfer weight through the body to the target.

very muscular fighters tend to have slow looking punchs that throw their opponenets across the ring.

[portuge puncher]

who da **** knows, this is impossible to answer.
i would say speed and wast turning, but foreman was slow,
and i almost never see him turn into punches.

i would say tecniqe, but look at rocky marciano,

i would say size, but look at wilfredo gomez.

i think your just born with it.