Fist size = power?

[SplitSecond]

post up proof that fist size = power

i know someone will bring up lucian bute, but i think that has mroe to do with beautifully countered bodyshots than real ko power

[Left Hook Tua]

post up proof that fist size = power

i know someone will bring up lucian bute, but i think that has mroe to do with beautifully countered bodyshots than real ko power

common sense.

energy = mass and speed

[SplitSecond]

common sense.

energy = mass and speed

true, i musta forgot

[craigus1990]

common sense.

energy = mass and speed

Anyone who has dabbled in martial arts can tell u the less surface area the more power there will be because tht power is then concentrated into a smaller area... look at snow shoes u wear in the north pole... they have a big surface area so the weight is spread out.. if you stand on ur toe you will fall thru the ice cos all ur weight is on a tiny point.

[ИATAS]

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Anyone who has dabbled in martial arts can tell u the less surface area the more power there will be because tht power is then concentrated into a smaller area... look at snow shoes u wear in the north pole... they have a big surface area so the weight is spread out.. if you stand on ur toe you will fall thru the ice cos all ur weight is on a tiny point.

True, but a bigger fist size normally means bigger, stonger bones.

[MonsieurGeorges]

It really doesn't mean that much. The thing is that if you have a big heavy, dense hand you can hit harder without breaking anything. A guy like Paulie Malignaggi has big hands, but they are long spindly piano player hands. It's not the size of the fist, it's more bone density

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[MonsieurGeorges]

Anyone who has dabbled in martial arts can tell u the less surface area the more power there will be because tht power is then concentrated into a smaller area... look at snow shoes u wear in the north pole... they have a big surface area so the weight is spread out.. if you stand on ur toe you will fall thru the ice cos all ur weight is on a tiny point.

yeah but that doesn't apply to boxing. Hitting with the fist is not like stabbing with a knife or firing a bullet. In boxing you want to land each punch as squarely and flatly as possibly, you want the surface of the target to touch every knuckle if possible. This ensures that the maximum amount of force collides with target.

I trainer i worked with a few years ago used to talk about this. He basically said a fist is not a bullet. A bullet is hard steel tearing through soft flesh, so it makes sense to concentrate the force onto the smallest area possible. But when your dealing with the human hand it's many fragile small bones, you just wanna land squarely and flatly. From a pure physics standpoint you're right. It kinda reminds of what Nazeem Richardson said before the Mosley/Mayweather fight, something like the human body is not built for fighting so you have to do the best you can.

[craigus1990]

yeah but that doesn't apply to boxing. Hitting with the fist is not like stabbing with a knife or firing a bullet. In boxing you want to land each punch as squarely and flatly as possibly, you want the surface of the target to touch every knuckle if possible. This ensures that the maximum amount of force collides with target.

I trainer i worked with a few years ago used to talk about this. He basically said a fist is not a bullet. A bullet is hard steel tearing through soft flesh, so it makes sense to concentrate the force onto the smallest area possible. But when your dealing with the human hand it's many fragile small bones, you just wanna land squarely and flatly. From a pure physics standpoint you're right. It kinda reminds of what Nazeem Richardson said before the Mosley/Mayweather fight, something like the human body is not built for fighting so you have to do the best you can.

I mean in Karate my trainer told me to hit with one knuckle for max power but obviously in boxing it doesnt apply as u stated, especially due to the gloves but we r talking about fists in the gloves not knuckles so theoreticaly a smaller fist landing square wud equate to more power than a bigger fist basing that on two dudes tht weight the same and have the same bone density etc