Ring Mag: Power Outage (interesting article on the lack power punchers today)

[#CaneloKhan]

fighters just dont know how to properly throw punch anymore. They turn turn the punch all the way, they dont sit on the punch all the way and they dont commit on the punch all the way. Simple,

[Konstantin]

Over committing to a punch is a great way to get your ass countered or worse - knocked out. Today's boxers are a lot faster.

[Light_Speed]

Eh, Golovkin and Dulorme have been fighting low level opposition so you can't really take away much from that yet. Chances are if the big punchers aren't among the big names, it's probably for a reason. A lot of them don't make it when they step up in class. See David Leimux for example.

Kassim Ouma and Lajuan Simon have been in with some pretty big punchers but Golovkin was the first to stop them. Golovkin also stopped Bute in the amateurs, I don't think Bute is low level.

nope...these guys are heavy handed which is different than being a knockout artist. These guys will break you down as the fight goes on, it's an accumulation of punches. No different than James Kirkland or Rios. None of these guys can really KO a guy with a single shot at any point of the fight.

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[#1Assassin]

I didn't know Steward introduced pad work. Pretty cool. But yeah, I never really saw the point of the patty cake thing Floyd does with Roger. It just seems too rehearsed for it to be useful. What does it do exactly?

improves handspeed, timing, accuracy, reflexes, headmovement etc.. more or less everything except for power. its not rehearsed at all, roger mixes up both the punches floyd is gonna throw and the ones he throws himself, it just looks rehearsed bcuz its floyd is so fast and good at it.

it is pitty patting though, floyd doesnt improve his power on the pads at all.

[FeFist]

I think a lot of this has to do with fighters starting out too heavy or/and moving up through the weight classes. Fighters like Donaire had that one punch power in the lower weights, fighters like Allexander built muscle too fast at a weight like 135lb he would probably he a feared puncher.

[DoktorSleepless]

improves handspeed, timing, accuracy, reflexes, headmovement etc.. more or less everything except for power. its not rehearsed at all, roger mixes up both the punches floyd is gonna throw and the ones he throws himself, it just looks rehearsed bcuz its floyd is so fast and good at it.

it is pitty patting though, floyd doesnt improve his power on the pads at all.

I remember during the recent open workout, Floyd was starring directly into the camera and away from from Roger when they were doing padwork. If he knew where to punch withot even looking, either Roger was doing all the work by catching Floyd's punches or it's a non-random routine that they've done a million times.