Power is a double edged sword

[The_Sandman]

I believe that power is a double edged sword. To many people's eyes, it's always a good thing to have power. And I agree to a certain extent. Yes, power is good to have if you can stay disciplined and not get carried away with it. I know so many people who has crazy power and they knew how to set up their power shots. But later on, they start to rely solely on their power and just go for the knock out because they knew they can get the knockout. There is a saying that goes, "if you go for the knockout, you won't get the knockout."

I bring this up because I was sparring the other day against a guy who previously knocked me down on my ass. He had heavy hands and a knockout power. He used the double jab and opened my guard up for a powerful straight which knocked me down. And the next round I went down again with a body shot. I sparred him again and he wasn't using the jab as much anymore. He was missing a lot of his punches. I kept jabbing his body. Jab to the body isn't a hurting punch, but I knew that if I keep jabbing his body his guard will lower which gave me the opportunity to land a beautiful straight to his head which didn't knock him down, but did make his nose bleed. He told me that he knew he could knock me down again if he connected with a clean shot so he threw out all the fundamentals out the window and just went for the knock out. I believe Prince Naseem also had this same problem as well.

[FeFist]

Power isn't a double edged sword as the weakness doesn't lie in the powerful punch but the fighter's mental state.

[Verstyle]

The hell is this about? You posted in the wrong section also, it belongs in T&N.

[KickAzz]

power is always a good thing to have but you need to have discipline

[bojangles1987]

Power isn't a double edged sword as the weakness doesn't lie in the powerful punch but the fighter's mental state.

Couldn't have put it any better. Power is always a great thing, if the fighter can't stay disciplined that's not a problem you blame on the power.

[The_Sandman]

Power isn't a double edged sword as the weakness doesn't lie in the powerful punch but the fighter's mental state.

True. But that mental state comes from somewhere. In this case, from relying too much on power.

The hell is this about? You posted in the wrong section also, it belongs in T&N.

k sorry.

[The_Sandman]

Couldn't have put it any better. Power is always a great thing, if the fighter can't stay disciplined that's not a problem you blame on the power.

I don't know if you guys read my post, but I did mention that power is def a plus if you're disciplined and don't get carried away with it.

[Scarcaztic]

Power isn't a double edged sword as the weakness doesn't lie in the powerful punch but the fighter's mental state.

Good post sir.

[Something Jr]

Teddy Atlas says when 2 power punchers matchup, the one with less power will prevail because he has to compensate for that and be a smarter fighter.

And yes, I got that quote from fight night.

[sicko]

POWER is the most overrated attribute in boxing

With Brawler their style is basically "BOXING FOR DUMMIES 101"...it is easy for Casuals to understand: Two fighter meet in the middle of the ring and throw Power Punches until someone goes down

Sure it is exciting absolutely but 99.9% of the time as soon as those fighters face a skilled fighter, they usually end up losing to a skilled fighter

So when fans only talk about POWER, it is a reason why they do that because that is the single most easiest attribute in boxing to distinguish...is "POWER" that is why fans (Casual Fans Especially) overrate the hell out of any fighter that scores a few KO's even if it is against BUMS they will hype that fighter up as this unbeatable fighter

But the Networks and Media are to blame as well because when you actually use your skills (which is what Boxing is suppose to be about) they bash those fighters and call them "RUNNERS" "BORING" like the Miguel Vazquez vs Mercito Gesta fight last year, they was mocking Vazquez style more so then Mocking Gesta for not being able to cut the ring off and all that stuff because they have groomed the casual fans into thinking "All Boxers Should Fight Like Arturo Gatti" not explaining to boxing fans that the Late Arturo Gatti and other Brawlers fight like that because they wasn't bless with the talent to be a Skilled Boxer, they take punches to the face because they don't have the Reflexes to avoid them

It is ignorant to tell someone who was trained the Proper Way How Box since he was a kid in Golden Gloves to "Don't Do That No More...Instead Come Out And Just Brawl So We Can Be Entertained"