What does Heavy handed really Mean

[AntonTheMeh]

that your hands are clinically obese.

[Larry the boss]

Heavy hands= natural raw power,no way to explain it...just is what it is

[Citizen Koba]

My interpretation would be a fighter who delivers persistant, cumulative damage - gradually wearing opponents down, as opposed to one who delivers KO finishes apparently out of nowhere against relatively undamaged opponents.

[DARKSEID]

Heavy Handedness means you can hurt fighters with grazing punches and you have knockout-type power.

Examples: George Foreman, Felix Trinidad, Julian Jackson, The Klitschko brothers.

[Russian Crushin]

The way i see it is a guy hits very hard, just throwing his average punches, that it almost comes natural to him and he isnt really trying to throw them hard. Guys like Golovkin, Kovalev, Lucas and johnny.

Then there are guys whose power comes from speed, like rigo or Canelo

[Accountoffline]

Gennady Golovkin basically...

[FeFist]

Some fighters can hit hard, but it is dependent on technique; the proverbial heavy handed fighter will have his punches register, even if the technique is not completely there. Think Mattysse and Danny Garcia.

[Zeus Molecules]

The way i see it is a guy hits very hard, just throwing his average punches, that it almost comes natural to him and he isnt really trying to throw them hard. Guys like Golovkin, Kovalev, Lucas and johnny.

Then there are guys whose power comes from speed, like rigo or Canelo

This dude got it Best post thus far.

Looking at some of the responses I get the impression that a number of the posters never fought before, don't box, or haven't fought past middle school/junior high.

Heavy Hands means that you are throwing punches that look weak or average but in reality land with some serious power behind them. Typically they are punches that don't require you to put you body behind them such as jabs, crosses, and straights. Fighters like Ken Norton, Archie Moore, George Foreman, the Klitschkos, Pacquaio in his prime, Trinidad, Wilder, and Golovkin.

[Ray Corso]

Rightous is close except that the Klitz Bros are NOT heavy handed!
Foreman is the best example, he doesn't have to land flush to hurt.
a heavy handed fighter can also move a fighter of point and balance without landing flush also!
Physically they're usually larger fisted with powerful fore arms, they are not KO artists but if they pronate their KO ratio goes up!
The most powerful punchers I ever worked with were Ernie Shavers, Mike Tyson, Kenny Schmidt and Julian Jackson. Out of these men Ernie was the heavy handed guy!!
I've been told that Marciano had a similar effect but was more of a clubbing
power puncher, I think from the shorter arms and the lack of a large angle from shoulder to elbow to fists!
I remember getting hit in the liver by Gaspar Ortega......that hurt! HA!! Ray

[Canelo Phresh]

Lucas Matthysse is heavy handed. Id say Molina has more power in his right than Matthysse does in either hand but his power is like lightning striking. It doesn't always strike twice.