Is there a link between hand size and punching power?
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And are fighters called heavy handed.. literally heavy handed?
I mean hand size as a whole length and breadth.
I notice pacman has rather big hands, Maidana has huge goofy hands with goofy freaky ass knuckles while guys like Malignaggi and Floyd have feminine fine hands..
I also notice this in myself I have a rather broad longish hand, feels rather empowering when I shake another mans hand and engulf his hand with my big manly hands. I also have a big punch.Comment
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Pacman is a giant dwarf, short stocky, with a square muscular jaw and wide face. Most Chinese are built like zou shining with fragile bones. PAC is built like a caveman. Wide ankles and wrists. He is just a genetic freak
But PAC has strong bones, he has never broken his hands in a fight or hitting the heavy bag full blast, Floyd and Pauline have skinny feminine girl hands, and break their hands a lot. Bone strength and density determines how you can handle punching, Floyd and Pauline have brittle hands.Comment
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Its not the size of the hand its how robust it is and how heavy the bone is , if your hands hurt when you land solid you are likely to pull your punches a little , it will happen subconsciously so there is not a lot you can do about , if they dont hurt at all you want to punch through the guys head .Comment
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But wouldn't the opposite be true from a physics point?
Like if you apply, say, 1000 pounds of pressure over a smaller surface area, it's going to be more deadly, than 1000 pounds of pressure applied over a larger surface area?Comment
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can a baby sized man generate the same amount of force as a larger one?Comment
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Same as a punch , its the speed , its follow through power which made up of its leverage and technique and whether you see it coming or not , then its your structure of neck , mental constitution etc on how well you take it .Comment
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A larger hand would be a heavier object than a smaller hand and since boxing gloves are the same size the force will be spread over the same area. Mass is half the force equation.Comment
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