Is there a link between hand size and punching power?

[SN!PER]

I think the size of wrists/ hands provides durability, not power. Strong wrists and fists probably get injured less and can give fighters longer careers if they take care of themselves.

[NearHypnos]

I have this skinny ass relative who can punch like a monster. I could see he had tremendous leverage but wow could he punch. I've felt huge power before, the kind that makes your toes tingle like they separate from your body. I never took a shot to the head from him but did put mitts on a couple times and let him go to the body with the padding. It didn't feel heavy but more like an explosion.

Felt like this would happen without padding



He didnt even compete(boxing) like we did just did it for fitness and hobby.. he was actually a pitcher who had a mean fastball. I wonder if thats related...

[Luilun]

pac's knuckles easily matches algieri's

PAC is closer to the Picture Mike Tyson, Joe Fraizer were small heavyweights I bet they hit harder than all these 250 pound blobs we have today. Take a look at a 7 foot basket ball Player with huge hands I bet a middleweight named GGG hits harder

[mizzlekicks]

I have massive hands and I hit like a little girl.

[New England]

Well take the case of for example ballistics.

.45 APC @ 230 Grain 850fps = ~365ftlb of energy
.45 APC @ 230 Grain 950fps = ~460ftlb of energy

Now take a .40S&W or .40 Cal

.40S&W @ 135 Grain 1350fps = ~565ftb of energy

So, in this case the smaller/faster and close to 50% lighter bullet carries much more energy than even the fastest/heaviest of .45 APC.

Its all about technique, speed of the punch and and following thru or punching thru the target.

And to close, like someone else mentioned earlier...you got to use your legs and torso...ie: Technique

why do heavyweights punch harder than featherweights?

[New England]

some of the responses are ridiculous.


"i sparred once, and this guy who was smaller than me beat me up. guys with smaller hands hit harder."



who has bigger hands, a HW or a FW?

[Sharp_Shooter]

some of the responses are ridiculous.


"i sparred once, and this guy who was smaller than me beat me up. guys with smaller hands hit harder."



who has bigger hands, a HW or a FW?

midgets like to live in a fantasy world where everyone is equal. Most of them believe their midget god bruce lee could beat someone like mike tyson

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midgets like to live in a fantasy world where everyone is equal. Most of them believe their midget god bruce lee could beat someone like mike tyson

Bruce Lee people who think he would "overcome size using magic" are the worst.

I was around in the early days of MMA and we had hoped that would disprove the magical kung fu Bruce Lee **** most people imagined martial arts to be because of movies...

Nope. In fact now it's going around the Bruce Lee "invented" MMA (something that's been around since ancient Greece). I give up. Some people just think movies are real no matter what.

[Big_L]

cotto has small hands but manny steward and freddie roach have said he's one of the hardest punchers they've ever worked with.

[Journeyman]

I remember in the movie "Raging Bull", about Jake Lamotta, Robert De Niro was complaining to his buddy Joe Pesci about how he has small girly hands, and Pesci was like "so what, i do too",etc....

Not sure if this scene was based on a real life account, but i heard Lamotta could pack a punch....

Without thinking too scientifically though, something about common sense tells me a bigger fist would still hurt more due to having more of a "club" like nature, than a small hammer for example...