Where do these guys get their punching power?

[Dean_Razorback]

the power comes from iguana meat

[mathed]

They all stole their power from paullie and didn't leave him any....

LMAO, best reply so far.

As to the power thing...I think legs have something to do with it true but look at a guy like Kelly Pavlik. That guy was a rail form top to bottom but he could punch your lights out. Martinez said that when he got hit by Pavlik, he was actually a little scared because it was like getting hit with a hammer he hit so hard.

If you look at Pavlik, he planted his feet when he threw punches and he followed through with the punch. He also punched in straight lines most of the time, allowing his fist to accelerate from point A to point B in the shortest distance possible. Also, the guys that have a lot of power, seem to have good balance which would indicate that they can shift their body weight into their punches as they punch.

Andy Lee is another example of a rail thin guy (thin legs) who is an obscenely strong puncher given his frame. So, I would have to venture to guess that it has to be more than big legs. It makes sense to me that is has more to do with transfer of weight, leverage and technique.

[mannyman]

Technique and committing to the punch are what cause power.

I hate it when ppl say its natural. How can two fighters that weight the same have completely different punching power?

Lets take GGG for example... Look how rotates his foot, hips, shoulders into his punches. On top of that he plants his feet and fully commits to the punch, he's actually trying to KYTFO!

Now lets take Mayweather. He relies on defence, therefore he cant fully commit and sit down on his punches as he likes to stay out of range of his opponents.

If Mayweather was to commit to and rotate fully like GGG he would have more power although he would take more fire coming back in his direction.

Punch power comes from technique and commitment to the punch.

[Larry the boss]

Bradley throws arm punches

[sicko]

No it's not.

You think it's any coincidence that almost every HOFer and ATG had above average power. Very few of the greats were featherfisted.

You have a Point and yes many of them did absolutely but it wasn't "JUST ABOUT POWER" for Majority of them that is why I also mentioned "TIMING" Ali is a great example of having that Timing that can put even Tanks like George Foreman on the Canvas! They had SKILLS to go with their Power and that is a HUGE DIFFERENCE! Now it is fighters and fans who fighters to just fight with ALL POWER and nothing in between.

So I will reword that and instead Post "Power Is The Most Overrated Attribute In Boxing If You Don't Know How To Use It"!

[Hype job]

LMAO, best reply so far.

As to the power thing...I think legs have something to do with it true but look at a guy like Kelly Pavlik. That guy was a rail form top to bottom but he could punch your lights out. Martinez said that when he got hit by Pavlik, he was actually a little scared because it was like getting hit with a hammer he hit so hard.

If you look at Pavlik, he planted his feet when he threw punches and he followed through with the punch. He also punched in straight lines most of the time, allowing his fist to accelerate from point A to point B in the shortest distance possible. Also, the guys that have a lot of power, seem to have good balance which would indicate that they can shift their body weight into their punches as they punch.

Andy Lee is another example of a rail thin guy (thin legs) who is an obscenely strong puncher given his frame. So, I would have to venture to guess that it has to be more than big legs. It makes sense to me that is has more to do with transfer of weight, leverage and technique.

Bone density is the factor here, the skinny guys with low body fat and not much muscle bulk have dense bones.

[SCtrojansbaby]

flexible hips/waist

[SalimShady1212]

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[davidandrei]

[ea22]

I recommend everyone in this thread to read Dempsey's Championship Fighting:Explosive Punching, a lot of techniques are outdated but definitely not punching technique. He explicitly states that punchers are not born not made, but that big punchers in their "arrogance" forget that they learn to punch little by little as they grow up. He actually cites that he had to think all the way back to his childhood to remember what made him punch that way. In a way punchers are bred, although I think that some people have an aptitude for punching and of course genes matter, but they are not everything.