How strong are boxers?

[Cutthroat]

Boxers have strong cores more than anything, you can see the guy in my avatar, Beterbiev, those muscles on his rib area, that's called the serratus anterior, the "boxer's muscle" created through punching. They've got very powerful lats, lower backs, upper backs, abs, etc. this allows a boxer to stay balanced, stable.

Boxers do workouts to tailor their bodies to their sport, different muscle types are achieved through different workouts, affecting the overall mass, strength, endurance etc.


Punching power if heavily influenced by core/leg strength, as well as the fast twitch muscle fibers you build through exercises. Balance, technique, core strength, GGG is the epitome of this, he is the perfect example, he looks very compact, great balance, one of the strongest cores in boxing.

How you approach a workout will affect whether you gain slow or fast twitch muscle fibers as well and overall endurance of the muscle. If I want to build fast twitch muscle fibers I will explode in my workouts. If I'm benching I'll bring the bar all the way down then lift as fast as I can. If I'm squatting down I'll jump up as fast as I can, those are called plyometrics (jump exercises).

Different guys also have different genetics which will affect the way their muscles look; their body frames which affect how much muscle a guy can put on before weighing a certain amount.....

[AvoidDisaster]

Boxers are so strong... that they're strong.

[creekrat77]

I've been wondering. How strong are boxers? You see guys like Thurman and Maidana who aren't exactly that much ripped but they're powerful. Then you have guys like Pacquiao who are ripped and can punch but at the same time can't (idk how that works). Then There's people like Floyd who are insanely cut but have feather fisted slap boxing punches. Then there's guys like Canelo who are both physically strong and have power. But the question here is - how strong are boxers? Like how much can they lift, bench press and stuff like that. I've seen fighters who are weak as $#!+ and can punch, and fighters who are ripped as fµ©k but can't punch. Again the question is how strong are these guys.

Boxers

Broner
Maidana
Floyd
Canelo
Froch
Pacquiao
Marquez
Wladimir
Lucas
Molina
Golovkin
Frampton
Thurman
Santa Cruz
Rigo
Lara
Rios
Danny Garcia
Herrera
Chavez Jr.
Chavez Sr.
ODLH
Roy
Morales
Eubanks jr.
Murray
Martinez
Kovalev
Salka
Bradley
Cotto
Algieri
Provodnikov

Hot damn.

It's hard to say, but strength correlates with muscle mass. In no way, shape or form does having more strength (meaning more muscle) have a positive factor on a boxers performance. MMA, yes because being a well rounded MMA fighter means you needs to be strong in all areas of your body. With boxing what matters is efficiency. It's give and take. Having speed is the most important attribute, more speed means you can throw the weight of your fist at a higher speed equaling more power. Putting on muscle mass reduces your speed, maneuverability, and most importantly your endurance. How much power a fighter has is how much weight he can shift in a punch along with reaching the max speed. No one can really know how strong a boxer is unless he posts his bench press and squat max out. Being able to push more weight doesn't equate to a better athlete. In boxing weight lifting is not a priority because throwing as many punches as you can and conditioning your body to do so is most important. If a boxer were to lift weights and conditioned his body to it's peak to throw the max amount of punches possible, he would simply burn off the excess muscle. Lastly bone density relates too to how much weight you can throw. Boxers who might prioritize weight lifting are guys like Wladimir who needs a ton of strength since he predicates on clinching.

[Luilun]

I've been wondering. How strong are boxers? You see guys like Thurman and Maidana who aren't exactly that much ripped but they're powerful. Then you have guys like Pacquiao who are ripped and can punch but at the same time can't (idk how that works). Then There's people like Floyd who are insanely cut but have feather fisted slap boxing punches. Then there's guys like Canelo who are both physically strong and have power. But the question here is - how strong are boxers? Like how much can they lift, bench press and stuff like that. I've seen fighters who are weak as $#!+ and can punch, and fighters who are ripped as fµ©k but can't punch. Again the question is how strong are these guys.

Boxers

Broner
Maidana
Floyd
Canelo
Froch
Pacquiao
Marquez
Wladimir
Lucas
Molina
Golovkin
Frampton
Thurman
Santa Cruz
Rigo
Lara
Rios
Danny Garcia
Herrera
Chavez Jr.
Chavez Sr.
ODLH
Roy
Morales
Eubanks jr.
Murray
Martinez
Kovalev
Salka
Bradley
Cotto
Algieri
Provodnikov

Hot damn.

Boxing and weightlifting have nothing to do with strength punching power comes from bone density and technique. Mayweather has frail bones but maybe that HGH is helping him a bit though

[kiDynamite92]

I've seen Broner bench 100 kgs

Amir Khan has claimed he can bench 140 kgs.

Shane Mosley is pretty strong, apparently he could deadlift close to 500 poounds.

David Haye could bench 175 kgs.

I've seen Tyson Fury deadlift over 500 pounds.

[Robbie Barrett]

I've seen Broner bench 100 kgs

Amir Khan has claimed he can bench 140 kgs.

Shane Mosley is pretty strong, apparently he could deadlift close to 500 poounds.

David Haye could bench 175 kgs.

I've seen Tyson Fury deadlift over 500 pounds.

I find that hard to believe.

[kiDynamite92]

I find that hard to believe.

Same here..............

[SplitSecond]

Boxers have strong cores more than anything, you can see the guy in my avatar, Beterbiev, those muscles on his rib area, that's called the serratus anterior, the "boxer's muscle" created through punching. They've got very powerful lats, lower backs, upper backs, abs, etc. this allows a boxer to stay balanced, stable.

Boxers do workouts to tailor their bodies to their sport, different muscle types are achieved through different workouts, affecting the overall mass, strength, endurance etc.


Punching power if heavily influenced by core/leg strength, as well as the fast twitch muscle fibers you build through exercises. Balance, technique, core strength, GGG is the epitome of this, he is the perfect example, he looks very compact, great balance, one of the strongest cores in boxing.

How you approach a workout will affect whether you gain slow or fast twitch muscle fibers as well and overall endurance of the muscle. If I want to build fast twitch muscle fibers I will explode in my workouts. If I'm benching I'll bring the bar all the way down then lift as fast as I can. If I'm squatting down I'll jump up as fast as I can, those are called plyometrics (jump exercises).

Different guys also have different genetics which will affect the way their muscles look; their body frames which affect how much muscle a guy can put on before weighing a certain amount.....

punching power mainly relies on the shoulders, you can have weak legs and still punch hard just with your arms, you cannot be a strong puncher regardless of how strong your legs are if your shoulders are weak

and most boxers, atleast top level boxers are very strong

[have_not]

I heard little ricky hatton in his prime could shoulder press very heavy weights,more then big body builders at his gym

[Cutthroat]

punching power mainly relies on the shoulders, you can have weak legs and still punch hard just with your arms, you cannot be a strong puncher regardless of how strong your legs are if your shoulders are weak

and most boxers, atleast top level boxers are very strong

The majority of boxers have strong shoulders by default through basic boxing exercises, bench press, push ups, heavy bag, etc.

Core and leg strength are much harder to attain, less likely a fighter will do so, the workouts are very tough, and there are so many that are varied. If two guys use different forms of training, they will gain different types of muscle.

Your core really matters for your hooks, that twisting motion, that's why GGG and Beterbiev have monstrous power in their hooks, Beterbiev barely needs any distance to KO someone.