Why are back muscles important in boxing? Does having a huge arse give u an advantage

[AlexKid]

If it does give an advantage, your mom should box.

lol *******

[AlexKid]

Why are back muscles important no one has given a reason

[Dr Rumack]

Someone alert Annie to this thread

[bigfo0t]

Why are back muscles important no one has given a reason

This guy just explained one of the many reasons why back muscles are important for fighters.

Advantage. If a fighter has more back muscles he usually has a wider back, which allows to create a greater momentum. Solid back muscles are required to create power cause they connect leg and upper body muscles to be able to add up power from the bottom to the top.
An underrated aspect is the ability to take punches. A better structure of back muscles (which doesn't necessarily mean more) help to absorb power. The better a fighter can absorb the power of head punches into his whole body, the better.
With every part of muscles in a fighters body I would go for strength and deep muscle structure rather than muscle mass but having more back muscles isn't too bad.

Also, certain back muscles- particularly around the shoulder blade area help give fighters the ability to relentlessly throw powerful combinations like this:


Take a look at that back.

Go try that out on a heavybag and let me know how your back feels the next day.

Of all the weight Manny put on during his climb, I think most of it went to his back and legs, and you could really see it pay off during the Oscar & Cotto fights.

[Scipio2009]

Why are back muscles important no one has given a reason

Boxing, at it's most basic, seems to be focused largely on leverage/torque. Broad backs, various musculature, etc would theoretically help a fighter prep more torque behind their shots, but also allow for one's body to better deal with the transfer of energy that results from when shots get landed on said fighter.

Even the best chin on the planet can only handle a finite amount of energy being put through it; every other bit of energy gets "shock absorbed" by the rest of the supporting muscles or the body shuts off, leading to KOs/stoppages.

[Luilun]

I know some old school trainers who were big believers that a big ass and wide shoulders Would = punching power.

I don't know about that I fought some skinny tall guys who hit like mulls. Think Tommy Hearns I think it's bone density more than back or A$$

[AlexKid]

Boxing, at it's most basic, seems to be focused largely on leverage/torque. Broad backs, various musculature, etc would theoretically help a fighter prep more torque behind their shots, but also allow for one's body to better deal with the transfer of energy that results from when shots get landed on said fighter.

Even the best chin on the planet can only handle a finite amount of energy being put through it; every other bit of energy gets "shock absorbed" by the rest of the supporting muscles or the body shuts off, leading to KOs/stoppages.

You crazy fools mixiing boxing and bodybuilding, wide lats make you look broarder they dont actually make you broarder your skeliton in terms of shoulder width still stays the same.

Im not sure if shoulder width makes you a harder hitter, the hardest hitters of all time tend to have medium width shoulders, some are broad, even less are narrow. If it does make a difference its pretty insignificant compared to other factors.

Julina jackson - medium

Hamed - narrow

Shavers broard/medium

Tyson - medium

Hearns medium

Foreman - medium

I realize this is probably a troll job

[Larry the boss]

IMO back, core, leg muscles, and bone density are far more important than big arms. Many people don't realize how much having big arms can be a hinderance as you will gas out much quicker just from keeping your hands up.

A bodybuilder type physique is not optimal or efficient in Boxing. You want to focus on the key muscle groups involved in delivering those sharp quick accurate blows and combinations, and back muscles are among the most important.

Just look at the difference here:

Look at the size of their arms, then their backs.

PAC is another good example of a true fighter's physique, he doesn't have these huge bulging arms but he does have massive legs and a very muscular back.

this has to be photoshopped

[bigfo0t]

this has to be photoshopped

Nope.


3:06

To be fair, his arms are in a different position so the angle makes it look worse, but you can still see from the rest of the video that they are pretty thin.. especially for a LHW.