Does chicken-legs Wilder disprove the idea that punch power comes from the legs up?

[Nehnenqui]

Juan Manuel Marquez and Jhonny Gonzalez had chicken legs too and they were also big punchers.

Sometimes power is just a natural gift.

[R-Hand Southpaw]

How? Just look at most if not all of his 1 hit KO punches. Dude literally double hops and throws his right with everything he has. From a boxing perspective its ugly as **** but it doesnt matter when it gets the job done.

Anyone would look like a superstar if they could consistently land that punch. Wilder only looks great because the punch is almost impossible to block because of his athleticism and natural gifts in height/reach.

[club fighter]

His legs are lean, fast, strong, and agile, planting your feet and throwing hard shots doesn't require big legs. That's the trait that supposedly gives fighters endurance to punishment. I guess I go along with the theory that skinny leg fighters go down easier but for offense it probably doesn't matter that much.

[Scopedog]

He does have quite long legs even if he isn't the most muscular, and he typically steps in when he throws that right. He's still getting the inertia on the end of his fist at the end of the day - there's really no arguing with the results.

[Blackclouds]

Science cannot currently explain where power in combat sports comes from. You either got it or your don't.

[-Kev-]

Paul Williams also had skinny legs and the difference between the first Quintana fight and the rematch was not a growth in legs, it was Williams using his skinny ass legs to sit on his punches and stop lunging in. Let Quintana come to him instead of throwing 100 punches. That’s how he was able to demolish Quintana, he stopped lunging and just sat on his punches.

So yeah, you don’t need massive legs to generate power, I agree with others.

[Tom Cruise]

He disproves the idea that skinny legs = not powerful legs

Look at guys like Usain Bolt or the majority of NBA athletes. Proper bean poles but explosive as ****.

[DuckAdonis]

How? Just look at most if not all of his 1 hit KO punches. Dude literally double hops and throws his right with everything he has. From a boxing perspective its ugly as **** but it doesnt matter when it gets the job done.

Anyone would look like a superstar if they could consistently land that punch. Wilder only looks great because the punch is almost impossible to block because of his athleticism and natural gifts in height/reach.

This definitely was the case for Breazeale. In slow-motion you could really see the double hop Wilder did telegraphing throwing his right hand. Breazeale saw it as well, but he saw it way too late lmao. The dumbass wanted to counter with an uppercut. But ofc since Breazeale is slow af and Wilder is much faster and much more athletic he was able to close the distance much faster. Then before Breazeale could land his lazy counter Wilder already hit him with a right hand he put all his weight in to. And that's how Breazeale got destroyed, Wilder put everything in that punch and Breazeales slow @ss couldn't get out the way.

[Ray*]

I definitely started thinking that way too. I just think Wilder is a freak of nature in terms of power. What actually helps with his power is the fact he has good/underrated speed. His foot placement is also amazing when landing that right hand. He certainly flip that script on its head in terms of leg/calf work.

[Ray*]

This definitely was the case for Breazeale. In slow-motion you could really see the double hop Wilder did telegraphing throwing his right hand. Breazeale saw it as well, but he saw it way too late lmao. The dumbass wanted to counter with an uppercut. But ofc since Breazeale is slow af and Wilder is much faster and much more athletic he was able to close the distance much faster. Then before Breazeale could land his lazy counter Wilder already hit him with a right hand he put all his weight in to. And that's how Breazeale got destroyed, Wilder put everything in that punch and Breazeales slow @ss couldn't get out the way.

Breazeale was just too slow, and he was ponderous when he came forward into that punch that KO him.

If you watch the KO punch from the aerial view camera, just look at Wilder's foot placement, then look at the way Breazeale just walked (Ponderous) forward in a straight line. Recipe for disaster.