HW fist sizes

[Dariusz]

I've heard that the two biggest fist sizes belonged to Sonny Liston and George Foreman. I wonder if today's champs such as e.g. Fury or Joshua (who are much taller) have bigger fists. And what about such a genetic freak as Valuyev was ?
Anyone knows something in this topic ?

[Marchegiano]

I've heard that the two biggest fist sizes belonged to Sonny Liston and George Foreman. I wonder if today's champs such as e.g. Fury or Joshua (who are much taller) have bigger fists. And what about such a genetic freak as Valuyev was ?
Anyone knows something in this topic ?

You need Ring mag break downs of fighters I think. I'll look around my collection and see if I can't bring you some stats for the names you mentioned at least.

All in all, fist size is usable on both ends of the spectrum. It's best to have large or small fists but not average.

I think average is obvious, it offers no great advantage to be exploited.

Large works like a sledgehammer. The added mass at the end of the arm does play a factor in both velocity and impact reaction.

Small is like a ball-peen hammer. The lack of energy disbursement means less energy is needed to break through the same material.

[D4thincarnation]

I've heard that the two biggest fist sizes belonged to Sonny Liston and George Foreman. I wonder if today's champs such as e.g. Fury or Joshua (who are much taller) have bigger fists. And what about such a genetic freak as Valuyev was ?
Anyone knows something in this topic ?

Valuev had the biggest size fist.

[D4thincarnation]

You need Ring mag break downs of fighters I think. I'll look around my collection and see if I can't bring you some stats for the names you mentioned at least.

All in all, fist size is usable on both ends of the spectrum. It's best to have large or small fists but not average.

I think average is obvious, it offers no great advantage to be exploited.

Large works like a sledgehammer. The added mass at the end of the arm does play a factor in both velocity and impact reaction.

Small is like a ball-peen hammer. The lack of energy disbursement means less energy is needed to break through the same material.

You need to stop making stuff up

[Marchegiano]

You need to stop making stuff up

You should, you know, seek an education before talking about things you've hardly any understanding of.

[D4thincarnation]

You should, you know, seek an education before talking about things you've hardly any understanding of.

Sure name me some great knockout artist with small hands.


Let see if your words hold water.

I'm betting that you got ****

[TMTForever99]

[Thraxox]

You need Ring mag break downs of fighters I think. I'll look around my collection and see if I can't bring you some stats for the names you mentioned at least.

All in all, fist size is usable on both ends of the spectrum. It's best to have large or small fists but not average.

I think average is obvious, it offers no great advantage to be exploited.

Large works like a sledgehammer. The added mass at the end of the arm does play a factor in both velocity and impact reaction.

Small is like a ball-peen hammer. The lack of energy disbursement means less energy is needed to break through the same material.

Fighters with smaller fist were notorious for usually stopping fights with cuts. Less surface area for the force to land on causing more concentrated force in a smaller area, which the skin breaks easier.

[famicommander]

Shannon Briggs looks like he's wearing boxing gloves when his hands are bare.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Wilder seems to have small fists in his pictures. At best they’re average. Liston had legendary mitts. Here’s an excerpt from an interesting article by Bob O’ Donnell, taken from the Chicago Tribune:

There was nothing unofficial about the size of Sonny Liston`s hands, which were so big he had to have boxing gloves specially made. Liston`s fists measured 15 inches and were the largest of any heavyweight champion. Primo Carnera came close at 14 inches, but he stood 6-5. Liston was 6-1.

Mort Sharnik, the director of boxing for CBS, was with Sports Illustrated in the early `60s when Liston was terrorizing the sport and remembers the visible effect of those hands.

Sharnik said, ''They looked like cannonballs when he made them into fists. Everything about Sonny was foreboding--his eyes were dark and often red --and his hands were an extension of that visage.

''He was the kind of puncher that just to look at him gave you a headache. His opponents used to say that his punches hurt like nothing they`d ever felt. His hands were a visible extension of this power.''

It`s doubtful the size of Liston`s hands had anything to do with his actual punching ability. Jack Dempsey`s fist was 11 inches, Rocky Marciano`s 11 and Joe Louis` 11. All three had lullaby power in either hand. Nigel Collins, editor of The Ring magazine, says of a fighter`s fist measurement:

''It`s about as important as the ankle measurement.''