Are Boxers Today Punching Much Harder Than Past?

[deathofaclown]

No.

Jesse Owen's was running 10.2/3 on mud tracks, wearing heavy leather running shoes while training and living off food-stamps.

Tyson Fury for example? Has access to all the best sports nutrition and sport science, but he is still lets face it 'Out of condition compared to the past heavyweights' I don't think athletes have evolved as much as people claim etc

You’re in denial

Boxers today would smash fighters from the past, it is what it is.

No worth being too bothered about , athletes evolve so it’s not worth comparing era’s.

[elfag]

I think its more the easy access to social media and finding out this aftermath information

Im sure theres been plenty fractured orbital bones in the sport that just hasnt come to light,probably not the best thing to let future opponanta know aswell

That seems pretty true, I mean in the mid 90s and earlier, if someone had a swollen eye you might think ok that happens all the time. Then the only way you would ever find out if it was broken would be to read it in a newspaper, magazine ect and the fighters camps could more easily lie to those people and say everything was fine.

[aboutfkntime]

How many past greats have broken orbital bones?

These days

Margarito
Kell Brook
Dubois
Inoue
Oscar also got his eye socket fractured against Pac


That is just within the last 3 years or so.


WTF is going on with all these broken eye sockets?

Yes... they do hit harder.

Better nutrition, training, sports science, medical technology, etc.

We're creating an army of super athletes and breaking records in all sports.

omg, that "modern blah blah" junk again


no... there have always been murderous punchers, and there have always been fractured orbital bones


we changed the rules/gloves/etc to stop people dying LMAO


if that "modern blah blah" junk was true, fighters would easily last 12 rounds... not gas out in 6 like MANY fighters do today... 15 rounds, remember

[aboutfkntime]

No.

Jesse Owen's was running 10.2/3 on mud tracks, wearing heavy leather running shoes while training and living off food-stamps.

Tyson Fury for example? Has access to all the best sports nutrition and sport science, even still he is 'Out of condition compared to the past heavyweights' I don't think athletes have evolved as much as people claim etc

bingo !

[OldTerry]

My guess is that there have always been hard punchers. Joe Louis' left hook was devastating as was Mike Tyson's.

[PRINCEKOOL]

You’re in denial

Boxers today would smash fighters from the past, it is what it is.

No worth being too bothered about , athletes evolve so it’s not worth comparing era’s.

Tyson Fury most likely spends hundreds of pounds per month of sports supplements, he also works with all these fancy personal trainers and is still out of condition mate.

Jesse Owens could run 10.2/3 on mud tracks, wearing heavy leather running shoes while living off food-stamps. Most likely only Usain Bolt and maybe a few other of the recent all-time great sprinters of the past 20-30 years would be able to duplicate such a performance.

It is hard to measure boxing performance, but you do have visual observations of technique 'And intensity'.

I believe the best heavyweight fight of the past 20 years was Wladimir Kiltschko vs Anthony Joshua etc The era has been extremely competitive but poor in terms of pure ability.

[Jefferson Jazzw]

I honestly believe men were tougher when they worked more with their hands and didnt have the social media distractions. I dont know if its true or not but i have heard the average mans grip isnt as strong as it used to be.

There has always been brutal injuries and even deaths in boxing so i wouldnt say boxers punch harder now then they used to

[deathofaclown]

Tyson Fury most likely spends hundreds of pounds per month of sports supplements, he also works with all these fancy personal trainers and is still out of condition mate.

Jesse Owens could run 10.2/3 on mud tracks, wearing heavy leather running shoes while living off food-stamps. Most likely only Usain Bolt and maybe a few other of the recent all-time great sprinters of the past 20-30 years would be able to duplicate such a performance.

It is hard to measure boxing performance, but you do have visual observations of technique 'And intensity'.

I believe the best heavyweight fight of the past 20 years was Wladimir Kiltschko vs Anthony Joshua etc Apart from that, the era has been extremely competitive but poor in terms of pure ability.

We can disagree because there’s no definitive measurement for boxing

But across the board in the sporting world, facts are on my side that athletes are way better.

Fury out of condition ? Yet never gassed like other fighters do. You fall in to the trap of looking at bodies.

Even when he fought Wlad, Wlad was exhausted at the end and Fury was singing Aerosmith lol

You sound like a real casual to be honest. No wonder your date of registering was about the same time as AJ’s rise in popularity

[FinitoxDinamita]

Punching power comes from technique and placement also and I think old school fighters punched better.

[HeadShots]

No.

Jesse Owen's was running 10.2/3 on mud tracks, wearing heavy leather running shoes while training and living off food-stamps.

Tyson Fury for example? Has access to all the best sports nutrition and sport science, even still he is 'Out of condition compared to the past heavyweights' I don't think athletes have evolved as much as people claim etc

Tyson Fury is 6'9. 260 lbs that can box 12 rounds.


size matters.