How to increse your punching power

[PunchDrunk]

Remember, physical parts is not as important as the mental portion and technique. You aint got the last two, the first means squat. The stronger you are helps but you want to be (strong+fast)=explosive

Do push ups everyday. If you are serious twice a day. Ideal, set of 75-100 reps 3-4 sets or 500 of them total. mix them up at the last 10 with fast explosive pushups, very slow ones, or jumping two hand or one handed. Develops larger range of power.

Chinups. You want to reach 10-15 reps for for 5 sets. When you reach this you reach peak power to weight ratio. If you cant you need to loose weight or get stronger.
Situps do as many till you get good definition
There are so many more things but I believe in mastering the simple stuff first then moving to the next level.

the piercing vs. push idea is like the skin is superficial, you want to hurt past it and cut the guy. You remember Klitskho and Lewis fight. Both guys are strong but klitskho punchs are strong but slow, they hurt but never cut Lewis. Lewis threw one fast and hard right and that open that cut.

That was one super clean punch by Lewis, and it won him the fight as much as any KO punch would. Shows what clean punching can do. Great stuff.

[Pinoy_Texan]

Push up and sit ups will help. You can also do medicine ball routines. One right on top of my head involves you lying down on the floor. Have somebody drop the ball right on you chest and you push it back at the guy like a chest pass like in basketball and repeat. Try to limit the time the ball in your hands. Have him walk around you to work different angles of the muscles. Try doing it for 2 minutes. Oh yeah, after your throw the medicine ball back up, make sure you get your hand back to your temples. Also make sure to pass the ball right at the person and not straight up.

[Machiavelli]

So does a punch that snaps have more power impact than a heavy pushing punch?

Does that mean that boxers with fast hands like Floyd or Roy Jones have greater impact with their punches than slower punchers (all other things being equal)?

[PunchDrunk]

Force = mass x acceleration. If you're in a given weight class, you can't change your mass (well, not everybody gets their weight behind their punches), so more speed will actually create more force.

[Machiavelli]

I understand what you're saying PD but how come when say Floyd fights Gatti assuming they fight at the same weight (I know Gatti likes to dry out before fights) Gatti is thought of as the bigger puncher and Floyd the weaker despite having faster hands?

[dionysusolympus]

Wrist flexions/extensions with barbells, curl bar or straight bar (which I prefer) can help in your punching power by assisting in the snap factor, not necessarily in the overall arm strength or speed.

Punch, agreed. But speed with at least some degree of form/technique behind it.

[PunchDrunk]

Wrist flexions/extensions with barbells, curl bar or straight bar (which I prefer) can help in your punching power by assisting in the snap factor, not necessarily in the overall arm strength or speed.

Punch, agreed. But speed with at least some degree of form/technique behind it.

Definitely. That's where mass comes into the equation. Without proper technique, you don't get full leverage, and therefore don't utilize the full potential of your weight.
Also, you can have a physical potential for speed, but you also need proper punching technique to punch fast.

[PunchDrunk]

I understand what you're saying PD but how come when say Floyd fights Gatti assuming they fight at the same weight (I know Gatti likes to dry out before fights) Gatti is thought of as the bigger puncher and Floyd the weaker despite having faster hands?

first of all, I don't know that he IS the bigger puncher? It's just people's perception, and we'll see come fight time.

IF Gatti's a bigger puncher, it's probably because he's the naturally bigger man. You also have to remember, that if you're defensively minded, like Mayweather, you can punch real fast without putting too much weight into the punches, so you can pull back real quick. There's a lot more to this... Wat kind of punches you're throwing. Are they all out punches everytime, or just quick taps, to score points? (Try it on a bag, and see how big the difference is.) To me, it seems like Gatti's punches are GENERALLY the former, and Mayweather's GENERALLY the latter. I have no doubt that Mayweather can punch, when he wants to.
Question is, how big of a puncher he is agains a guy who's a jr. middleweight when he gets in the ring?

Smart question

[ricecrispi]

My example of the Lewis punch was his so much faster and not like thud from Klistkho. Even a top heavyweight can learn how to throw a better right hand.

Force = work / time. Work = mass x distance.
Force = (mass x distance) / (time)
Distance/time = acceleration ie hand speed.
You want good mass with good hand speed into a punch

In general you want your entire body to go into a punch, not just the arms or shoulder or upper body. The more you know how to use the entire body the stronger your punches get. That requires good form and understanding how to put the body into punchs. It helps when you are stronger and more explosive but not always the biggest key.

Mayweather has fast hands but most of his punches don't use most of his body. Gatti uses his body in more of his punches that is why he's the bigger puncher. It's not the weight, it's how you apply the weight or use it and where forms comes in.

[PunchDrunk]

I'd still say that Gatti's 15 extra pounds at fight time is a factor in that department.