Different flavours of Punch: Tua, Cooney, Rocky, Liston, Shavers, Tyson, Foreman...

[AlexKid]

Different punchers as in extremely hard hitters each have their own distinct characteristics. Can you tell me what accounts for those various characteristics?

Fore example a Tyson punch is very different from a forman punch both very hard but what makes the difference in sound, effect it has on the opponent, on the heavy bag

Some flavours for you to consider.

Gerry Coony: His left side punches seem to have an unaturally fast speed and penitration effect

Rocky: Had blunt force I cant describe it just fing hard he wasnt heavy or fast but hard as hell

Tua Some speed kinda clubs guys to death.

Earnie shavers Bursts his own boxing glove, is both fast and heavy, kind of a cross between Tyson and foreman but with long arms delivering them. Takes the most guys out in just one hit.

Butterbean Speed and weight, hes very fast for such a heavy guy.

Valuev Slow and heavy just seems to touch people and they go down.

Sonny Liston Just seemed to have heavy dense bones is my guess, people said his jab was like a telephone pole, well all his punches look like they were carrying that hard structure to them.

[El_Forklift]

Different punchers as in extremely hard hitters each have their own distinct characteristics. Can you tell me what accounts for those various characteristics?

Fore example a Tyson punch is very different from a forman punch both very hard but what makes the difference in sound, effect it has on the opponent, on the heavy bag

Some flavours for you to consider.

Gerry Coony: His left side punches seem to have an unaturally fast speed and penitration effect

Rocky: Had blunt force I cant describe it just fing hard he wasnt heavy or fast but hard as hell

Tua Some speed kinda clubs guys to death.

Earnie shavers Bursts his own boxing glove, is both fast and heavy, kind of a cross between Tyson and foreman but with long arms delivering them. Takes the most guys out in just one hit.

Butterbean Speed and weight, hes very fast for such a heavy guy.

Valuev Slow and heavy just seems to touch people and they go down.

Sonny Liston Just seemed to have heavy dense bones is my guess, people said his jab was like a telephone pole, well all his punches look like they were carrying that hard structure to them.

good post!

[likeamulekick]

also some guys with power had lots of knockouts but there body punching dint reflect that power. I like morrisons power, was very sharp and also razor ruddocks some of his early knockouts looked lethal.

[Bodyshot3]

Nice post.......

.....from a Brit prespective I've always been interested in the very different styles/approaches employed by some of our leading power punchers.

Bruno's overhand right.

Frank used to have this massive shot that he seemed to bowl at guys, putting his entire bodyweight behind it and digging his toes right into the canvas. When it came off, it must have been like getting hit by a freight train because Bruno also had that colossal upper-body strength.

He never got to use it against superior technicians/faster movers like Lewis, Tyson and Witherspoon because they were too good to allow Frank to set his feet. An ancient Bugner, who knew exactly how hard Bruno could hit him if he stopped moving, pretty much spent his whole time trying to deny Frank the chance to throw that bomb.

But as a kid I clearly remember watching Frank icing huge guys like Ekuland and Coetzee who were actually taller and heavier than Bruno. It was a massive, bulldozing shot.

Hamed's speed and crazy angles.

A totally different approach to effective and devastating power-punching to the 'methodical and mechanical' Bruno.

Hamed would deliberately lure guys onto him, dropping his guard, so he could throw a huge, completely unexpected bomb whilst pretty much leaning backwards or by suddenly swerving to one side at the very last moment.

Naz loved fighters that came at him and his power punching was all about maximising his reflexes, incredible (even acrobat) levels of balance and timing his shots to perfection. He perfected getting the other guy to completely commit to a shot so he could unload his own bomb a fraction before his own chin was about to get cracked.

Ultra high-risk stuff, but utterly brilliant to watch.

Interestingly, Hamed would also opt to stand right in front of guys, even a few proper punchers. In his prime he was so fast and flexible that he was willing to back his ability to drop his upper-body body right down to waist level and then throw a huge counter-punch from a semi-crouching position.

[mickey malone]

Nice post.......

.....from a Brit prespective I've always been interested in the very different styles/approaches employed by some of our leading power punchers.

Bruno's overhand right.

Frank used to have this massive shot that he seemed to bowl at guys, putting his entire bodyweight behind it and digging his toes right into the canvas. When it came off, it must have been like getting hit by a freight train because Bruno also had that colossal upper-body strength.

He never got to use it against superior technicians/faster movers like Lewis, Tyson and Witherspoon because they were too good to allow Frank to set his feet. An ancient Bugner, who knew exactly how hard Bruno could hit him if he stopped moving, pretty much spent his whole time trying to deny Frank the chance to throw that bomb.

But as a kid I clearly remember watching Frank icing huge guys like Ekuland and Coetzee who were actually taller and heavier than Bruno. It was a massive, bulldozing shot.

Hamed's speed and crazy angles.

A totally different approach to effective and devastating power-punching to the 'methodical and mechanical' Bruno.

Hamed would deliberately lure guys onto him, dropping his guard, so he could throw a huge, completely unexpected bomb whilst pretty much leaning backwards or by suddenly swerving to one side at the very last moment.

Naz loved fighters that came at him and his power punching was all about maximising his reflexes, incredible (even acrobat) levels of balance and timing his shots to perfection. He perfected getting the other guy to completely commit to a shot so he could unload his own bomb a fraction before his own chin was about to get cracked.

Ultra high-risk stuff, but utterly brilliant to watch.

Interestingly, Hamed would also opt to stand right in front of guys, even a few proper punchers. In his prime he was so fast and flexible that he was willing to back his ability to drop his upper-body body right down to waist level and then throw a huge counter-punch from a semi-crouching position.

Loved to watch the arrogant little bastard.