Recently, it appears from reading and hearing from what most individuals say / write, that 'boxing skills' are only referred to as defensive skills whilst offensive skills (skills required to KO opponents or inflict destructive damage upon the opponent) is relegated to 'brawling' or 'luck', to the point where it's not given the same credit as defensive skills.
So I ask theses very simple questions:
1) Doesn't the ability to win boxing bouts
consistently via knockout / stoppage / inflicting destructive damage upon the opponents require 'boxing skills', as much as it requires 'boxing skills' to evade punches or not get hit by punches from the opponent?
2) Is punching power alone enough to win bouts consistently in that manner?
The so called 'power punchers' who are knockout artists, a lot of the time aren't even specially power punchers. Their natural physical strength / power isn't any better than many of the other boxers who aren't knockout artists. However, they are able to win more of their bouts by KO because they have superior offensive skills. Such as:
1) Better power punching technique / mechanics.
2) Better power punching accuracy.
3) Better power punching timing.
4) Better ability to set up knockout punches.
5) Better ability to apply pressure and cut the ring off.
So the question is, does someone like Golovkin (a knockout artist) really have more punching power than someone like Andre Ward, or is it his offensive skills that are simply superior?
So I ask theses very simple questions:
1) Doesn't the ability to win boxing bouts
consistently via knockout / stoppage / inflicting destructive damage upon the opponents require 'boxing skills', as much as it requires 'boxing skills' to evade punches or not get hit by punches from the opponent?
2) Is punching power alone enough to win bouts consistently in that manner?
The so called 'power punchers' who are knockout artists, a lot of the time aren't even specially power punchers. Their natural physical strength / power isn't any better than many of the other boxers who aren't knockout artists. However, they are able to win more of their bouts by KO because they have superior offensive skills. Such as:
1) Better power punching technique / mechanics.
2) Better power punching accuracy.
3) Better power punching timing.
4) Better ability to set up knockout punches.
5) Better ability to apply pressure and cut the ring off.
So the question is, does someone like Golovkin (a knockout artist) really have more punching power than someone like Andre Ward, or is it his offensive skills that are simply superior?
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