Phenomenal-Nutrition wrote:
Power = Speed x Mass - so size is also important, timing does not equal power - timing is the transfer of power.
Ive opened a can of worms here... Im no scientist (so im probably talking bollocks) but im not so sure that Mass comes into it. I found this example:
Will N. Andable and Ben Pumpiniron, are in the weightlifting room. Will lifts the 100-pound barbell over his head 10 times in one minute; Ben lifts the 100-pound barbell over his head 10 times in 10 seconds. Which student does the most work? Which student delivers the most power?
The answer...
Yet, Ben is the most "power-full" since he does the same work in less time. Power and time are inversely proportional.
There is no mention of mass in that at all, the key to 'power punching' is speed and the timing to land that speed at the optimum moment to create power. Hence why straweights with great technique, such as the great Ricardo Lopez, had little body mass but still knocked people out.
Phenomenal-Nutrition wrote:Ie Vitalis huge but can't get much mass/muscle strength behind his shots because he arm punches.
Your right that Vitali Klitschko doesnt put much of his weight behind his punches, and they do indeed appear like arm punches. However the reality is something far different. This is why Mass isnt integral to Power, but speed and timing are. In the build up to the Audley Harrison fight, Danny Williams said Klitschko was the hardest puching fighter he had ever faced. Klitschko also shook up Lennox Lewis real bad. Klitschko had an ugly but very efficient punch technique.