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Re: Where is the tipping point between hard puncher & concussive power?
Posted: 06 Feb 2017, 16:51
by Supremo
ShadrachSimmo wrote:mickey1975 wrote:You really are born with it. Some shake you with jabs. It's unexplainable, really.
Yup it's just something you have. It really is quite odd. No amount of weight training could ever make a difference.
Any difference? Rubbish!
It's mostly genetics and technique but If you increase your ability to generate power then your punchwill obviously have more power in it.
Re: Where is the tipping point between hard puncher & concussive power?
Posted: 06 Feb 2017, 17:30
by davie
ElJefe wrote:Off topic slightly but the hand size comment got me thinking. Had a look to see if there was any boxers with extraordinarily large or small hands. Obviously Liston had stupidly big fists, something like 15 inches. I'd never noticed this before but it turns out that Mikey Garcia has ridiculously small fists. It's almost funny.
To be fair, the guy on the right has hands like fornicating shovels.
I bet his wife asks for sex as foreplay....
Re: Where is the tipping point between hard puncher & concussive power?
Posted: 06 Feb 2017, 17:34
by Counter-puncher
Kro wrote:handsofstone wrote:Wilder and Yarde never seem to load up either but almost always to score sickening KOs
Wilder's technique and balance are terrible as well, it's amazing how he generates so much power.
long levers and genetic gift of fast-twitch fibres I guess, like when Bolt was running faster than anyone ever and Michael Johnson was analysing his form and saying it 'was sloppy,