How did Foreman generate so much power with such short movements?

Foreman had incredible natural power and, as you can see in his fights and training, he generated tremendous torque/weight transfer on his punches, much of it from the upper body.

Watch the video in post #42 of this thread by Tasco and you'll see what I'm talking about. Foreman would "swing" his upper body to help generate his power, and it worked well.

 

Involuntary posterior chain muscle fibre recruitment.

 

Again its all about weight so i guess fat guys like Solis Arreola Weliver all hit harder than Frazier or Foreman, it must be they are heavieratsch

 

Its like saying guys who beat RJJ today are very good or have good power because they beat him, Tyson was beyond shot against him...

 

Eh? Who suggested that? It's a combination of weight, technique, speed and strength. Probably in that order.

 

The mother****er can pull cars.

 

atsch WRONG!!! you can weight as much as you want if technique is bad you wont punch hard, its not in that order!!!

 

If you don't have Joe Frazier in your top 5 heavyweights since the God started spinning planets, then you don't know **** about boxing.

George Foreman wiped his ass with Frazier. He was great. Nuff said.

 

Danny Williams is not and never will be in the same league as George Foreman ! George was naturally gifted ! The old question of ' Is a puncher born or made / '' Comes up ! George was a naturally strong guy ! also could time a guy well , landing light punches until he found his range , then unloading the bomb when the time was right ! Remember , George was trained by The Late Great Archie moore for awhile ! archie taught George how to cut off the ring , pivot and land the big right hand ! THe ol mongoosestill has the record for most knock outs in a carreer ! Gorge was a big strong guy , who was trained to harness tht strengtgh ! But imo a lot of it was natural !

 

Wow I wish people would stop mentioning Danny Williams name alongside George Foreman. Foreman was blessed with huge power and was a mean ass guy. Danny Williams was tough though inconstant, and not even a world class heavyweight. I realize I've just contradicted myself.

 

Ask Shannon Briggs who said that the 50 year old Foreman was one of the hardest punchers he ever faced. Or the 235 pound Gerry Cooney who said that Foreman was the hardest puncher he ever faced. Ask Tommy Morrison why he ran from an old Foreman for 12 rounds! Ask Evander Holyfield who said that punch for punch "George hit me harder than any fighter."
The weight of an opponent means very little when you have pure power which is why in theory,a 200 pound man can KO a 300 pound man. Not to mention that Foreman fought better fighters than today's heavies. Also,the only reason Foreman didn't KO all of his opponent was because he was slow. If he was fast and could hit with more than one or two bombs at a time,Briggs would have been dead and so would the rest of his opponents.
Power is power. The weight of my opponent has nothing to do with how hard I can hit them or how strong I am.
For example,If you came into my gym and started talking ignorant bull**** I would throw you in the ring,give you a New York beating and then make you suck my dick after no matter how big you are. Power doesn't care how big someone is.Dumb ****!
Also,Michael Moorer had his mouth cut opened and his gum shield busted in half from a punch that traveled six inches! That's called pure power *****!

 

Weight has nothing to do with power. Valuev cant break eggs. Foreman was just strong.
Some mother****ers hit ok,some hit hard.

 

Yup... Naturally heavy handed fighters are born. George was definitley one of them. Weight does help but it's not the end all be all when it comes to punching power.... Size is more helpful in taking shots than producing them although "MASS" does help generate some power.

 

Foreman's power was unique. If you can't see that you should probably be watching American football or golf.

 

Nice quote from Dempsey above your AV:good