Just How PHYSICALLY STRONG is Mayweather?

You're excessively bulky, fat or not.

 

I saw what you were trying to do!

 

:good

 

Strength is important, tricep, chest and shoulder strength are important also. Your right that its not as important as skill.

 

You are bragging. We were talking about how strong Floyd is, and you came in here with some **** about what you "used" to bench, which has nothing to do with anything. Then you randomly posted a pic for no reason and when people gave you **** about the crappy TV in the bedroom you made sure to mention that you have a plasma in the living room, which, again, has absolutely **** all to do with anything... You're just a braggart, which is always a sure sign of someone who's super ****ing insecure. :deal

 

If we're talking about punching power, natural ability and technique are what that's all about. How much do you think Tommy Hearns could "bench" with those long, skinny ass arms of his? :think Exactly.

 

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As you go up weight classes you will find harder and harder punchers its because they have stronger legs core and upper body. Punching power comes from technique like you say also.

No doubt Hearns was a strong fighter in his weight class his shoulders and arms and chest were all very strong although in the bench press he might have a mechanical disadvantage do to his long limbs, but that does not mean his shoulders chest and arms were weaker then other boxers at around his weight.

Its hard to say exactly what Hearns could bench, but I would guess at over 250 pounds.

 

Naturally stronger on a whole because they're naturally bigger, yes... Not because they lift more weights. Roy Jones packed on nearly 25lbs of muscle when he went up to HW, and he said he didn't think he hit any harder at that weight than he did at 175.

I would guess that a prime Hearns couldn't bench anywhere near 250. His body is all wrong for bench and Emmanuel Steward is not a fan of weight training, so I don't think he did much of it. There aren't many 147lb guys who don't have long, skinny ass arms who can just bench 250 without having to work their way up to it, and like I said, I don't think Hearns was a weight lifter.

 

I can't believe the amount of bull**** people throw around here regarding weightlifting, strength and muscular bulk.

You know who you idiots are.

Hint: you don't do weight training at all. You don't understand the different types of muscle growth and you don't understand that additional muscle fibers (not sarcoplasmic growth) translates to strength, and technique translates to power.




Excuse me while I puke about your blatant ignorance.

 

I also think the best boxers are naturally much stronger then a normal man. At the most elite level you can literally have no weakness. Some boxers may look weak or that they are slow or clumsy but thats just because the level of power they are getting hit with and the speed they are up against is nothing less then the best in the world.

I know a normal 150 pound guy cant bench 250 but Hearns was far from normal. I think if some of the hardest hitting heavyweights have a far above normal bench press then a boxer like Hearns would be able to bench more then normal also.

I think punching hard is kind of like running fast or something like that and I would guess the top sprinters in the world to be able to squat a huge amount of weight.

Punching requires total body strength so maybe some power punchers may have a more normal level bench press and maybe strong legs or hips or something, I dont know.

 

I think you'd be very surprised at just how weak some of these guys are in the gym, and even the very weakest of them (as far as gym strength) would make the biggest, strongest dude at your local 24 hour fitness look like a weak ass ***** in a boxing ring.

 

Maybe so, its just a guess really. I think that there is a reason for everything and I think punching power comes from strong muscles throughout the body, shoulders, triceps and chest included. There may be other factors besides strong muscles that are unknown.

 

Natural ability and technique I'm telling you. Without those two, you can't punch for ****. Paulie Malignaggi could spend years in in the gym and literally double his squat, bench, deadlift, etc. and he would still be featherfisted. A baseball pitcher, same thing... Natural ability and technique. There isn't an elite powerlifter in the world who can throw a 97 MPH fastball like little, skinny ass Tim Lincecum.

 

What the **** is functional strength? You're either strong or you're not. Bodybuilders are p4p weak because they train high reps. Olympic lifters are p4p beasts, even the skinny ones, because they train low reps. No such thing as "functional strength," unless you mean compound lifts versus isolation lifts, that is the only true argument for "functional strength."

Sure thing.