Boxing Tip of the Week:: Punching Power

Good tips - thanks!

 

"Punchers are born and not made"

I think most people are thinking about concussive, one punch power when talking about this. And those guys are definitely born, not made. From the first time they put on a pair of gloves, it is obvious.

That being said, definitely anyone can learn to punch harder. But you'll always be limited by you're neural capacity and connective tissue elasticity.

 

If the top 3 vertebrata are not naturally where they should be. Nothing works as it should. Balance is lost, so is Power.

 

How would you know? Is there an easy way to tell?

 

Anyone with there chin down Boxing, is of Balance. Theres been a thread on it a bit back.

 

You are supposed to tuck your chin

 

In not Down. Down you restrict the Body performing as it should.

 

You are just plain wrong, punchers are born, everyone whose been in boxing says so, cus d'amato who seen boxers going back to the 30s and trained guys from floyd patterson to mike tyson. Teddy Atlas says so, Freddie Roach says so. If punchers are made show me the trainer of earnie Shavers turning out 10 earnie shaver punchers.

Dr Charlie Simpson, a senior lecturer in Exercise and Sports Science at Oxford Brookes University.

http news boxrec com /news/2011/are-punchers-born-or-made

People with more experience say you are wrong, science says your wrong, professor at oxford says your, dude you are wrong.

To punch hard you need to already be born with a high amount of fast twitch muscle fiber and according to the professor and science this cannot change much through training or exercise. Why because building this type of muscle is extraordinarily difficult.

Rather than telling newbies myths, you should say something useful. Like can't punch hard, learn to swarm or stick and move.

Just about everything you said was wrong, I don't know where to start other than say do not listen to you because you know nothing. :good

 

Wow, so much anger. If you want to be taken seriously, then back up your argument in an intelligent way. It doesn't lend much credibility to just say X person said it cuz there are just as many "experts" that would say the opposite. At least Blackwolf supports his opinion in intelligent manner.

The truth is, it's probably not as black and white.
Punchers can be born, AND made.

You've heard of one armed punchers, who learned how to have power in BOTH hands later in their pro career right? There are a few examples, i.e. Pacquiao.

But according to your logic, he should never have wasted his time because his right was shot from day one?!?!?

Again, not so black and white.

There are people who SHOULD be able to punch hard, but never develop the technique to use the power.
And people who are weak punchers who learn to eventually develop power.

One of the posters on this forum asked "how does an orthodox fighter develop more power in their left hand?" and your reply was basically, there's no point - it can't be done - punchers are born".
WTF?!?! That's BS....many people (including myself and other folks right in this forum) have done it.

Again, your simplistic logic and strong language (basically saying people with an opposing view "know nothing") is kinda making you out to look more & more like a clown.

 

what about tommy hearns. barely any ko's in his amateur career then goes pro and ko's everyone?

 

I have said this quite a few times on numerous threads.

Natural abilities you are born with, teaching someone naturally gifted to being athletic will more likely be a stronger / better puncher.

 

atsch
You are dumber than the OP because you had the benefit of reading the scientific evidence that I posted from doctors explaining why punchers are born.

Blackwolf provided no sources, I provided numerous, either you read 1 line of my post and decided to write a big reply or cannot read.

Punchers cannot be made

Dr Charlie Simpson, a senior lecturer in Exercise and Sports Science at Oxford Brookes University

I'll take the oxford professor over the clown.

You cannot develop more power in your hand of significance, it is entirely genetic, do you think Mike Tyson asked how do I develop power in my left hand?

Punchers struggle is actually the 2nd part described by the doctor, they can beat a bag to death but have trouble landing it at the right time on a moving opponent. But that is not more power, its landing power.

 

Punchers are definitely born, but people who have good technique and good balance can also punch hard as well, their power is just limited on what they natually have.

e.g. Timothy Bradley, people call him featherfisted but because he has good technique and positioning his punches are strong enough to keep guys honest. However because hes not a born puncher he wont have that knockout power

 

Punchers are made and born, but many born punchers are not effective punchers because attitude is the most important part. Attitude is everything when it comes to punching power. You really do have to like to hit and think destructive, malicious thoughts. Some guys are just naturally heavy handed due to their punching mechanics, and those guys are the ones who are real knockout punchers when they have a puncher's attitude, but anyone can be a damaging puncher if they learn to punch right and develop the attitude.