Can somebody explain to me why tall, skinny fighters are usually the huge punchers?

leverage?

 

Leverage a mechanical advantage

Physics you see

Biomechanics.

 

Nonito Donaire
Deontay Wilder
Allane Green

 

Usually thin also means longer reach and as most have said leverage. Depends on their style, the ones that is thin and long will be big punchers if their technic is right and they keep their opponents at the end of their punches, muscular guys like Tyson, Tua are powerful too, but mostly with hooks.
But the theory I support the most is that thin fighters are fit and normally just too big for their current weight class, they are the ones that have dimension to be successful in multiple weight jump and Ko most fighters that are smaller than them when campaigning in the lower weight class. Eg hearns, SRR, morales, arguello.

 

David Haye did a good piece on this a while ago on BBC web site,remember that skinny guy who recently died who knocked Frampton down twice?well he used him as an example of someone with zero muscle mass but who clearly had some power,all to do with leverage and timing.
I seen a good vid on you tube comparing Cody Garbrant to Golovkin and after seeing the two I understood the connection,every punch those two throw are thrown from a strong base and from the legs upwards the whole body torques when they throw a punch as appose to just arm punches which is also something Haye mentioned and he knows a thing a two about power punching.
In MMA Conor McGregor amazes me,he must have some crazy power has he seems to knock folk down for a past time by merely touching em sometimes and his opponents often have that bewildered look that Golovkins opponents have after being hit lol.

 

Kelly Pavlik could probably provide us with an answer .

 

I am not sure there's a general rule like that. There were many short, stocky guys with excellent power: Mike Tyson, David Tua, Ike Ikeabuchi, Sam Peter come to mind.

On the flip side here are some tall lanky guys with zero power: Julius Long, Nicolai Valuev, Henry Akinwande, Alexander Dimitrenko, Hugie Fury, Tyson Fury.

 

Some skinny guys natural punchers others its just good technique. Emanuel Steward turned
Hearns from a light hitting amatuer to a devastating puncher.
Applying the basics to throwing a punch of massive leg drive , good hip rotation , powerful
extension will all lead to big punch. Leverage , flexibility , good timing and being relaxed
and putting bodyweight into punches by planting feet also helps.

 

Longer limbs > More leverage
Bigger > Bigger, heavier bones

Finally, take 40 lb of muscle:
Add it to a skinny 5'6" guy > Body builder
Add it to a skinny 6'6" guy > Still skinny

Bigger guys can carry more muscle mass without it being apparent. That's why I can have no doubt a guy like Joshua has used steroids. It's not that his physique is beyond reason, it's his physique coupled with his height.

But bone mass is probably a hugely underappreciated factor in boxing. Some people will naturally have bigger, denser bones, giving a huge advantage. And then just being taller/longer limbed largely guarantees the same.

In fact, it's interesting to note that Blacks are known to have denser bones than Whites, while Asians' are less dense. This is part of why you don't often see Black boxers that are very tall for their particular weight class (unless they're very, very skinny), and you don't often Asians that are short for their weight class.

 

Yes and those bambi legged fighters like Wilder have a terrible chin.

 

Joshua displays roid use in all it's glory.

- Oversized jaw

- Acne

- Ridiculous growth spurts through gaining high percentage of muscle mass with low bf ratio within a short peroid of time.

- Roid rage

- Roid gut

- Roid career

 

When in first started boxing there was a kid about 18 and tall gangly ginger fella. He would hit the heavy bag and it sounded like a shovel was hitting it. No one else could get that sound out of it. He must of been 65kg. He had the body of a prepubescent child.

Needless to say he was knocking out men in town on the lash every week I always used to be intimidated sparring him even though I outweighed him by 30kg. His power was freaky. He had that stunning power which made you reflect just after you got hit. Take a second and think fuk that was hard

 

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How has Hearns not been mentioned yet?