Strange question that probably doesn't make sense

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  1. Maxmomer

    Maxmomer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If someone the size of Joe Louis (6'2" 200 pounds, roughly) had the P4P punching power of Jimmy Wilde, how hard do you think they would be able to hit?
     
  2. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    This raises the old question as to what's meant by lb4lb.
     
  3. Jack Dempsey

    Jack Dempsey Legend Full Member

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    Tricky to answer without knowing how hard they actually punched calculated scientifically
     
  4. Bigcat

    Bigcat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Just really we can only speculate what they posossed in poundage terms, its like a math equation, If Jimmy punched every bit his weight, then Joe would put every ounce of his 210 on his punches to be equal to Jimmy in the P4P stakes.........
     
  5. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Probably hard enough to decapitate sombody.

    This is a bit like saying that if an ant was as big as a man it coulod lift a car.
     
  6. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Your imagination has no bounds with these old timers :lol:
     
  7. Mendoza

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    About has hard as say, a good light weight to welter weight puncher. Wilde has some impressive KO clips

    I think a p4p great puncher hits at 30 pounds above his weight.
     
  8. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    If you triple every dimension of a given animal you end up with something that has 27 times its mass but only nine times its strength.

    Its called the cube rule.
     
  9. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    So does that rule work with modern boxers too?

    :D
     
  10. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Absolutely.

    It is the reason why Manny Paquiao is the pound for pound No1 and Nicolai Valuev isnt.
     
  11. JohnThomas1

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    So how did Ali, Tyson and co get to P4P number 1 when there were bull ants running around in other divisions that would have decapitated them P4P via the famous cube rule?

    I remember it mentioned last time but don't think i ever found it.
     
  12. flamengo

    flamengo Coool as a Cucumber. Full Member

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    Laws of physics......... speed is power, when combined with mass...

    Val is nothing more than a 'Panadol'.... a slow working dope.
     
  13. prime

    prime BOX! Writing Champion Full Member

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    My two cents is if Jimmy Wilde is an 8 on a 1-10 scale in hitting power, he should remain the same if envisioned as a heavyweight.

    Pound-for-pound to me alludes to the relative abilities of a fighter with respect to his weight class, extrapolated as is when compared to boxers at other categories: pound-for-pound, Rubén Olivares at bantam hits harder than Ron Lyle. And, pound-for-pound, Ali is probably the fastest fighter to enter the ring.
     
  14. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Although there are exceptions you will acknowledge that heavyweights dont fare well on popund for pound lists.
     
  15. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    bingo!!!!!!