Best of the best-putting leverage on punches

I think the best example is Rocky Marciano.

 

No, I think he purposely doesn't get leverage on his punches because he's so defensively conscious to avoid getting hit. He has been like that for awhile, and it's become something of a habit at the higher weight classes he has been in. That's not to say he doesn't ever sit on punches, but he's not a guy that gets full weight starting from his foot to his fist. Defensive fighters rarely do. A wider stance will do that to a fighter. I wouldn't call it an arm punch. But I wouldn't list him as an example of getting good leverage. His lead right is nice, it's good/tricky.

 

Joe Louis
Holmes
Tszyu
Trinidad
Patterson
Quarry

 

tyson

 

Arguello and Louis were quite textbook.

 

Tommy Hearns
Alexis Arguello
Joe Louis
Michael Carbajal
Evander Holyfield
Sugar Ray Robinson
Mike Tyson
Sugar Ray Leonard (when he really comitted to it)

 

Ike Williams of course.

 

Jerry Quarry comes to mind

 

Old George Foreman
Mike Tyson
Wilfredo Gomez
Aaron Pryor
Michael Moorer at light heavy
Dariuz Michalzuski or however it's spelled.
Tony Ayala Jr
John Mugabi
Marvin Hagler
Julian Jackson
Terry Norris
Bob Foster
Mathew Saad Muhammad
Qwai, from what I saw of him.

I think those are guys I saw that consistently sat on their shots and put their ass into their punches.

 

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7:14. Come on. Every punch.

 

Yep. I've said a few times that if you watch Jackson's body when he's hitting one of his big KOs, he's always either stepping forward or turning his torso with the punch, which really gets his body into it.

 

Although I've been critical of him in the past, Carbajal deserves a mention here. Great torque on his punches.

 

I find it hard to believe in a topic about leverage Hearns has only had one mention.

 

the answer is Ruben Olivares. If anyone needs to know how to generate power then look no further. He turned the knuckles at the optimal moment to cause destruction. When I used to box some French guy who was studying over here used to train at my gym and he was teaching me how you can hurt someone simply by twisting your knuckles on the point of the chin. Try it, make a fist, place it a centimeter or so away from your chin, and then twist your fist swiftly and hit yourself on the chin, not with any force or anything, just tap your chin with this motion and you'll feel a slight shiver run up the side of your head to your brain. Ruben Olivares was planting his feet better than anyone I've seen, firmly planted in the ring, stabilising the vehicle for his devastating shots, swinging his hooks, and then turning the knuckle right at the optimal moment just as his fist crashed on the chin and not a split moment before. Ruben Olivares is punching technique.