KO are infrequent in the amateurs, why?

Glove size

The computer scoring system doesnt favour hard punches & most ams dont sit down on their shots

 

gloves
headgear
scoring system
age - people develop power with age, most are younger compared to pro's

 

Headgear, DUH.
BUT GGG still KO'D Bute in the amateurs
:!:

 

The headgear is one of the obvious reasons, dont know about the gloves but they might be a factor too add to that that most fighters only throw arm punches with little pop behind them just to score points and rarely throw punches with full power, the bouts only having three rounds these are just some of the reasons why theres not many Ko's in the amateurs.

 

Standing 8 counts are a constant in the ams. The refs have a 6th sense to tell when fighters are buzzed and getting hurt and KTFO isn't the point of am boxing. Its to out punch your opponent without damage/power factoring into it. When you get a slight daze and you get a standing 8 count, you get an "extra life". Plus the am fights are very fast paced because they're only 4 round fights so theres no time to plant your feet and throw with a slower output of punches, that have more power behind them. Its why methodical fighters who punch relatively hard come to the pro's and find massive success, but in the ams they didn't. Cotto for example was somewhat successful in the pros, but he fought with an entirely different style in the ams than he does as a pro. The dude is methodical, and he destroyed guys in the pros that beat him in the ams.

 

because they have pillows on their fists

 

Its like any sport how you score and win affects how you play and perform so i say the point system has more to do with it than the gloves and head gear

 

Glove weights are 10 oz, and i've seen a KO in 2 of the last 3 competitions i've taken part in. I agree that it has more to do with the technique and refereeing, than head gear. knockout power is much harder to develop than a non-boxer can imagine.
From personal experience, hitting a person is much harder than hitting a bag. I can hit a bag harder than I ever want to get hit. But I've rarely hit a person that hard. The timing and form can be tricky.

 

Unless you Tyson

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID5gnHHzR8A[/ame]

 

Easy - headgear, gloves, standing 8 counts, pressure fighting not being rewarded, knockouts aren't as favourable as clearly outpointing someone, no incentive for the knockout as much in the ams, you can score two knockouts in two seperate rounds and still lose the fight clearly.

Lastly fights are three rounds, so there's less gassing and less accumulative knockouts.

Pretty easy to answer this question.

 

Hard punches don't score any more than soft punches.

Since scoring is based on the number of punches landed, it makes sense to throw as many quick, snappy, clean punches in flurries (a shoeshine) and steal rounds.

 

Funny how opinions are night and day between General and Training forums.
Headgear .. lol

 

I don't think headgear really saves you from getting KO.
I doubt they make acceleration (in your head) slow enough to prevent you from getting knocked down 99 out of 100 times.

It's just to prevent cuts and bruises.

 

Because they're all feather-fisted puffs in the unpaid ranks.