Do a large percentage of the hardest punchers in boxing usually had big, muscular legs?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    There is a theory that power comes from the legs like Naz`s power at feather his legs were really thick in proportion to his body and he could really bang, Wilder,Hearns and Foster are exceptions to this rule, but are thin legged bangers more rare that thick legged thumpers past or present?
     
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    Goose Russian oligarch Full Member

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    Wilder comes to mind as an exception, hes got chicken legs....and yet he is one of the hardest punchers to put on the gloves.
    You can get power from your frame and get good leverage if you turn your body quick enough....having wiery frame seems to help Wilder to do this.
     
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  3. latineg

    latineg user of dude wipes Full Member

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    No there is not a 100% correlation between the two even if there is many that do.
     
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  4. LANCE99

    LANCE99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Having tree trunk legs seems to help, but ultimately, it's down to technique applied.
     
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  5. Dance84

    Dance84 Unicorn and seastar land Full Member

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    Agreed ....
     
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