Do those punch machine measure accurately?

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  1. TheExpertboxer

    TheExpertboxer Active Member Full Member

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    Max Kellerman punched harder than Marcellus Wiley. Evander just punched the machine and didn't get it better than any average joe.
     
  2. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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  3. TheExpertboxer

    TheExpertboxer Active Member Full Member

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    Maybe those guys are just loaded up. Evander kept his technique
     
  4. dangerousity

    dangerousity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yes it does, to an extent.
     
  5. TheExpertboxer

    TheExpertboxer Active Member Full Member

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    I mean if Holyfield punches as hard as Kevin Hart...
     
  6. cslb

    cslb Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I saw a show where the punching power of Mia St. John was tested against a generic male junior welterweight. Her punching power measured higher because she put everything she had into the punch while the male welterweight threw a right cross with proper form. I guess I said all that to make the point that although someone might register a harder punch, it doesn't necessarily translate to punching in a fight.
     
  7. dangerousity

    dangerousity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Looks pretty accurate to me. Evander didnt put any weight or speed behind the punch, it was more of an arm punch.

    Also the machine measures the impact of the swinging ball, so its more a case of measuring how fast the ball is pushed rather than the initial impact of the punch. So the weight which you feel in a punch wont really factor too much into this machine, nor that snap feeling, a snappy punch may cause a lot of damage but doesn't cause as much transfer of momentum.
     
  8. TheExpertboxer

    TheExpertboxer Active Member Full Member

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    Cain Velazquez got a good score but still wasn't better than Gronkowski or Machine gun Kelly.
     
  9. Beouche

    Beouche Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    They seem to. When Paulie hit it nothing registered
     
  10. pablinov

    pablinov Boxing Addict Full Member

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