Does muscles have anything to do with how hard you punch?

Think about it like a car... the engine could generate 300bhp but only actually be able to transfer 200bhp to the road. Same with a punch, its the technique that's critical and transfers the power effectively.

 

pretty much this ___^ you have to plant your feet and literally push the ground to get power. Muscles brings mass wich brings more impact.

 

Gerald Mccleland didn't have many muscles but he hit very hard.

 

EXACTLY

no different than HOMERUN power

ive seen 250 pound guys hit only 15-20 homeruns a year

and a guy like ken griffey jr who weighed about 210 could hit 40 to 50

technique is a huge factor

 

Muscle type matters. There's fast and slow twitch. The higher ratio of fast gives you more explosive movements. They're the ones trainers would say have more "snap" in their punches. Classic example of a fast-twitch guy is Roy Jones, and of course, the guy in my avatar.

 

Tito wrapped his hands illegally to make his punches hit harder.

 

your body type has alot to do with the power you will generate. if you are a natural Welterweight and you build up muscle to become a heavyweight most of times the punching power will not travel with you

 

Muscles are very important. If your muscles didn't work, you'd be Stephen Hawking.

Muscle Mass is not much of an important factor but Muscles in general are very important, they enable you to do pratically everything a human can do.

What is most important is muscle strength, denisty, endurance and fast/slow twitch ratio rather than body building type, purely for aesthetic reasons, big muscles. Body building type muscles are built up with waste muscle material that the body produces to heal the constant damage that body building does to your muscles. This waste means more muscle mass that your heart has to pump blood to which = a decrease in stamina and endurance.

 

:good You can have all the muscles you want if your technique is bad you wont punch hard...

 

Arguello

 

When u lift weights u get injured. When u get injured u need xylocaine. When utake xylocaine u want to take peds to build more muscle,when u take peds u get angry, when you get angry u cant properly use ur brain in the relaxed state, when u cant use ur brain in the relaxed state you cant dominate Marcos Maidana.
When u cant dominate Maidana you look for people in the audience to blame for losing to Lamont Petersen.

 

:tired

 

Speed + Mass + Leverage (arm length) + support (using your legs.)

Heavy arms can help in that (as someone else wrote) they add mass to the equation. However, more often than not, too much arm muscle will slow the punch down, so it's a trade-off.

Guys with excellent technique (fully using their legs, turning the punch, etc) can get away with less arm mass, since their whole body is behind the punch. Thus, they are especially dangerous because they also have speed.

Now consider George Foreman, as an example of the other way that can work: He had fairly slow punches, and often did not really have great technique behind them, (didn't always use his legs well) but the sheer mass of his arms & chest made him just as lethal as, say, a Holyfield.

& finally, consider Margarito: Slow arms, lousy technique, but lots & lots of mass in his gloves. (sorry, couldn't resist.)

 

Gerald Mclellan 6'0" 160lb, toned but not muscualr as such

Mike Tyson 5'11" 215lb muscular individual.

Both around the same height, both considered huge punchers, Mike Tyson UNQUESTIONABLY hit harder and i think size had something to do with that.

To put it in perspective muscle isnt everything but it certainly makes a difference, a 6 foot 140lb man on the street and a 6 foot 220lb man on the street with muscle, im pickng 220lb'r to hit harder every time

 

agree with everything except what you said about Foreman...he just happens to be a very heavy handed guy thats also massive....naturally strong....
the guy below
6 foot 4 made pro debut at 234 pounds and fought mostly around that or up to 246 pounds...

NEVER had 1 knock out in over 43 fights

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