it doesnt matter which direction youre moving, as long as your center of gravity lies between the leg bearing most of the weight and the point of impact of the punch. if your moving backwards, you want to time the punch at the point where youre just shifting weight to your rear leg. floyd walked backwards, set his feet, and waited for hatton to walk in. he then pushed off forward and to the left while throwing the hook. his center of gravity was directly between the leg he pushed off of and a rushing hatton. the punch, and hattons momentum, was enough to shoot him into the turnbuckle. i never saw the mma fight.
Golovkin doesn't throw punches that compromise his balance. Try throwing a Golovkin punch yourself. As you're rotating into the punch, use your shoulder's movement - it will allow you to come down on the punch with a thud. Follow throw. He has thudding power. It's the fact that he throws virtually every shot with a hard thud that he's considered a monster puncher. It's the frequency of it that is computed in his opponents minds.
Such exchange of interesting points is what this forum is missing. Kudos to both of u guys for raising the level of this site
Another interesting point I noticed is while throwing his hook he has his elbow positioned extremely high (making it look almost like an overhand hook). In doing it adds power as the whole momentum of the hand itself is following through the wrist. This technique is typically taught in European gyms. Due to the angle, such high elbow positioning needs extremely stiff yet flexible tendons on the elbow and shoulder upon impact to make it work. I personally gave up on the technique thinking I would tear my shoulder eventually.
thanks. its important to balance out all the fan boy trolling with serious exchanges of differing viewpoints about all that goes on in the ring.
Anybody else ever noticed how thick Golvokins core and lower back is? I think a lot of his power comes from his core, back and hips.
Here is the Stipe Miocic vs Fabricio Werdum KO . Defense is severely lacking but raw power is on display . Miocic threw the perfect punch against Werdum charging forward with chin held high . Both men throw heavy punches . This content is protected
you can see what i was talking about timing the punch when youre moving backward. if you freeze it at 7 seconds, you can see that his weight is on the rear right leg as the punch connects. the example you provided had me a bit perplexed. silva did not look to be punching from a position that would give him the type of leverage usually needed for a ko punch. maybe this was a case of heavy hands, weak chin, and hitting square on the button.