How do fighters accumulate punch power when they were previously non-punchers?

Technique

 

Power comes from timimg my man , the Ama game doesnt groom you well for a pro career , as a pro your timing of the more solid shots has to be done consistantly throughout a fight , i think genuine world class fighters in time just adapt there style to suit the pro's , i.e well timed solid shots and in doing so become more proficient at letting the bigger shots go at every opportunity .

 

maybe when they step up in weight they grew stronger. for all we know some limp-wristed boxers out there are powerless and lethargic only because they drain too much but when they step up in weight they gain muscles and become stronger

 

Well, Hearns did change his technique. Steward had another trainer (forget his name) who would spend literally hours with Tommy just working on perfecting his right hand, and creating that "whipping" motion that got his whole body putting weight behind the punch. Hearns just worked extremely hard on throwing a good right hand rather than the slapping motion he made as an amateur, and he turned into a great puncher.

 

we have a winner.
amateurs is a different playing field to the pro ranks completely.

 

Hasegawa showed good power in the past 5 years (watch the Sahaprom rematch, brutal knockout), but was a boxer first without committing to power punching. In the past 2 years he improved his balance and accuracy, sits on his punches more and shows a lot of agression. He also grew pretty big into the division actually having trouble making 118, so he improved technically, physically and goes for the finish. Since he had little or no amateur experience, he learned boxing inside the pro ring, that's why his improvement is so visible, and he pretty much shows everything how power can improove.

 

is milton mccory the man im thinking of who worked with tommy :think

 

Improvements in technique, strength and accuracy.

 

Witter used to say after interivews he had been working on his power, it was about 17 fights in before he had a run of TKO;s and he only has about 4 or 5 kos

 

Intentions of the punch. In the amateurs its conducive to maintaining distance and pecking away favouring speed and movement over fighting more flat footed and having intentions to commit to your punches so you can knock the guy out.

 

It's the A-side meth, that's what the **** it is!

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if you're a light puncher you'll be a light puncher your whole career, boxers might get more kos because sometimes no matter how light you hit you can catch somebody reall good is timing or the opponent cant take a punch for ****. but just because they get more kos doesnt meant they hit harder now they are hitting the same

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Of course there are ways to train it. Not just by getting stronger, more accurate and faster, but learning how to hit. If a guy has power, but only trows 'armpunches' he wil not KO many opponents, when he starts to turn his body in to it there 'suddenly' is a lot more power after it.

And amateur boxing can't be compared totally with pro's. First you have the way fights are scored... a quick jab scores just as much as a powerfull hook, so many fighters try to score with quick punches an combinations. Second, the headgear which is made to soften the blows to the head. Third, the length of the fight (only 3 rounds) and the length of the rounds (2 mins). Fouth, the opposition when you're a good amateur... You get the best of the nation and the best of other countries against you, not a bunch of walking corpses and tomato cans like you see against a up and coming fighter in the pro ranks.