Old Time Punching Machines?

Interesting.

Measuring a punch is one thing and landing them on a moving target "just right" is another. Who is to say the best punch that registers on a machine is executed in the same way as it is in a combat situation?

Usually the highest registered punch on fairground machines is a big telegraphed Haymaker coming all the way from the floor. Such a punch would never land in a real fight .....and I have seen boxers use them to get a higher score when they have been invited to use them.

I have seen Garry mason, junior Witter and Johnny Nelson hitting fairground punchball machines on TV and neither used a boxing punch to register their highest score.

 

This has been a long standing boxing myth, but now Pollack has found a primary source to support it.

It has some far reaching implications.

I would not feel comfortable comparing such measurements from different machines from different eras, but the implications is that these guys were hitting as hard as Rocky Marciano and Frank Bruno!

 

i attacked a defenseless machine in Turkey a few weeks ago, scored 830 somethings. PS I used a running technique.

 

So, to summarise this threat, the official ESB all time greatest punchers (based on first hand sources) are:
1. Sam McVey - 1,270lbs,
2. Jim Jeffries - 1,100lbs,
3. Bob Fitzsimmons - 1070lbs
4. Matt Donnellon - 830lbs

Any others to add to the list?

 

I think you are right; these machines are not designed to guage the quality of a punch, you can just do an exaggerated roundhouse punch and register a big score .

 

Another dick measuring thread.

Congrats, ESB intelligensia.

 

Ivan Drago 2150 PSI

 

Exactly. There are people who can't fight, would not have a clue, who can equal a champions score using only a ludicrous round house punch with a run up from down the street. Technically they hit just as hard but as we know it is not the same thing.

If only a six inch punch was measured it might mean something but of course even then you cant measure the accuracy of a Sunday punch landing on a trained boxer.

 

i scored around 870 over 1000 in the heavy bag punch machine and i did not use a running tactic..
in the machine with the limit in 600kg i scored 570. i agreed with who said that you can´t land this type of power shot in a mobile target, or it is much harder to do

 

and i see your annoyed...is it because you cant take part?:nut

 

As i recall a Ring Magazine article circa 1969 / 70 detailed an experiment whereby Al "Blue"Lewis was taken to Detroit Moters R & D divison and allowed to haul off with a Left Hook on a wired up crash test dummy, the results were stated to be "Severe But Survivable " - no surprises there and as Crash Test Dummy's are not exactly know for their defensive Prowess i am not sure what was ultimately proven ...Apart for Ol Blue being a danger to Static Targets