Once Again, Punchers are Born, Not Made...

Well, it's hard to say.

Tommy Hearns was never a puncher at the amateur level, yet the moment he turned pro, his right became a missile, after learning the proper use of leverage.

 

Maybe if everyone had perfect technique, they'd all punch like Hearns

 

hmmm well power comes from technique so its hard to say but yeah i agree over all a puncher is born that way

 

Some athletes will run faster than any other. Now they still have to train and I'm sure there's a technique to it but some were born with a much higher potential. Its to do with the structure of the body, types of muscles and bones. and its the same with punching. So to answer your question, yes and no.

 

It's both born and made. Genetics plays a part. Take a few infants and train them the exact same way through to adulthood. Some will naturally be stronger than the rest. Take those same infants, give them a variety of training methods throughout there lives and depending on how they've developed it's possible for the genetically weaker kids to become stronger.

 

Punching power is a natural gift, but you can work on it no matter if it's weak or strong. Putting more body weight behind it, working on the muscles, speed, precision, technique, sometimes it all comes together after a few years. But ultimately, punching power is a gift, you either have it bigtime like Jackson, Hamed or Tyson, or you don't, like Calderon, Ottke and others. So punchers are usually born, but you still have to bring the beast out of them.

 

id say your born with it, either got it or you havent.

i think with hearns its more that once he turned into a man he got his power and started knocking bums out but he always had it in him.

i think you can only teach to hit harder by using technique but this doesnt make the one punch knock out that your born with. It instead gives your the combinations to knock someone out, with alot of hard shots.

 

True. I have a brother who weighs about 126lb. Me and my others brothers weigh quite a bit more, in fact my youngest weighs about 160lb. My 126lb bro was always the best athletically, the best in sports, the strongest, the fastest and he hit the hardest. Before we started boxing he was always a very hard puncher, he punched harder than a lot of men at 15 weighing about 115lb and I was always a pretty weak puncher. After boxing and improving our techniques we all punch pretty hard, but he still punches the hardest and he has had the least boxing training.

So yea, you can improve punching power, but some just has the genetics to hit damm hard.

 

Hearns couldn't punch for ****.

Steward taught him how to sit down on his punches and different techniques for combinations and BOOM one of the hardest P4P hitters in history.

Some people can punch straight out of the womb, some people can use their natural attributes and, with a bit of technique can develop into a murderous puncher, and some just cannot punch at all.

I would say in some instances yes, in some, no.