"Power Comes From the Legs"

Hes still out there. He is Lou Duvas son in law, dont know if you knew that? He kind of put himself on the map by his work with Evander Holyfield for the Tyson fight. Then Tyson hired him and he did an excellent job with Tyson and was let go before the Lewis fight which was a big blunder. He worked with both Klitschkos for a while and has been back with Evander. He worked with Evander again recently for the Valuev fight (go figure a great showing by Evander).
Real solid smart strategist trainer. The whole fight factory was Main Events which broke up once Dan Duva died in the mid 90's and his wife took control of it. Lou, Tommy and Dino started the now defunct Duva Boxing which was bought out by Don King.
He was also the one who worked with Junior Jones for the Barrera fights.

 

Leggs are a major source of punching power.

 

Yey i heard he married Lou's Daughter,but i dont understand why others havent sought his help,or Georgie Bentons for that matter. Especially with the lack of great trainers out there. These guys made their bones,and are proven trainers.
Especially Georgie I remember when he was considered 2nd best trainer in the game,only behind the Late great Eddie Futch. Also dont hear about Don Turner anymore.

 

I say its more shoulder strength and elbow snap then legs, though legs, and hips do play a role. As others said technique helps too.

 

Try punching a heavy bag while sitting on a seat in front of the bag, then try punching the same bag while standing in front of you. If you actually know how to sit on your shots/plant your feet/step in/roll your foot this affect will be vastly amplified. Then you have the punchers like Hamed/Tyson that would squat into their uppercuts, the uppercut as a whole should use quite hamstring activity even if you arent squating into it like those men

 

I dont particularly care for Don Turner. Hes not at the top of my list. As far as Brooks, his trainer cut has gotten bit too high for some fighters. Benton's old, Duva never was a great trainer but hes old as dirt now too. Brooks also brought Rahman up as a pro and worked with him up until the Tua fight, had him in great shape. Sam Peter too, left Peter because he was lazy. He was on the last contender series too. Like I said hes still working with a lot of fighters, but we havent seen him on "HBO" lately thats all.

 

It's all about technique, and speed.

 

all power in any sport starts with the legs. but you can prove it to yourself...if youre right handed-stand up in your fighting stance and try to throw a cross without using your legs to generate the power. then do the same using your legs (which would be by turning on the ball of you right foot and pressing forward using calves and quads)...............see the difference?

 

If your exploding upwards then yeah the leg muscles help a hell of a lot. But if your a tall guy such as Arguello, Bob Foster or Thomas Hearns then its your leverage and snap that give you the power. David Tua uses his legs to maximum effect by exploding up with the left hook.

 

Guys like Arguello/Hearns are still great at sitting on their right hands though (that sounded a bit like gay fisting ). Anyway you need fast strong legs to do that, maybe not big tree trunk legs but fast explosive legs. Both are great at shifting weight at 1 foot to the other too

 

good point about sitting on their punches.i'm not sold on the power from the legs bit though.shoulders,back,legs all come into it.

 

The simple thing here is this regarding the importance of the legs.

Picture yourself suspended in mid air in some sort of brace, with your feet off the ground.

How hard are you hitting?

This is where the statement power comes from the legs originates.

 

I once debated the tennis stroke. A guy said the legs weren't of much use to power. He argued he could hit hard sitting on a chair. Like we can't pivot off our arse on the chair so i used the suspension anology.

The legs start/fire the entire kinetic chain.