Precision Or Power - Which...

Power gets a fight over quicker than precision. But it depends how the power is delivered. Some fighters rely on their power too much and when it's taken away from them, they are clueless. A fighters style has a lot to do with how successful he is with each of these attributes in question. Usually a precision fighter works his jab and relies soley on scoring type punches. Jabs, combinations, workrate, etc, will always see a fighter through if he's good with all those tools. However when a fighter relies on power he'll obviously be going for 'powerful' punches more often than not. It's a mental thing when a fighter knows he can end a fight with one or two punches, thus he resorts to right hand leads and heavy hooks. And depending on how finely tuned a fighter who relies on 'power' is in a technical sense, he might well load up and telegraph his shots. If a fighter who's a chilling puncher can combine being very precise with his power then that a lovely balance to have of course. Let the knockout come and wait for the right moment.

Whats best, power or precision?. It all depends on how technically fine each fighter is and how heavily they rely on either 'power and precision'.

Personally I prefer watching precision.

 

Not many good fighters have no precision.

Even guys like Mugabi and Foreman were accurate punchers on a world class level.It was their technique that lacked.

 

precision always wins over power, a knockout artist will have a hard time landing a clean punch on a guy with a good defense but a guy with surgeon precision on both hands can land and will land cleaner shots no matter what IMO

 

It depends on the fighter, honestly.

Some defensive guys are too slick to be caught, even by pinpoint punchers, but they can be beaten into submission via workrate and brute force.

 

Put it this way if i was a boxer i would prefer to have precision over power.

 

Precision - most supposed powerpunchers are also very precise.

 

Good call Joe Louis springs to mind when precision and power are in effect.

 

Usually good boxers dont take clean punches, when they do take them on the button they get accused of having weak chins . You have to set up, time and throw with speed to land flush shots and if your opponents defense is open your at an advantage, and if your punches are more compact and not as wild that again is a big factor if they are landing clean

Tyson for instance landed countless flush punches on opponents and thats what was so devastating about him, not necessarily his power

Even Foreman in his KOs lands them on the button, Foremans accuracy is an underrated aspect of his game

 

Precision, but like someone said, some people are too slick and need to be pounded into submission.

 

Ricardo Lopez = Power and precision