Punch power measured in PSI for varios boxers

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  1. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    We have all seen Rocky 4, and we have all heard the various rumours floating around for the punching power of various fighters from 1900 to the present measured in PSI.

    The stories of Bob Fitzsimmons scoring 1050 PSI and Sam McVea scoring 1300.

    What I am asking us to put together is what we can actualy verify.

    No rumours, no half truths.

    What can we actualy get a source for?
     
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  2. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    I've heard about this PSI crap for years and the proof for some of these results seems very unconvincing. By the way, I would love to see the device used by Fitz & McVey. Was it steam-powered?
     
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  3. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Let's just see if there are any sources before we start underminging them, shall we?
     
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  4. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    I think it would have been a simple pressure guage and it could have been verry accurate if it ever happened.

    What I am trying to do here is collect together what from any era can be verified by a credible source.
     
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  5. FM3O

    FM3O Member Full Member

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    There is show called sports science that supposedly tests out different sports theories. As I remember, Ricky Hatton was on the show, and apparently punched at appr. 1400 PSI. On another episode, they tested if having sex before a simulated fight affected performance with Chris Byrd. I don't have time to find a source at the moment, but I'm sure if you YouTubed it, it would come up.
     
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  6. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Is it the sex act on youtube, or the simulated fight? :hey
     
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  7. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg4sTHldr2o[/ame]
     
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  8. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    For comparison (on different equipment)...

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjPnLjvvrs[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfnGkV6qmTw[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzYMX_3K_xE&[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maQINqPI7S0[/ame]
     
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  9. Boxmaster

    Boxmaster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    They need to get Roy Jones on there.
     
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  10. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    They had ways of measuring horse power back then too. I believe the PSI test is based on resistance springs. I have heard there was an article where Fitz, Jeffries and McVey took a crack at it.
     
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  11. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    There seems an escalated difficulty in measuring power through tension versus power through directed impact. Maybe I'm wrong.
     
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  12. Minotauro

    Minotauro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    So Rampage hits at 1800lbs of force while Byrd only hit at 1300?
     
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  13. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Yes, but note that Rampage is swinging for all he's worth with smaller gloves, whereas Chris seemed to be doing it with reasonably good form.
     
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  14. JimmyShimmy

    JimmyShimmy 1050 psi Full Member

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    Bob Fitzsimmons 3500psi, registered on Edison's 'puncho-popper', 1896.
     
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  15. Quitali Bitchko

    Quitali Bitchko The Punisher Full Member

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    Byrd is feather fisted. :deal
     
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