Punch Power Myth.

He actually never had an inside game.

 

Not sure someone like Valuev, can ever be explained..

 

He was simply big. Not everyone whose big has power. Yes adding healthy functional weight and improving your technique can in theory add power, but I also am of the opinion some guys simply do not hit that hard and never will. Tim Bradley is shredded with an impressive physique and you can see him really trying his hardest to put all his weight into his punches, and yet he can barely damage even average opponents. He just doesn't have it.

 

Yes we never know how much power someone has, or may improve it.
Even if not considering the benefits of speed, agility, endurance, flexibility that tend to behigher when lighter, where adding functional weight & muscle helps power & punch resistance, & where it stops or becomes marginal (& not worth losing the former advantages) is an open question.

However clearly power & a chin are at least first amongst equals-at least how the current rules are structured & implemented.
shorter fights, bigger gloves, more clinching & wrestling allowed all lends itself to more mass, muscle & strength.

 

He's a fairly exceptional case. Usually, the big hitters could hit big on day 1. He's he only one I heard of who didn't hit that hard, learned proper technique, and was suddenly a top-tier puncher.

 

His relative lack there is a bit glaring. You'd think his set of physical abilities would be highly conducive to being mean as hell up close. I mean, a fast hard hitting little guy with a great left/right hook and a great right uppercut, jeez, done right look the hell out.

Why not seek out, oh I don't know, Joe Frazier for some training there? I mean, if any HW would know about fighting bigger men up close... (assuming Joe would forgive him for what he did to Marvis)

 

That would have been wise decision on Mike's part. What he really lacked was not knowing how to fight in the clinch. As far as inside fighting goes, he had perfect punch technique and combos for inside fighting

 

True. And it was amazing to see Tommy revert to his formidable boxing skills when Leonard turned bull in their first fight. What a role reversal! Incredible fight.

 

Not to go all Bill Nye the science guy but the F=MA equation is often dusted off in these discussions. Sure, there is some relationship between that equation and the potential force imparted - but the actual equation speaks of a difference force - the pushing or pulling force required to move the mass in question. Suffice to say, a 2000 kg travelling at constant speed (no acceleration) is suggested to have no force acting upon it, as per the above equation.

But if that same 2000 kg car hit us, we know we would be f*cked, so yes, it does have momentum (mass x velocity), That momentum can be transferred in part in whole upon collision and whatever that transference is equates to IMPACT force but again, there is a different formula for calculating same (and other variables to consider) and for one thing, the shorter the time over which the collision occurs, the greater the force imparted to the object. In the real world, that can equate to having more snap to your punch = = The faster you recoil upon impact, the better - less collision time, greater force exerted. The opposite to that is "pushing" your punches.

NEXT WEEK: How to suck an egg into a bottle.

 

Speed ,Timing and Precision backed with any amount of weight 7lbs and on is absolute.