Punching power and weight

Cross of Iron · Jul 16, 2017

Golovkin is one of the current boxers to analyze if you want to see KO power , he uses torso rotation , leverage , stepping into his shots and precise shot landing ability with either hand . The Rubio KO is a bit scary .

Goomba73 · Jul 16, 2017

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Just what exactly determines punching power? I know that weight does influence it, perhaps significantly, but it doesn't tell the whole story.

Many say that Earnie Shavers was the hardest one punch heavyweight hitter ever. But at 6' 210 lbs, he was hardly the largest puncher. In fact, Lennox Lewis at 245 lbs in his prime was 35 lbs larger than Shavers.

Marciano is another example. He hit harder than many 200+ pound heavies. Even when compared with 200+ lbs heavyweights who fought in the era of 180ish lbs heavyweights were not known as harder punchers than Marciano even in those days.

Muhammad Ali was a great fighter, but not a great puncher. I don't think anyone would dispute that Floyd Patterson or Jersey Joe Walcott hit harder.

And George Foreman, who in his prime was 6'3 220- 225 lbs and would be an average sized heavyweight today, to me, seem to me to hit harder than say, Anthony Joshua and I say that because I can't see Wladimir Klitchsko having lasted 11 rounds taking clean punches from a 1974 George Foreman like he did from AJ. Yet, AJ is about 20- 25 lbs heavier and in muscular weight as well.

But on the other hand, we know that size is a significant factor, because while say, Sugar Ray Robinson pound for pound may have been a harder puncher than a 210 lbs prime Ali, odds are, if you tested their power in a lab, Ali's shots would have more absolute power. And if you put Ali against welterweights and middleweights, Ali would look like George Foreman.

Is there a medical or scientific explanation for this?

Also, some say that old time power punchers like Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey or Rocky Marciano couldn't hurt modern day heavies. I disagree with that.

Consider this:

All 3 were known as harder punchers than say Ali or Holmes. But no one says Holmes or Ali couldn't hurt modern day heavies. In the 2nd Ali/Patterson fight, Ali enjoyed a 30 lbs weight advantage over the 188 lbs Patterson. He planted himself and punched Patterson with clean punches, going for the KO, but Patterson still stood up under them.

I can't imagine Patterson having Louis, Marciano or Dempsey teeing off on Patterson without with clean punches and Patterson not being flat on his back.

But, add 30 or 40 lbs of solid muscle and make Patterson the size of a modern day heavyweight and Ali could put him down for a 10 count, but Louis best right hand would now bounce off his chin? That doesn't make sense.
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