Relationship between physical strength and punching power

I mean i know from personal experience that technique and fitness will aid in punching power BUT, will it make a difference between stunning you opponent or knocking them down? I dont think so.

Btw a lot of boxers learn how to punch. They start off average but then they put it all together. Which makes me think that we have out own optimal techniques.

 

It helps, but if you're too muscle bound you lose the snap on the punch.

Some boxers really aren't that strong, its the velocity and technique that matter most

 

Just look at how Wilder wings his shots. He puts everything into those. No wonder he has a high KO%(not talking about TKOs) and hurts his hands all the time.
Ffs, the man is tearing biceps and what not...

 

Depends on punching technique.

 

Absolutely this right here. You can have strength and speed...but without the technique to link the two together and translate the power. You're going nowhere at all.

Exactly! "Power leak" is a good way of putting it. The old timers used to think that having a big fist and thick wrist was absolutely vital to punching power (thats why both are on the "tale of the tape"). They weren't necessarily wrong, both are essential to delivering power to the target without a "leak", but obviously there is much more than that alone.

 

That’s the example I first thought of too. Man looked like a gazelle at the lower weights but carried dynamite in his right hand

 

Higher bone density in the hands, bones and forearms I would suspect. I think natural power is something some fighters are just born with.

 

I usually explain this factor with an example:

Throw a raw egg to the window.

Then throw a boiled egg.

Both same size and weight.

 

calzaghe and corrie sanders are perfect examples of non muscley types who could bang big time

 

If two equal fighters fight , the stronger one is going to hit harder.

If you know how to actually fight and add strength to your body , you will hit harder.

 

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Go to the 1:50 mark. Joe Frazier retired with an 84% KO percentage but could not press 135 lbs over his head. Had crazy power in his hips, though.

People were amazed at the time (so I hear) that a heavyweight title holder could have such a weak upper body.

 

When i did mitt work with buster douglas, he constantly got on my case for having a lazy jab. I would flick it out or just paw with it as a range finder and to set up my combinations. He told me i needed to hit "equally hard with both my left and right". If i had a lazy, bull sh!t jab, i could get counteted over the top.

I didnt understand how the hell i was supposed to just "decide" to have power in both hands (i thought u either had it or you didnt) until he told me "punch THROUGH the target, not AT it". A light bulb went off and i remembered breaking boards in karate class when i was a teenager. The principle of striking through a target is what separates good punchers from truly devastating ones. You have to have bad intentions, you have to be a monster. Its just as much about mentality as it is technique and physical strength.

 

Kind of hard to quantify it exactly. Power lifting doesn't always equal power punching although sometimes it helps. Many famous boxing trainers insist punchers are born not trained. IMO that's half correct and somewhat misleading. A natural born puncher will not be a power puncher until he learns to punch correctly. Furthermore, anybody can learn to punch with leverage and thus become a solid puncher capable of producing KOs. Being an explosive puncher might be impressive but it is not necessary to be an effective puncher.