I've read a few threads where people talk about a fighter not being able to rock somebody because they are "too small" to hurt that fighter. Like people saying Cotto can't hurt Quillin. But does body weight really affect someone's chin? Now if a guy weighs 150 and the other guy is 200, you obviously assume that the smaller guy can't knock the bigger guy out, but why is that? Doesn't getting knocked out involved being hit in the head? Obviously the 200 pound guy will have no problem dropping the smaller guy because of having more weight behind the punch, but if the smaller guy was a hard hitter and connected his best shot on the chin, why wouldn't that rock the big guy? Does having a heavier base, make it harder to be knocked out? Sorry if this is a stupid question, I'm a few drinks in I think I may have a point.
It is more difficult for a small fighter to knock out a large fighter, but not always, you get your power from leverage, not muscle, some fighters who look like weight lifters can't punch hard. Of course, it would be almost impossible for a middleweight to knocked out Vladimir Klitschko. Tonight Quillin fought a midget from the circus who had no power, landed a lot of pretty good punches, but they did not have the power to affect him, a small Jr. Middleweight coming up to middleweight, he was even small for a Jr. Middleweight..........
Still doesn't answer my question. Why does everyone assume that the smaller guy can't knockout the bigger guy?
Its just something that history has shown... as guys move up in weight their power doesn't always carry why that is idk.. however there are some rare exceptions to this who have had P4P power it didnt matter what division they were in.
Of course they can but it is much harder and why people write it off. It is harder far many reasons. Weight, the bigger you the more that is needed to rock you. Size, the smaller you are you lose power/leverage trying to aim up at your opponents head with the shorter arms, not to mention the less leverage just from having shorter arms. Then, having to deal with your opponents size advantage whenever he swings at you makes trying to load up on him a far dangerous and difficult affair. Leading to either loading up far less often, getting hit off balance before you do (as it takes time to load) or both. It's just a slew many little factors working in tandem to make size a big deal.
Because the bigger guy is top 100 best in the planet, so if he had a weak chin like the average bouncer he will get KTFO before reaching top 100. Its a basic requirement, smaller guys need more effort to reach a bigger boxer (not just power) The bigger man can relax, sit back and land good punches...the small guy has to work to get in and can only land few before being hugged or JTFO, so as the fight progresses and the pace slows down the rangy bigger guy weight on his range start falling upon the less mobile smaller guy...and it becomes harder and harder for the smaller guy to hurt the bigger guy...so its not just weight...
