SRR punching power overrated.

Looking at SRR hammering away at Jake La Motta in the 12th and 13 the round and not dropping him I think SRR punching power is overrated.

Eventually the fight was stopped but after many many blows while La Motta was hardly defending himself anymore.

I don't think there is no way anyone would be able to keep standing after they would be hammered by let's say Golovkin like that.

Sure La Motta was as tough as they come but after so many free shots to the head? Against a world class boxer? Like I said if a big puncher like Golovkin or Hearns or RJJ would do that noway is it humanly possible to keep standing up.

 

When I see SRR punching I see a guy who is relentless, but I am not so sure his punching power is extra extra ordinainy.

They can say all they want how somehow his long leaping punches generated extra power. But I just don't think that really truth.

Mike Tyson for example doesn't punch like that.

 

Jake La Motta was out on his feet well before they stopped the fight. One or two rounds before that already. I was just a punching bag at that point. Jake La Motta was tough. But he is not super human. I think other punches troughout history would have finished him off.

Like not on his feet and much faster.

 

If Foreman would be able to take basically free shots for a full round against a dazed opponent I don't think the guy would be standing on his feet anymore, it would not take a full round either.

I used Tyson as an example for his short sharp punching technique.

Foreman was an ATG puncher but his technique wasn't great. That's why he changed it up during the second part of his career.

Foreman had power during the first part as well as during the second part of his career. But he didn't have power during the first part because of his wild punches. That was just poor technique.

 

There are more guys that have never been dropped in their weight class. And there have been more guys who only got stopped once/twice/never in their entire career. It's a great accomplishment but he is not alone in that.

 

That goes both ways.

 

That I must admit is about the nicest left hook I have ever seen.