This is in response to both the punching power thread and the chin explanation thread. This clip is from a National Geographic Documentary called 'Fight Science'. It's 10 minutes long, but only the first 5 minutes are about boxing: [YT]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sfnGkV6qmTw&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sfnGkV6qmTw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[/YT] All hail Steve Patramale.
You realize how hard Lennox Lewis, George Foreman, Mike Tyson, The Klitschko brothers must hit? It is probably almost double that I find it interesting that he had the slowest hands but the sheer technique generated so much force. Great stuff
Also peculiar is that the first couple guys they show are only wearing 8 oz gloves I believe, while Steve is wearing standard 14 or 16 oz gloves and gets the most force (the Tae Kwan Do fighters is as well and he gets the second highest).
It's too bad those machines are so involved. It should be an accepted part of the boxing culture that we hook our guys up to these machines and get the actual numbers on this stuff. It would certainly make it easier for the fans and the writers to draw certain conclusions. The Ring did a top ten hardest punchers earlier this year.
Wait are these guys the same sizes...coz seems like the last two were bigger guys. Age is a factor as well because if not what the hell is this good for? What they should do is have the same guy use the different techniques
Good observation. The boxer himself is the oldest I believe. The guy fought four pro fights all at jr MW. I'd say that the relative measurement here is legit, and his last fight was in 1989. The fighters for the different styles are all supposed to be experts in thier sports, gathered for the purpose of this documentary. The documentary outlines the differences, strengths, and weaknesses of each fighting style, so it would not really be useful to have a boxer do nin-jitsu technique, or have a tae-kwan-do master do kick boxing strikes.
Who was #1? I think that what you describe would be just another standard put in place in a sport that was unified and ran as a whole. I can't see it not competing with football, basketball, and baseball as one of the major sports eventually if it were centralized again.
This video just proves my belief that when it comes to combat with just the fists and nothing else, there is boxing and then there is everything else because boxing is so focused on this one aspect while other disciplines are not. But also surprising was that the other guys didn't even throw their punches with the proper technique. I would guess that this stuff is common knowledge. But again, i think it comes back to the fact that boxers focus so exclusively on just throwing punches and have therefore perfected the art of throwing a punch on instinct.