There Is A Difference Between KO % and Power

I think the situation with Hopkins has more to do with skills than with power - to me, he never was a natural puncher but a master of timing and skills.

 

Indeed, good thread. Nothing is as cut and dry as people like to make it in these types of forums, and that really flies in the face of this particular artform, boxing, which is all about complex detail.

Not every big puncher is a good finisher, and not every good finisher is a big puncher.

 

Composite punchers & cumulative punchers are two different things.

You can have two guys with equal %'s, yet one will be a banger and the other a boxer.

 

Good thread....The guy in my avatar is perfect example of the point the thread starter makes

 

True, I bet you £5 Bruno hit harder than Tyson.

Also how Eubank & Watson tamed Benn.

 

Who you fight is a factor in your KO percentage as well. Tye Fields had a great Ko percentage because he fought guys right off the bar stool , and just out of the hospital. Then he fought Monte Barrett, and Tye's impressive numbers helped him not.

 

Based on the posts I see here on ESB there is a huge difference between KO% and power, especially if you are heavyweight champs from the Ukraine. KO% do not equal power even if your KO% is over 90% (ala the Klitchko brothers)

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IMO a high percentage like that shows you have tons of power.

 

Or they are fighting a ton of tomato cans. Knockouts happen much less frequently at the championship level of boxing.

If they are fighting championship fights most of your career, generally speaking, the fighters KO% will drop.

 

I think Benn hit harder than either, but a few factors can be taken into account.

Eubank could have been hit by a truck and still be standing, whilst Watson slipped a load of shots and waited until Benn punched himself out.

 

Well, there are so many ways for a fight to end by KO/TKO that punching power, while correlational to KO percentage, is not causative. That's the difference. Various references will cite that it only takes anywhere from 15 to 25 pounds per square inch of force to knock someone out if applied on the mandibular nerve that runs through the jaw. This is enough to disrupt blood flow and cause unconsciousness. Any guy off the street can generate far more than 15 to 25 pounds per square inch of force with a punch. One still needs the accuracy, technique, skill, luck, timing, and ability to penetrate an opponent's defense to score that knockout punch. Be that as it may, there are many occasions in which fights are stopped because a boxer isn't able to defend himself intelligently and isn't knocked out, or due to cuts, which are more a combination of accuracy and luck than punching power. Punching power is correlational to KO percentage - a boxer with awesome punching power is probably more likely to have a high KO percentage than one with little punching power, however power is not the causative factor behind a high KO percentage.

As an aside, Hopkins caught Calzaghe with a perfectly timed straight right while Calzaghe was off-balance, which put him off his feet. Calzaghe was by no means hurt by the punch. He popped back up by the count of 1. I think he was more embarrassed than anything.

 

Power is something you either have or you dont.

KO RATE= Power, skills, opponents, management, and some luck

 

Very true. Eubank's chin is very underrated on the world stage. You could take him off balance but nothing was knocking that **** out.