why cant malignaggi punch?

a friend of mine boxed as a flyweight...he was beautiful to watch...poetry in motion...crisp, fast combinations and a LOT of punches thrown every round...but he wasnt a big hitter....
anyhoo...he went to a new trainer who's main objective was to get power in his punches...he moved him up to bantam and added muscle to him, which, for me, just slowed this fantastic little speedball down...i take the point early in the thread that hitting hard doesnt mean hitting slower, but with my pal it was almost as if he had to think too much about his punches which seemed to slow him...whereas before it all came natural...
my point, if that had to happen to mallinaggi maybe he wouldnt have been as sucussful as he was...

 

and did the power increase alot? did he suddenly become a one punch artist?

 

He has had about 8-9 surgeries on his hand....He had very little power to begin with....and the surgeries and broken hands just zapped whatever power he did have...

I did hear in an interview with juan diaz where they asked juan, "what do paulie's punches feel like?" Juan said they sting and that's it...

Good boxer, and one of the most feather-fisted world champs ever....

This is combat sports, and guys with very little power do get weeded out, usually quickly....Paulie stuck around and did somethings...

 

This could be due in part to having had so many hand injuries throughout his career. Late game results are from early game practice. Even in sparring, his hands would be sore and maybe at times fractured. So he has a stiff jab (his left never was hurt) which he based his career on and a stiff but "pulled" right hand. Now, his hand is healthy, but he has gone - what- 6 years without planting his feet.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks, kinda.

 

Before he broke his hands he had a similar KO ratio to anyone else coming up for the most part. In his first 12 he had 5KOS... about 40% KO... if that translated now, he would have 12KOS in his career...

 

Nice one rushman. I always used to say that ''speed = power'' but actually it is speed + mass = power.

Edit.: Or more boxing minded: speed + (efficient/proper) technique = power.

 

I'm glad that gay guido lost (once more).

 

Yeah, but usually your 12 first opponents are easy to knock and then it gets way harder...