Big Biceps/UpperBody for the most part = More Power compared to Big legs/lower body fighters

[TheGreatA]

To be honest I don't think we really have a solid grasp on where power comes from, not enough to pinpoint it to any single attribute, anyway.

 

[Swarthy]

It has nothing to do with muscle. Otherwise, we'd see some roided out women packing punching power like Ngannou and Yoel have. They don't, not even against other women. It's pretty obvious that even a 135 lb male fighter has more KO power than a 250 lb female SHW with a 6 pack. It has to do with skeletal structure and muscle insertion points.

you still need the technique to utilise said Glutes etc. Most women lack the technique.

 

[Swarthy]

As the upper body carries comparatively less muscle compared to the lower body (with the glutes the largest muscle in the entire body) having a “filled out” upper body is going to bring with it lesser oxygen requirements than a large lower body.

wrong
No one is gassing out because of the oxygen requirements of their biceps for example lol.

 

[SuperNintendo]

Need your entire body from the ground up involved. They call it 'arm punches' for a reason OP.

 

[Aberlour]

Huge legs are a bonus, but whether you have huge legs or huge upper body, its all about force tranfser from ankle to fist.

 

[Lawrence]

He didn't have an upper body either and his legs are likely deceptively long. They're just lengthy so the muscle bodies are strong. Jones has chicken legs and look how much he deads/squats.

Yeah,,,, Jones is strong AF but doesn’t hit that hard.... YET... His man strength is due. He doesn’t have a boxers luxury to focus on feet and hips as much.... Hearns was also clearly a freak... but so many memorable scraps.

 

[djacobox372]

P4P the heaviest punchers in boxing are long and lanky... Hearns, Wilder, etc.

Even Shavers and Foreman had very long reaches.

Tyson was quick as hell, but his one punch power was just average for a top heavyweight.

 

[Coal]

Thinly veiled muscle worship thread.

 

[Normot]

Only true because black fighters have skinny legs. The whites need to do squats.

 

[Erratic]

Thinly veiled muscle worship thread.

 

[Erratic]

Vitor and Bones' got very tiny calves and quads, but big power in their hands.

But again they also have some other stuff in their bodies aswell.

Jon Jones does not have big power in his hands? First I'm hearing that. Almost all other guys hit harder hands wise at 205

 

[Robotnickx]

In saying that, I would like to know what gives Ngannou his ridiculous short punch power, his ability to KO someone with what looks like an arm punch is seriously impressive

It's the fluidity of his strikes. The motion is perfectly smooth and he maintains 100% power at a massive range so he just has to hit someone for them to feel the full force.

As opposed to most strikers that have a max power range that is a few inches (compared to Ngannou's foot+ range of max power). If you watch his strikes carefully you can see nearly 100% fluidity in his punches so all the joints move in unison increasing his max power range.

 

[asdffdsa]

Hmmm Silvia reckoned hed never been hit as hard by anyone before Fedor.
Perhaps its just your opinion that is over rated

85 year old Ray Mercer would disagree that Fedor hit Sylvia the hardest. Fedor's punching power was overrated. In 40 some fights how many guys did he knock out cold other than Arlovski, who has a weak chin?

 

[SHAZAM]

Agree with the TS. Dont forget Wand, Melvin Manhoeff and Rumble.