Essential The Official Boxing Random Thoughts Thread...All boxing heads ENTER.

Jesus Is Lord

Give Thanks, Repent, and Forgive
Joined
Apr 30, 2012
Messages
17,414
Reputation
6,092
Daps
67,124
Reppin
Christ
That's the thing though I forget which fight it was but dude dropped breh with arm punches, it didn't look like he was generating the power from his hips/legs then I see this vid and I'm like :patrice:

Some people are special arm punchers :yeshrug: , the average person will need to use their shoulders and hips for power punches. Just like some cats are heavy handed, George Foreman and GGG comes to mind, and they don't rely on their hips, shoulders or legs. To each his own I guess.
 

patscorpio

It's a movement
Staff member
Supporter
Joined
Apr 30, 2012
Messages
118,864
Reputation
11,525
Daps
246,197
Reppin
MA/CT/Nigeria #byrdgang #RingGangRadio
It basically means you are considered the true champion of that division. It's not generally connected to any particular belt; Its more of a 'to be the man, you have to beat the man' type of thing. Martinez was considered lineal champ at MW, so when Cotto beat him, theoretically he became lineal middleweight champion. And i do stress the term 'theoretically'.


At least that's my understanding of it.
To add to that middleweight is one of the easier divisions to track who is lineal thanks to bhop who unified all the titles during his reign...that made him the man..from there it went taylor, pavlik, sergio, and now cotto
 

Achille

All Star
Supporter
Joined
Jun 6, 2012
Messages
4,194
Reputation
1,050
Daps
11,525
Reppin
S.M.B 4 EVER
Looks my GOAT fighting next month. At least he's fighting in American soil this time lol :manny:
:russ: At all promotional companies using the same 12 year old RJJ photo.


:blessed:

nightofchampionsposter%20feb%20.jpg
 

krackdagawd

Inspire.
Joined
May 1, 2012
Messages
45,575
Reputation
8,160
Daps
139,127
Reppin
Another Gold Medal
. Just like some cats are heavy handed.

My momma comes to mind :mjcry:

To add to that middleweight is one of the easier divisions to track who is lineal thanks to bhop who unified all the titles during his reign...that made him the man..from there it went taylor, pavlik, sergio, and now cotto

GOAT :to:
 

Yuzo

No nice guys in boxing
Joined
May 5, 2012
Messages
2,634
Reputation
1,420
Daps
7,148
you dont turn over a punch to create power you turn it over to connect with the last three knuckles. you connect with this part of the fist because they are the knuckles that are above the wrist and when you connect with the last three knuckles the fist and the wrist will "lock" together. jack dempsey called it the power line. its an invisible line running through the arm extending out of the last three knuckles and through a target. dempsey said that the last three knuckles stabilizes the power line, but the power is coming from the entire process of creating the power line and sending it through the arm and out of the fist, not from the fist. i think that hand strength contributes to power but only by contributing to how stabilized the entire power line through the arm is making the power more "locked" at the points in the arm, such as the wrist, that are designed to bend and therefore lose stability in that area and weakening the power line and therefore power. i dont think hand size is power. julian jackson had small hands and thin arms.

arm punches arent as heavy as true punches but they can be hurtful. foreman is the famous arm puncher, but he turned over all his punches and always drove his punches, and therefore the power line, all the way through you. the check hook is an arm punch, but still devastating for these same reasons. most of all, because its a counter punch, it represents the most overlooked aspect of punching power, which is actually shock. i think the most powerful punch is not the punch that is the heaviest or fastest, but the punch that is more than any other attribute, the most shocking.
 
Top