Big Back?

[Phunky Villian]

punch power comes from technuique, style/stance and obvo body weight, but i guess a little more muscle here and there can effect the power delivery, like the triceps, lats and shoulders help push the punch forwards, more strength in those places i suppose will help.
peace.

[DA1CATAS]

Hmmm... interesting......I've thought of this but I've never looked at it with this much weight b4.. I'll definately be looking into this.. thanx for the post.

[XionComrade]

If punching isn't your style it doesn't matter, but if it is everything comes into play. Its pure coordination. Taking it from the legs, to the hips, back abs and through the upperbody (Which absorbs the punch, so its good to have a strong chest and overall upperbody or the shot will just get disolved then and their) and out the fist.

Ive always said fighters are made, but they are born with their styles, Ali woulda made a ****ty puncher, and Shavers would make a ****ty technician.

I remember someone on here said something to the extent of, "I beleive punching power is 5% genetics, and 95% hard work!" and really that sums it up in a nutshell, its how bad you want it and how much your willing to put your body through to get it.

[shawn_]

For most fighter, punching power comes from the legs. Look at most of the big punchers. They have legs like tree trunks. Look at Pacquiao he has the legs of a middleweight. Tyson had legs like tree trunks. George foreman had legs like tree trunks. Joe Frazier? Legs like tree trunks. Marciano? Legs like a tree trunks.

They other type of big puncher is the tall lanky puncher that gets leverage behind his shots. Tommy hearns is an example. This is where broad shoulders come into play as they help you generate leverage through the twisting motion of your torso.

The two types of punchers punch differently. The Tommy Hearns style is sitting down on the punches. You go into a slight crouch as you rotate through with your torso. These punches tend to be straiter than punches thrown comming from a crouch.

The power punchers that develope power from their legs come from a crouch. You might have heared Marciano described that way. Its basicaly the opposite of sitting down on your punches. You start in a crouch and uncoil and stand (Using your massive legs) to twist you through the punch.
Punches thrown like this tend to be more of the looping variety (Tyson did it with hooks). If you watch clips of George Foreman, you will notice that most of his twisting is powered by his legs.

[platinummatt!]

surely. big back = big torso = more weight = more power. Also back muscles are used in punching

[Phunky Villian]

the basics of the power is...... however quick you can move the weight effectivly... the faster a heavy object goes from stationary, harder it hits.

[Mistadobalina]

if by big back you mean, a very muscular back, i wouldn't know. but if by big back as in broad shoulders then i'd say yes, that does have something to do with punching power.

i mean, look at the vast majority of all the "skinny" 1-punch knockout artists like hearns and bob foster. overall, they had small frames, but were VERY wide at the shoulders.

maybe it has something to do with the extra range of motion in the shoulders?