I was once told by a very knowledgeable guy not to transfer weight when you punch!

[AlexKid]

(his name is grey not so old and hes on saddo boxing)

Or rather to have the weight infront of the punch not behind it.

So the normal way is to start with the weight on the back foot when throwing a cross. It then gets tranferred to the front foot as you rotate.

But he said its better (more concussive) if the weight starts on the front foot and stays on the front foot.

He said this is more likely to KO them.

I then watched Eubanks fightes vs a cruiser weight, in the first one he almost knocks out the cruiser weight. In the 2nd fight he doesn't come close to knocking him out. In the interview after the fight he said I couldnt even wobble him like before he said I was transferring my wight in this the 2nd fight hoping to get more power and it was actually having less effect than in their first fight where he didnt care about transferring weight.

This could be direct evidence that grey not so old is right.

What do you think?

So the proper way may feel more powerful but it might disturb the brain less than if you dont transfer weight, maybe because teh punch is faster but less heavy?

[BennyST]

There has to be some weight transference otherwise you can't pick your feet up or step. It might be small, but you have to transfer your weight. Could he have meant that it's more important to focus less on the weight transfer and more on just rotating the body, getting the hips, waist and shoulder into it and punching through the target rather than thinking about the feet?

[Syf]

Keep in mind all this conceptual theory is stuff to work on when you train. When you fight, you let your muscle memory take over. The case you are referring to Eubank seemed to be overthinking things (by his own admission) so it undermined his power output.

Also, I don't start with all my weight on the back foot, usually. I go for balanced stance

[AlexKid]

Keep in mind all this conceptual theory is stuff to work on when you train. When you fight, you let your muscle memory take over. The case you are referring to Eubank seemed to be overthinking things (by his own admission) so it undermined his power output.

Also, I don't start with all my weight on the back foot, usually. I go for balanced stance

Ive yet to hit someone in the head full blast to test out greys advice, but you dont get proper/any leg drive if the weight starts on the front foot and stays there,

[Canelo Phresh]

Was it from a guy that boxed at the galaxy gym?

[AlexKid]

Was it from a guy that boxed at the galaxy gym?

? lol

grey is usually spot on with his advice so its worth testing, he is very advanced

[Rockin']

Even when you dig your toes, setting down, in to the canvas to rip in you will need to transfer your weight slightly forward bracing/pushing off of that back foot.

Watch McClellan, he brings it all with his right hands. Gerald could knock you the **** out!!!!

Transfer the weight if you want power in the shot. Your shoulders, chest, stomach, back and arm muscles can only produce so much power if that back foot isn't pushing through behind it all.

Somebody's from the Galaxy gym in Redford Mi on here? I heard that that gym was one rough gym, indeed..........

[coghaugen]

Nigel Benn never used to transfer his weight, he had leverages to pull his front foot into the canvas and fell into his right hands, turned into his hooks or torqued into his body shots and uppercuts. And boy could he ****!

[Syf]

Nigel Benn never used to transfer his weight, he had leverages to pull his front foot into the canvas and fell into his right hands, turned into his hooks or torqued into his body shots and uppercuts. And boy could he ****!

Well that's the thing.. many have this concept of weight transference being this dramatic thing.. but what I mean by weight transference can even be done with your feet planted. It can be done with steps and jumpstep sure.. digging in the toe, aND visibly transferring. Also though, an imperceptible shift of your center of gravity to shift your weight slightly can be a subtly devastating tactic to add something to your power. And that is also weight transference in my eyes! Its called being heavy handed but the foundation of a heavy handed person is knowing how to transfer their weight into a punch.

A rule of thumb for transferring weight with the feet. ... is that weight reaching the end of he fist, and at the right moment? If not then it's all for naught. Often times the answer is to simplify the process so there is no power bleedout. Stay efficient as possible. I've said this before but an adept person can put more of their weight in a punch standing still than a novice can with the most exaggerated weight shift!

Benn knew how to put his weight into a punch.