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[[Image:Kickboxing right hook landing.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Strikes to the head can result in a knockout]]
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'''Punching power''' is the amount of [[kinetic energy]] in a person's [[punch (strike)|punches]]. '''Knockout power''' is a similar concept relating to the probability of any [[Strike (attack)|strike]] to the head to cause [[unconsciousness]]. Knockout power is related to the [[force (physics)|force]] delivered and precision of the strike.
'''Punching power''' is the amount of [[kinetic energy]] in a person's [[punch (strike)|punches]]. '''Knockout power''' is a similar concept relating to the probability of any [[Strike (attack)|strike]] to the head to cause [[unconsciousness]] or a strike to the body that renders an opponent unable to continue fighting. Knockout power is related to the [[force (physics)|force]] delivered, the timing, the technique, precision of the strike, among other factors.


In order to increase the mass behind a punch, it is essential to move the body as a unit throughout the punch. Power is generated from the ground up, such that force from the ankles transfers to the knees; force from the knees transfers to the thighs; force from the thighs transfers to the [[core (anatomy)|core]]; from the core to the chest; from the chest to the shoulders; from the shoulders to the [[forearm]]s and finally the compounded force transfers through the fist into an opponent. So the most [[powerful]] punchers are able to connect their whole body and channel the force from each portion of the body into a punch.
In order to increase the mass behind a punch, it is essential to move the body as a unit throughout the punch. Power is generated from the ground up, such that force from the ankles transfers to the knees; force from the knees transfers to the thighs; force from the thighs transfers to the [[core (anatomy)|core]]; from the core to the chest; from the chest to the shoulders; from the shoulders to the [[forearm]]s and finally the compounded force transfers through the fist into an opponent. So the most [[physical strength|powerful]] punchers are able to connect their whole body and channel the force from each portion of the body into a punch.


Generally, there are 5 components to punching power that must be present for a puncher to be considered truly powerful: lack of arm punching, proper weight shifting, stepping during a punch, pivoting with a punch, and using proper footwork.<ref>{{cite web | url=/proxy/http://heavyfists.com/increase-punching-power | title=Want to increase punching power? Follow this simple checklist |work=HeavyFists.com |date=October 23, 2009}}</ref>
Generally, there are five components to punching power that must be present for a puncher to be considered truly powerful: lack of arm punching, proper weight shifting, stepping during a punch, pivoting with a punch, and using proper footwork.<ref>{{cite web | url=/proxy/http://heavyfists.com/increase-punching-power | title=Want to increase punching power? Follow this simple checklist |work=HeavyFists.com |date=October 23, 2009}}</ref>


This body connection requires the development of a strong core. The core is perhaps the most important element in a powerful punch, since it connects the powerhouse of the legs to the delivery system of the arms. Basic core conditioning [[physical exercise|exercises]] include abdominal [[crunch (exercise)|crunches]], [[sit-up (exercise)|situps]] and leg raises.<ref>{{cite web
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While the core may be important, experienced boxers have greater contributions from the legs compared to less experienced boxers meaning strong powerful legs are the foundation for punching power.<ref>{{Cite web|url=/proxy/https://sweetscienceoffighting.com/how-to-punch-harder-a-scientific-look-into-a-powerful-punch/|title = How to Punch Harder: A Scientific Look into a Powerful Punch. - Sweet Science of Fighting|date = 2 September 2021}}</ref>
==Fighters known for their punching power==
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* [[Alexis Arguello]]
* [[Henry Armstrong]]
* [[Kid Azteca]]
* [[In-Chul Baek]]
* [[Buddy Baer]]
* [[Max Baer (boxer)|Max Baer]]
* [[Benny Bass]]
* [[Jack Kid Berg]]
* [[Paul Berlenbach]]
* [[Riddick Bowe]]
* [[Lamon Brewster]]
* [[Philadelphia Jack O'Brien]]
* [[Shannon Briggs]]
* [[Lou Brouillard]]
* [[Panama Al Brown]]
* [[Joe Brown]]
* [[Tommy Burns (boxer)|Tommy Burns]]
* [[Charley Burley]]
* [[Frank Bruno]]
* [[Primo Carnera]]
* [[Georges Carpentier]]
* [[Jorge Fernando Castro]]
* [[Marcel Cerdan]]
* [[Ezzard Charles]]
* [[Julio Cesar Chavez]]
* [[Kid Chocolate]]
* [[George Chuvalo]]
* [[Gerry Cooney]]
* [[Eugene Criqui]]
* [[Jack Dempsey]]
* [[Jack Dillon]]
* [[Roberto Duran]]
* [[Eric Esch]]
* [[Luis Firpo]]
* [[Bob Fitzsimmons]]
* [[Tiger Flowers]]
* [[George Foreman]]
* [[Bob Foster (boxer)|Bob Foster]]
* [[Tiger Jack Fox]]
* [[Joe Frazier]]
* [[Tony Galento]]
* [[Khaosai Galaxy]]
* [[Joe Gans]]
* [[Ceferino Garcia]]
* [[Arturo Gatti]]
* [[George Godfrey]]
* [[Wilfredo Gómez]]
* [[Gennady Golovkin]]
* [[Rocky Graziano]]
* [[Marvelous Marvin Hagler]]
* [[Len Harvey]]
* [[Ricky Hatton]]
* [[David Haye]]
* [[Thomas Hearns]]
* [[Oscar De La Hoya]]
* [[Julian Jackson]]
* [[Joe Jeanette]]
* [[James J. Jeffries]]
* [[Lew Jenkins]]
* [[Eder Jofre]]
* [[Ingemar Johansson]]
* [[Marvin Johnson]]
* [[Roy Jones, Jr.]]
* [[Gorilla Jones]]
* [[Stanley Ketchel]]
* [[Dixie Kid]]
* [[Vitali Klitschko]]
* [[Wladimir Klitschko]]
* [[Sergey Kovalev (boxer)|Sergey Kovalev]]
* [[Sam Langford]]
* [[Benny Leonard]]
* [[Artie Levine]]
* [[John Henry Lewis]]
* [[Lennox Lewis]]
* [[Ted Kid Lewis]]
* [[Sonny Liston]]
* [[Joe Louis]]
* [[Ron Lyle]]
* [[Peter Maher]]
* [[Marcos Maidana]]
* [[Rocky Marciano]]
* Tami Mauriello<ref>{{cite web|title=Tami Mauriello|url=/proxy/http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=12138&cat=boxer |work=[[BoxRec]]}}</ref>
* [[Lucas Matthysse]]
* [[Gerald McClellan]]
* [[Charles Kid McCoy]]
* [[Terry McGovern (boxer)|Terry McGovern]]
* [[Sam McVey]]
* [[Ray Mercer]]
* [[Freddie Mills]]
* [[Pedro Montanez]]
* [[Carlos Monzon]]
* [[Archie Moore]]
* [[Michael Moorer]]
* [[Tommy Morrison]]
* [[Shane Mosley]]
* [[John Mugabi]]
* [[Eddie Mustafa Muhammad]]
* [[Jose Napoles]]
* [[Ken Norton]]
* [[Manuel Ortiz]]
* [[Young Otto]]
* [[Ruben Olivares]]
* [[Manny Pacquiao]]
* [[Floyd Patterson]]
* [[Kelly Pavlik]]
* [[Willie Pep]]
* [[Pascual Perez]]
* [[Billy Petrolle]]
* [[Aaron Pryor]]
* [[Hasim Rahman]]
* [[Sugar Ray Robinson]]
* [[Sandy Saddler]]
* [[Lou Savarese]]
* [[Lee Savold]]
* [[Max Schmeling]]
* [[Carlos Zarate Serna]]
* [[Tom Sharkey]]
* [[Earnie Shavers]]
* [[Jimmy Slattery]]
* [[Buck Smith]]
* [[Freddie Steele]]
* [[Adonis Stevenson]]
* [[Young Stribling]]
* [[John L. Sullivan]]
* [[Marcel Thil]]
* [[José Torres]]
* [[David Tua]]
* [[Randy Turpin]]
* [[Mike Tyson]]
* [[Edwin Valero]]
* [[Felix Trinidad]]
* [[Barbados Joe Walcott]]
* [[Mickey Walker]]
* [[Len Wickwar]]
* [[Jimmy Wilde]]
* [[Deontay Wilder]]
* [[Cleveland Williams]]
* [[Ike Williams]]
* [[Kid Williams]]
* [[Jess Willard]]
* [[Bruce Woodcock (boxer)|Bruce Woodcock]]
* [[Chalky Wright]]
* [[Tony Zale]]
* [[Fritzie Zivic]]
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When it comes to throwing a powerful jab, one must take a lead step forward to allow the body's momentum to carry forward with a braced lead arm to transmit this momentum to the target. <ref>{{Cite web|url=/proxy/https://sweetscienceoffighting.com/how-to-throw-a-powerful-jab-jack-dempsey-was-right/|title = How to Throw a Powerful Jab: Jack Dempsey Was Right - Sweet Science of Fighting|date = 21 November 2021}}</ref>
Women's Boxing
* [[Jenifer Alcorn]]
* [[Laila Ali]]
* [[Ijeoma Egbunine]]
* [[Jacqui Frazier-Lyde]]
* [[Hanna Gabriel]]
* [[Christy Martin (boxer)|Christy Martin]]
* Monica McGowan<ref>{{cite web|title=Monica McGowan |work=[[BoxRec]] |url=/proxy/http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=14357&cat=boxer}}</ref>
* [[Leatitia Robinson]]
* [[Natascha Ragosina]]
* [[Lucia Rijker]]
* Agnieszka Rylik<ref>{{cite web|title=Agnieszka Rylik |work=[[BoxRec]] |url=/proxy/http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=14400&cat=boxer}}</ref>
* [[Maureen Shea]]
* [[Vonda Ward]]
* [[Ann Wolfe]]
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* [[Cyril Abidi]]
* [[Peter Aerts]]
* [[Dennis Alexio]]
* [[Jérôme Le Banner]]
* [[Mike Bernardo]]
* [[Remy Bonjasky]]
* [[Raul Cătinaș]]
* [[Branko Cikatić]]
* [[Lloyd van Dams]]
* [[Ramon Dekkers]]
* [[Carlos Condit]]
* [[Dewey Cooper]]
* [[Nathan Corbett]]
* [[Gago Drago]]
* [[Ben Edwards (kickboxer)|Ben Edwards]]
* [[Mirko Filipović]]
* [[Hesdy Gerges]]
* [[Daniel Ghiță]]
* [[Manson Gibson]]
* [[Badr Hari]]
* [[Ernesto Hoost]]
* [[Andy Hug]]
* [[Alexey Ignashov]]
* [[Igor Jurković]]
* [[Rob Kaman]]
* [[Changpuek Kiatsongrit]]
* [[Albert Kraus]]
* [[Melvin Manhoef]]
* [[Jean-Claude Leuyer]]
* [[Frank Lobman]]
* [[Hector Lombard]]
* [[Vitor Miranda]]
* [[Mighty Mo (kickboxer)|Mighty Mo]]
* [[Cătălin Moroșanu]]
* [[Petro Nakonechnyi]]
* [[Alain Ngalani]]
* [[John Wayne Parr]]
* [[Dževad Poturak]]
* [[Patrice Quarteron]]
* [[Kevin Rosier]]
* [[Rick Roufus]]
* [[Jamal Ben Saddik]]
* [[Gökhan Saki]]
* [[Ray Sefo]]
* [[Matt Skelton]]
* [[Paul Slowinski]]
* [[Maurice Smith (kickboxer)|Maurice Smith]]
* [[Andy Souwer]]
* [[Jean-Yves Thériault (kickboxer)|Jean-Yves Theriault]]
* [[Andrew Thomson (kickboxer)|Andrew Thomson]]
* [[Gregory Tony]]
* [[Benny Urquidez]]
* [[Adam Watt]]
* [[Don "The Dragon" Wilson]]
* [[Tetsuya Yamato]]
* [[Mike Zambidis]]
* [[Errol Zimmerman]]
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{{Collapse top|1=In mixed martial arts}}
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* [[Tank Abbott]]
* [[Bernard Ackah]]
* [[Jose Aldo]]
* [[Houston Alexander]]
* [[Thiago Alves (fighter)|Thiago Alves]]
* [[Andrei Arlovski]]
* [[Ryan Bader]]
* [[Bryan Baker (fighter)|Bryan Baker]]
*[[Alan Belcher]]
* [[Vitor Belfort]]
* [[Joey Beltran]]
* [[Diego Brandao]]
*[[Matt Brown (fighter)|Matt Brown]]
* [[Travis Browne]]
* [[Paul Buentello]]
* [[Shane Carwin]]
* [[Daron Cruickshank]]
* [[Paul Daley]]
* [[Nick Diaz]]
* [[Jake Ellenberger]]
* [[Alexander Emelianenko]]
* [[Fedor Emelianenko]]
* [[Rashad Evans]]
* [[Maiquel Falcão]]
* [[Tony Ferguson (fighter)|Tony Ferguson]]
* [[Mirko Filipović]]
* [[Rich Franklin]]
* [[Patricky Freire]]
* [[Travis Fulton]]
* [[Takanori Gomi]]
*[[Gabriel Gonzaga]]
* [[Lyman Good]]
* [[Gary Goodridge]]
* [[Neil Grove]]
* [[Rich Hale]]
* [[Dan Hardy]]
* [[Dan Henderson]]
* [[Johny Hendricks]]
* [[Matt Hughes (fighter)|Matt Hughes]]
* [[Mark Hunt]]
* [[Quinton Jackson]]
* [[Anthony Johnson (fighter)|Anthony Johnson]]
* [[Michael Johnson (fighter)|Michael Johnson]]
* [[Cheick Kongo]]
* [[Mike Kyle]]
* [[Sergei Kharitonov]]
* [[Andrey Koreshkov]]
* [[Muhammed Lawal]]
* [[Robbie Lawler]]
* [[Chris Leben]]
* [[Chuck Liddell]]
* [[Hector Lombard]]
* [[David Loiseau]]
* [[Rory MacDonald (fighter)|Rory MacDonald]]
* [[Melvin Manhoef]]
* [[Lyoto Machida]]
* [[Drew McFedries]]
* [[Gilbert Melendez]]
* [[Matt Mitrione]]
* [[Mark Munoz]]
* [[Daisuke Nakamura (fighter)|Daisuke Nakamura]]
* [[Roy Nelson (fighter)|Roy Nelson]]
* [[K.J. Noons]]
* [[Alistair Overeem]]
* [[B.J. Penn]]
* [[Jens Pulver]]
* [[Nate Quarry]]
* [[Jorge Rivera (fighter)|Jorge Rivera]]
* [[Pedro Rizzo]]
* [[Brett Rogers]]
* [[Maurício Rua]]
* [[Brendan Schaub]]
* [[Semmy Schilt]]
* [[Junior dos Santos]]
* [[Brad Scott (fighter)|Brad Scott]]
* [[Anderson Silva]]
* [[Antonio Silva (fighter)|Antonio Silva]]
* [[Wanderlei Silva]]
* [[Thiago Silva (fighter)|Thiago Silva]]
* [[Tim Sylvia]]
* [[Kimbo Slice]]
* [[Tom Speer]]
* [[Brian Stann]]
* [[Mike Swick]]
* [[James Te-Huna]]
* [[James Thompson (fighter)|James Thompson]]
* [[Abel Trujillo]]
* [[Cain Velasquez]]
* [[Jamie Varner]]
* [[Brandon Vera]]
* [[Chris Weidman]]
* [[Travis Wiuff]]
* [[Joey Villaseñor]]
* [[Igor Vovchanchyn]]
*[[Robert Whittaker (fighter)|Robert Whittaker]]
* [[Gilbert Yvel]]
* [[Roman Zentsov]]
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Women MMA
* [[Julia Budd]]
* [[Joanne Calderwood]]
* [[Liz Carmouche]]
* [[Laura D'Auguste]]
* [[Tonya Evinger]]
* [[Sheila Gaff]]
* [[Holly Holm]]
* [[Sarah Kaufman (fighter)|Sarah Kaufman]]
* [[Lauren Taylor (fighter)|Lauren Murphy]]
* [[Amanda Nunes]]
* [[Cristiane Santos]]
* [[Hisae Watanabe]]
* [[Cat Zingano]]
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== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[Punch (combat)]]
* [[Punch (combat)]]
* [[Sucker punch|King hit (slang)]]
* [[Sucker punch|King hit (slang)]]
* [[Fa jin]]/Kinetic Linking


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 10:01, 30 April 2022

Strikes to the head can result in a knockout

Punching power is the amount of kinetic energy in a person's punches. Knockout power is a similar concept relating to the probability of any strike to the head to cause unconsciousness or a strike to the body that renders an opponent unable to continue fighting. Knockout power is related to the force delivered, the timing, the technique, precision of the strike, among other factors.

In order to increase the mass behind a punch, it is essential to move the body as a unit throughout the punch. Power is generated from the ground up, such that force from the ankles transfers to the knees; force from the knees transfers to the thighs; force from the thighs transfers to the core; from the core to the chest; from the chest to the shoulders; from the shoulders to the forearms and finally the compounded force transfers through the fist into an opponent. So the most powerful punchers are able to connect their whole body and channel the force from each portion of the body into a punch.

Generally, there are five components to punching power that must be present for a puncher to be considered truly powerful: lack of arm punching, proper weight shifting, stepping during a punch, pivoting with a punch, and using proper footwork.[1]

This body connection requires the development of a strong core. The core is perhaps the most important element in a powerful punch, since it connects the powerhouse of the legs to the delivery system of the arms.

While the core may be important, experienced boxers have greater contributions from the legs compared to less experienced boxers meaning strong powerful legs are the foundation for punching power.[2]

When it comes to throwing a powerful jab, one must take a lead step forward to allow the body's momentum to carry forward with a braced lead arm to transmit this momentum to the target. [3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Want to increase punching power? Follow this simple checklist". HeavyFists.com. October 23, 2009.
  2. ^ "How to Punch Harder: A Scientific Look into a Powerful Punch. - Sweet Science of Fighting". 2 September 2021.
  3. ^ "How to Throw a Powerful Jab: Jack Dempsey Was Right - Sweet Science of Fighting". 21 November 2021.
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