sometimes when i watch fnf teddy atlas will go into some babble about how "punchers are born, not made"
so what exactly are you born with that gives you the ability to hit harder than others?
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sometimes when i watch fnf teddy atlas will go into some babble about how "punchers are born, not made"
so what exactly are you born with that gives you the ability to hit harder than others?
I don't think that it's true at all. The large majority of punching power comes from proper technique.
In the old days some guys just naturally had good form and became heavy hitters.
Klitschko's and Lewis prove that a properly throw punch will do the job.
There are some guys tho' who seem to defy the logic. Big George was one of them who threw slow looking clubbing punches. But man did he have heavy hands!
Foreman always used to say how tito was born with incredible punching skill....
It can be learnt obviously..But it could be said your born with the ability to learn the perfect punch...
Now this doesnt mean that he knocks out anybody on the earth..Cos maybe someone else he fights is blessed with an iron chin....
But say tito was born with the ability to learn this..And he did all he could to do so...
Then it all just fits in like money..On the ball of his right foot..Pushes his entire weight in a great motion right up from his foot like a track runner..Comes right throough the body and turns and snaps his shots out and all this at a decent speed.. Like a killer left hook or something..
I thought everybody was born, not made?
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Hearns was a feather puncher in the beggining yet he ended up being a devastating puncher in the end.
Hearns is also probably in the top three of hardest hitting welterweights i ever saw...Quote:
Originally Posted by brazilianbomber
Like i said..I believe you can be born ..But with the ability to do so...
Perhaps he needed manny steward to teach him how to punch before he did so..?
Its all the rice and beans that made Tito hit so hard.
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Not me, but I'm a cyborg.Quote:
Originally Posted by X
Lol.. I thought you were puerto rican?...Quote:
Originally Posted by mike_tha_man
And even though i dont agree with the correct stereo type.. Its actually supposed to be mexicans that have rice and beans..Not Pr's!! :P ;)
i am puertorican ;D and thats what my mama cooked for me. rice and beans and chuletas ;D
Punchers are born Teddy is right on that...Actually when it comes to boxing facts Teddy is one of the most knowledgable guys out there...His personal opinions though???
It is the ability to throw the power that he talks about...Yes some guys need to be taught how to throw to maximize the effect but the power is always there...Some guys even if they throw the punches perfect with every ounce of strength are not power hitters....EG. Paul Malignaggi..the guy can not break wind...Chris Byrd is another...it is physical...learning technique will just increase it
Yehh Paulie is a real arm puncher...Quote:
Originally Posted by DaxxKahn
Some are fast like paulie..Another guy comes to mind is sugar shane..If shane wants power..He usually has to make himself a punch at a time kind of guy at these higher wieghts..But when he fights fast and puts combo's together he seems to just slap if you get me.. He throws em just for the sake of them having speed and being scoring punches..Something that can really be capitalised on if you have the right style..
Not sure if you heard but paulie has now hooked up with mcgirt and buddy says his main objective is to get paulie snapping them punches.. Wants to work on the teqnique..He might have got paulie early enough to change him too...Once you get too far over a certain number of bouts theres little going back..But with the right training and since paulie is stil young with not that many wars under his belt he might just make it through the other end..
I remember roy jones at middle and super middle wasnt really heavy due to big build..Its was the speed and teqnique which gave him the power of his punches..
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Arroz con gandules people. LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Tito_BHB
Now i know my spanish aint all that brill..But rice with what? lol :PQuote:
Originally Posted by spekterscript
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Originally Posted by Tito_BHB
LOL Gandules...they are a type of bean
Lol that'll explain it..Its not a word its a make... I was like whats that word :-\ ... Had an idea it was something about bones? lolQuote:
Originally Posted by DaxxKahn
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Tommy's first 20 fights as a pro he had 19 KO's...are you reffering to his amature days?Quote:
Originally Posted by brazilianbomber
Exactly, his amature day's were pure boxing and he was not known as a power puncher.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Promoter
mmmm, chuletas. me gusta.Quote:
Originally Posted by mike_tha_man
Definitely a true statement. Atlas knows his ish. That's not to say that someone without a lot of innate talent can't become a decent puncher by learning technique, becuase they can. They'll just never have world class power. It all comes down to fast-twitch muscle fibers and muscle memory. Some people are just born with the ability to throw short, straight, fast, properly leveraged punches. Much in the same way Roger Clemens was born with an ability that eventually have him launching 100mph fastballs, Tito was born with the ability to punch. I'll put it to you like this. The first time I ever went to the gym, I was in high school. My buddy Adam took me. He also wrestled and played football, and at 5'10", 240 pounds of muscle, was a pretty good Linebacker. Within 2 or three times going to the gym, I was sparking Adam in sparring, even though he'd been doing it for a year and I was relatively skinny at 6'3", 215 pounds. Some of it was reach, but the main reason was that I could hit harder than him. My body just took to the jab/hook/cross. I had always thrown pretty striaght punches anyhow, whereas some people have to learn. Just look at one of those gang fight videos. You see the dumbass gang members throwing clubbing overhand shots that land with minimal effect and make them look like girls slap boxing. I'm guessing even had Tito never set foot in a boxing gym, he would never have punched like that.
Yeah chuletas are the bomb...so are pasteles and pernil.Quote:
Originally Posted by SeanE
Its one of the oldest sayings in Boxing Punchers are born , Then made
Nerr sorry bro..Tito was born and raised in the ring...Quote:
Originally Posted by Brockton Bomber
Papa trinidad sr was a former featherweight champ...
Tito's real power never really shone until he got into the pro's...
His amatuer record boasted something like 60 wins but only 15 ko's or something...
And at one point tito was 40 -0-0 with 33 ko's before he fought bernard ....
Its just something he was born with but his style suited it well...
There was something about the way he stood on the ball of his right foot and the way he truely commited to punches...