no doubt about it, technique certainly plays a role. but if you are going to try to convince me that anyone can be taught to punch, i am gonna have to question it severely...if you could teach anyone to have true power, then there would be a whole lot more people scoring devastating knockouts and mma wouldnt be killing boxing as far as the 18-24 male demographic is concerned. as far as i can tell, what you are saying is flawed on more than one level: historically as well as biologically. i mean, the second half of pernell whitakers career he spent trying to knock people out, but still couldnt even buzz anyone with a winning record...and if you try to tell me that whitaker didnt "understand" how to throw punches effectively, im gonna have to call you nuts.