Quote Originally Posted by spaceballwon
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.
Yes actually its easy to teach
Commitment from each individual fighter is different
Sure some fighters are content pointing
Its also stragedy
If your the faster puncher with the better chin,why commit to what you have to to land the knockout