BOXERS VS MIXED MARTIAL ARTISTS - WHO PUNCHES HARDER?

[Espresso]

Pvg missed her kick lmao

 

[Ideanudge]

Boxer's tend to generate more power with less wind up, their punches come at different angles and are set up with a different base than the majority of MMA strikers. The energy for a punch really starts in the legs and because there is no kicking or take downs in Boxing, the boxers are most often in position to generate more powerful punches. Also boxers tend to keep their power punches short and crisp with the power coming from the torque from their whole body moving, on average MMA punchers tend to have much longer unrefined striking with less power and torque. Obviously there are a lot of powerful punchers in MMA but on average the boxers generate more power especially with those bigger gloves, more surface area and hand protection.

But determining the punching power determines also the impact. The hardest possible strikes in mma are bound to be harder as the gloves are smaller, so the big shots come with more speed and the impact isn't spread through a bigger area, and the angles can land in much more devastating fashion since people can duck or lean in the power shot quite heavily if they are trying to clinch or shoot.

Winner - 989 Anthony Yarde

Boxing machines determine very little. Chins come at angles, fist come at angles; there isn't much of straight punching on a straight unmoving target.

 

[120wrestling]

What kind of question is this?

The supposed hardest puncher in MMA went to boxing and had no power what so ever.

Same for Mike Perry. No power what so ever.

No one ever said Conor was the hardest puncher in MMA....nor did anyone say he was even the hardest hitter at FW or LW.

 

[NotoriousMillions]

Winner - 989 Anthony Yarde

Idiotic question. It's clearly boxers.

 

[NotoriousMillions]

No one ever said Conor was the hardest puncher in MMA....nor did anyone say he was even the hardest hitter at FW or LW.

But he is. There is only a handful of fighters you can debate with and they are all heavier fighters outside of Garbrandt.

MMA fighters aren't going to have good power, and they're not going to have good speed. Maybe one day though!

 

[Ideanudge]

But he is. There is only a handful of fighters you can debate with and they are all heavier fighters outside of Garbrandt.

MMA fighters aren't going to have good power, and they're not going to have good speed. Maybe one day though!

You are a sad little thing.

 

[kflo]

Over the course of a boxing match boxers will be in more positions to throw harder shots on average. They are generally going to be better at punching balance and footwork and weight distribution. That doesn’t mean they will have more raw power or even general basic technique to generate power on a basic combo.

 

[bad_k]

Boxing doesn't always have the hardest punchers. Even in the UFC some of the hardest hitters are wrestlers and grapplers

Henderson's H bomb, Lombard etc

 

[Irresponsible Dad]

That’s like asking out of cheerleaders and dancers who dances better.

 

[Streeter]

Mile Perry ........ /end thread

 

[Blayt7hh]

Do any boxers gut harder than a Ford fucking Escort????

 

[elanimalsantana]

 

[90 50]

What kind of question is this?

The supposed hardest puncher in MMA went to boxing and had no power what so ever.

Same for Mike Perry. No power what so ever.

I was unaware James Irvin went back to boxing after MMA.

He was played out from injuries though so it would make sense he lost a lot of power.

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

We know those machines are bullshit because Ngannou hit it and the machine didn't break like it was hit by a sledgehammer swung 12-6 at full speed or a Ford escort, instead it says some bullshit like 945

 

[TidWell]

These punching machines are number one bullshit. I saw Kriss Angel hitting 999 on them on an episode he was with GSP. Criss Angel confirmed harder puncher than George Foreman.

yeah these things are crap

 

[TidWell]

But determining the punching power determines also the impact. The hardest possible strikes in mma are bound to be harder as the gloves are smaller, so the big shots come with more speed and the impact isn't spread through a bigger area, and the angles can land in much more devastating fashion since people can duck or lean in the power shot quite heavily if they are trying to clinch or shoot.


Boxing machines determine very little. Chins come at angles, fist come at angles; there isn't much of straight punching on a straight unmoving target.

These punching machines dont determine shit skinny ass Machine Gun Kelly hit that sucker hard too


in a real fight nobody is going to load up or run with a wind up like Conor did and throw a shot and if they did the fighter would avoid that punch so easy because its telegraphed

real power in a fight is when you can generate a snappy shot from a tight knit guard and short crisp hooks on the chin

you dont need to wind up because almost anyone can hit hard with a wind up shot fully loaded, I bet you a lot of those baseball players could break the record too on single punch on thosemachines.

 

[NotoriousMillions]

You are a sad little thing.

You're the sad little thing crying whenever someone speaks a fact about Conor.

 

[Kinosis]

Tiny girls hit almost as hard as LHWs and HWs, confirmed.

 

[Polish Punisher]

What kind of question is this?

The supposed hardest puncher in MMA went to boxing and had no power what so ever.

Same for Mike Perry. No power what so ever.

This is the best troll post you can make?

Not even the biggest Conor fan boy thought that. The guy is an undersized 155lb fighter with very good power for his division that is based on accuracy around shot placement with 4oz MMA gloves.

He's not even the hardest hitter at 155lb and there are probably 200 fighters on the UFC roster who hit hard than him competing in the 170-HW divisions.

Pro Boxers have trained for years even decades putting countless hours in the gym with 16oz gloves preparing to fight in pro bouts with 8-10oz gloves on. Of course on average they will hit harder with "their" gloves on. Conor's power diminished for sure with 8oz gloves on but stop acting like he is this epic heavy hitter.

Also, the sport choses the athlete. MMA is about a lot more than punching power. And so is boxing, that said the athlete selection for a sport where you can only use your hands will on average produce a harder puncher fighter for fighter than a sport where at least 5 different styles are able to achieve success.

Keeping in mind Conor fighting the best defensive boxer in the history of the sport also had something to do with him unable to land clean power punches.

 

[cheesus]

This notion that Conor is some giant ko artist is misleading, the guy punches hard sure but it's more his pin point accuracy than actual power. He wins most of his fights via an accumulation of shots, someone like Saul Alvarez has much more snap to their punch it's not even debatable.