How/why did the Kermit Washington punch do so much damage?

[Deleted member 159002]

Most punches in combat sports don't cause nearly the damage the punch Kermit Washington landed on Rudy T did. Can anyone explain how this punch nearly killed Rudy T?

 

[AndyMaBobs]

A troll post this good needs to be answered.

Okay so based on this video:



We see Rudy T. springing towards Kermit, Kermit clearly isn't a good boxer because he throws so hard that his rear foot comes off the ground. Usually this doesn't make for a good punch. The interesting is that it's pretty much ALL Rudy that does it. He is simply running in so fast that he does most of the impact himself. If he had just been standing their minding his own business and Kermit threw, it probably wouldn't have done much.

Rudy makes a collision so massive just by the sheer velocity he moves at.

 

[dudeguyman]

A troll post this good needs to be answered.

Okay so based on this video:



We see Rudy T. springing towards Kermit, Kermit clearly isn't a good boxer because he throws so hard that his rear foot comes off the ground. Usually this doesn't make for a good punch. The interesting is that it's pretty much ALL Rudy that does it. He is simply running in so fast that he does most of the impact himself. If he had just been standing their minding his own business and Kermit threw, it probably wouldn't have done much.

Rudy makes a collision so massive just by the sheer velocity he moves at.

Literally ran into the punch.

 

[Reyesnuthugr]

He was already leaning back to try to avoid the punch, pretty much ensuring his own destruction

He was in the worst positioning possible while also charging into it

 

[DoctorTaco]

Long arms punch harder.

 

[eternaldarkness]

Long arms punch harder.

wilder agrees.

 

[biscuitsbrah]

He was off his feet flying into that punch. Reminds me of Gustafsson/Matyushenko

 

[IGotAHugePeckah]

Rudy T literally sprinted into a bareknuckle haymaker from a guy who is 6'8", 240lbs or whatever he was.

People forget too that you don't have to be a trained boxer to punch hard. The old adage is that punchers are born, not taught. You can have a guy with perfect punch technique and speed and he can't bust a grape, and a guy who never trained in his life with god-given power who can take your head off.

For all we know Kermit had some natural Wilder-like power.

 

[AndyMaBobs]

Rudy T literally sprinted into a bareknuckle haymaker from a guy who is 6'8", 240lbs or whatever he was.

People forget too that you don't have to be a trained boxer to punch hard. The old adage is that punchers are born, not taught. You can have a guy with perfect punch technique and speed and he can't bust a grape, and a guy who never trained in his life with god-given power who can take your head off.

For all we know Kermit had some natural Wilder-like power.

TBF perfect punching technique garuantees power - although I do agree that he could have had 'them bungalows' on him

 

[IGotAHugePeckah]

TBF perfect punching technique garuantees power

You can maximise a guy's natural power with technique, but you're not going to make a big puncher with technique, that can't be taught. If it could, every boxer would be a knockout artist.

 

[fishNjits]

I was 14, lived in L.A., and saw that happen real time on TV.

That punch ended both Rudy T's and Kermit's careers. Washington always claimed he thought Rudy was running to attack Jabbar.

 

[William Huggins]

He does not hit like a Ford Escort, so I'm not interested.......

 

[AndyMaBobs]

You can maximise a guy's natural power with technique, but you're not going to make a big puncher with technique, that can't be taught. If it could, every boxer would be a knockout artist.

I kind of agree in the UK and America where their punching mechanics are overall weaker, but then you get guys like Gennady Golovkin who's not exactly a powerhouse puncher, he just does everything right