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I'm going to go punch my woman. I'm sure her cranium can take it.
good response. chuvalo is a legendStronger neck muscles. More of the impact is transferred via a stronger neck to the body, meaning less of it is used to accelerate the skull, meaning the skull doesn't collide as quickly or forcefully with the brain floating inside it.
George Chuvalo (top 4 HW in the 60's who was never knocked down despite fighting guys like Foreman and Frazier - was stopped on TKO's though, tended to swell up on the eyes), and who is still completely lucid with zero speech slurring in his 70's, has written on how that works.
George used to work his neck intensely just for that reason - worked extremely well. Think of it this way: F = ma, so if m is just your head mass then you get a big acceration. But if your head is more or less fixed to your body, then m is the mass of head and upper body, so a much smaller acceleration of the head, meaning far less impact on brain, meaning a much stronger chin.
A HWs punching power is going to be like 5 times stronger than a LW but just the neck muscle isn't that much stronger.
Great response. Also, most HWs seem to be HWs because they can take big shots. If they couldn't then they would cut weight or never make it past the amateur circuit.Stronger neck muscles. More of the impact is transferred via a stronger neck to the body, meaning less of it is used to accelerate the skull, meaning the skull doesn't collide as quickly or forcefully with the brain floating inside it.
George Chuvalo (top 4 HW in the 60's who was never knocked down despite fighting guys like Foreman and Frazier - was stopped on TKO's though, tended to swell up on the eyes), and who is still completely lucid with zero speech slurring in his 70's, has written on how that works.
George used to work his neck intensely just for that reason - worked extremely well. Think of it this way: F = ma, so if m is just your head mass then you get a big acceration. But if your head is more or less fixed to your body, then m is the mass of head and upper body, so a much smaller acceleration of the head, meaning far less impact on brain, meaning a much stronger chin.
The craniums are the same size; everyones got the same brain size. A neck muscle really doesn't get THAT much stronger as you get bigger. A HWs punching power is going to be like 5 times stronger than a LW but just the neck muscle isn't that much stronger.
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Chin is a social construct, it is psychological. In true warfare weight does not matter, a warrior like Platinum Mike Perry could easily hang in there with someone like Overeem solely based on heart and black belt hands
which of these guys would you least want to get headbutted by? Skull mass goes up with weight class, with some exceptions- Tito's head is bigger than most HW's and Overeem's whole head could fit inside it.
which of these guys would you least want to get headbutted by? Skull mass goes up with weight class, with some exceptions- Tito's head is bigger than most HW's and Overeem's whole head could fit inside it.
A smaller man simply could not take punches from a HW. A HW could take shots from a smaller man all day long.
The craniums are the same size; everyones got the same brain size. A neck muscle really doesn't get THAT much stronger as you get bigger. A HWs punching power is going to be like 5 times stronger than a LW but just the neck muscle isn't that much stronger.
Why can HWs take so much harder shots?
I think it's just an internalized frame of mind. If a LW really had the internal confidence that he COULD take HW shots then I think he could. If a HW thought that he was as weak as a LW, he'd go down to those shots too.
Heavyweights aren't bigger, they're just closer to the camera. Size is one of the biggest myths in MMA.