Have you ever seen a boxing match where one of the fighters on the card seems to have power in his fists to the point that he is beating his opponent senseless? A good example of a powerful boxer is Mike Tyson. Tyson was such a powerful puncher that it seemed as though, most of the fighters who fought him were terrified even before he threw the first punch.

Have you ever wondered, how did Tyson become such a powerful puncher. Moreover, have you ever wondered how you could develop punching power as well? Well, today is your lucky day, because I am going to explain how to develop K.O. punching power.

First, you must attack this problem from 5 angles:

• punching mechanics
• accuracy and timing
• explosive strength
• punch placement
• rattling the brain in the skull

Punching Mechanics

Regardless of whether you are a boxer,kick boxer, Muay Thai fighter or whatever, the constant in punching mechanics that always stay the same is that punching power starts in the legs, carried by the core and is finished in the arms. When  you have bad form or technique, the punches that you throw allow power to dissipate leaving your punches with considerably less power than they should have.

Accuracy and Timing

There is a saying that, the hardest punch is the one you don’t see coming. While this saying may not necessarily be true, I would definitely agree if someone said that not seeing a punch coming improves the likelihood of being knocked out. When you don’t see a punch coming, your body doesn’t tense up and the neck doesn’t brace for the coming impact. If you haven’t, you should watch Nick and Nate Diaz fight. If you notice, they hardly ever wince or blink during a fight. When they get punched they are completely aware of the coming impact. More importantly, many people set up a power right with a left jab. If you notice, when the Diaz brothers fight, they never allow a jab to set up something else. They see everything coming and that is one way to avoid getting knocked out.

Explosive Strength

In order to develop explosive strength, you must do exercises that develop physical strength as well as exercises that involve explosive movements. These movements include:

• bench press
• push ups
• pull ups
• romanian deadlift
• deadlift
• squat
• military press
• punching the heavy bag
• leg raises
• L-seat kickout

These exercise should be done every day if you’re serious about punching power.

Punch Placement

Another thing that makes people susceptible to being knocked out is where you land the punch on the face. From ear to ear and across the jawbone (especially on the chin), a person is susceptible to being knocked out. I like to call this area the beard line. Another area that you can take advantage of is the temple of the skull. This is where your equilibrium is. Consistent blows to this area can lead to a T.K.O.

Rattling the Brain

Last but not least, is the method of rattling the brain until the opponent succumbs to the cumulative effect of repeated blows to the brain. When you are continuosly landing blow after blow with no let up, you opponents brain will become less capable of recovering. As the fight goes on the person on the receiving end of the onslaught loses balance and the ability to intelligently defend his (or herself). But what is really great about this method is that, you do not have to be a hard hitter. If you want to see this strategy in action you should watch Nick Diaz vs. Cyborg Santos, Nick Diaz vs. Robbie Lawlor or Nick Diaz vs. Paul Daley. All of these guys were power punchers (and they hit harder than Nick), yet Nick knocked them out.

Until next time …

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