Power is certainly not lost as drastically as speed.
Most hard punchers really anyway more on power, timing and technique than speed in delivering their KO punches. Look at Foreman's almost slow motion KO of Moorer.
It is said that power is the last thing to go, but here's the truth- if a boxer was a hard puncher as well as speedy, that was a deadly combination, and while power doesnt diminish at the same pace as speed does, it is being lost simultaneously with speed (slower punch=less momentum generated). The Foreman-Moorer fight is a good example, however Moorer was known for having a weak chin. Foreman previously fought Holyfield and could not KO him, and I dont think he would've KOed Tyson either.
Well logic suggests speed*weight= force but in boxing and other similar sports people just don't know why some fighters have power and others don't. If we look at George Foreman for example he wasn't the heaviest and he was very slow yet punched harder than anyone. Even in his second career he was slower and still had amazing power.
Because you still got that strength in you. To me power and hard hits are natural when you become a boxer. Right away you'll notice what you got naturally. But another example would be Bernard Hopkins. That's the oldest champ in history.
Our bodies are made that way, in running sprinters lose their speed years before distance runners are no longer elite runners.
the different types of muscles used for power punches retain their strength long after the muscles that are used for speed are not longer very fast.
Muscles are made up of two major types of fibers called fast and slow twitch, so the fast twitch starts to slow down years before the slow twitch loses its power.
Lost of flexibility and endurance through the years?
Power is the last to go. Reflexes is the first.
I am very amazed in Boxing of just how hard former heavy hitters in Boxing can still hit in their old age. My father (who Boxed as non-competitive amateur in his youth) told me one of the big advantages of having strong hitting power as opposed to speed is that when you start to get old you begin to lose your speed drastically but you remain a hard hitter in your old age even if you don't have nowhere as close to the original power you had in your prime.
I mean Foreman WON the World Heavyweight Championship against Moorer in his 40s BY a KNOCK OUT to put as an example.
This is a case of a Boxer coming out of retirement. I read of Dempsey absolutely ******* up the faces of some young punks who tried to commit robbery at his restaurant. LONG AFTER HE RETIRED and AFAIK he wasn't in shape either!
I am very curious why punching power still remains albeit weaker than before but not lost like punching speed is.
