Punch Power Rating

[Paul Kevin]

Punching power is the amount of kinetic energy in a person's punches. Knockout power is a similar concept relating to the probability of any strike to the head to cause unconsciousness. Knockout power is related to the force delivered and precision of the strike.

[Jase01]

Yeah, Adepta did the trick.

[Tammy1949]

That equipment from Adepta looks pretty cool. Does anyone know other resources for force measuring equipment?

[kingoftheforest]

I used to have a piece of equipment you strapped to a heavy bag. It had a pad you hit, it would chime and then you struck it. It would then display on a little led panel your reaction time and punch power in lbs per square inch.

[kev]

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[Sukoala]

Rate the power of punch by Pacquiao

9/10 for his Left arm 8/10 for his Right arm.

[stevedav]

I discovered some physics geek sheets that was a how to make a force plate set up. After all the stuff required for notes and converting the electric impulse is acquired the Adepta set up is reasonable.

[Annagyijjk]

Suggest if you hit a guy comes at you, you risk falling into the potential is almost double that in the case of deadlock

[kev]

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[guitarfx]

I read chempions have 30 mph, my hands are too slow, I have max 18 mph, usually - 14-15mph
of my hands movement speed during standard "jeb" punch, measured by software for my PC I found in internet:

[Middleweight]

"I was wondering if anybody knows what the average boxers punch rates in lbs.psi and what tyson's punch rated. I read somewhere a mule can kick and hit at 500 lbs psi and tyson was 300 lbs psi or something like that. Thanks"

psi=pounds per square inch
lbs=pounds
lbs psi=pounds pounds per square inch

Anywho PSI or pressure is calculated with the equation Force/Surface Area

Surface Area of a boxing glove is what? Anyone wanna guess? I'll take a stab and say somewhere around 14 square inches.

300=Force/14
300*14 gives us a force of 4200 pounds
Force, in this case 4200, is equal to mass times acceleration.
4200=M*A.
F=M*A is in the units Newtons = Kilograms * Meters/Second^2
1 pound equals roughly 4.5 newtons
4200*4.5=18900
18900=M*A
I don't really know how quickly Mike Tyson's punches accelerated, nor do I know how much mass was being accelerated at that rate. However a good puncher is able to put more weight behind their punch, but obviously it won't be too much of their weight so I'm gonna guess and say he can get 1/4 of his mass moving towards his opponent, and at his prime he fought at about 220. That means 55 pounds, 1 Kilogram=2.2 pounds. That means 25 kilograms.
18900=25*A
18900/25=756
And we find that according to me Mike Tyson's punches accelerated at 756 meters per second squared. That sounds crazy but wait. Actually it sounds very crazy. That's accelerating at like 2 miles per second. But thats if he is accelerating his mass for one whole second. I once again am gonna guess and say he takes about 1/12th of a second to punch. So divide that 756 by 12 and we get a velocity of 63 meters per second. Sounds much more reasonable. Now I have managed to prove nothing more then that I have waaay too much free time on my hands. Oh well. Hope that helped put into perspective how realistic/unrealistic what you heard was. Anyone else got input or feedback cause Tyson is my favorite and I'd love to find out if anyone knows what his punching power actually was, if it was even ever tested.

P.S. I've used my physics "expertise", if anyone here has computer expertise and a file containing Mike Tyson punching, perhaps we can find out more accurately, as opposed to my guessing at everything that was unknown, and guessing one at a time leaves all the minor faults to add up and make the last value quite possibly fairly inaccurate.

Kudos for the effort. 63m/s =70 yd/s = 210fps = 184 miles an hour. No can do. Try maybe 12 fps at impact. (that's about a 1/4 second from start to impact) So then you have 48 Ft sec 2. of course his max is about 12 and a bit so he is at the limit there. Think of a 2 x 12 that's 12 ft long hitting you on the chin at 12 fps and you are out cold.

Hope that makes a bit of sense

[Middleweight]

About Tyson: Did he have awesome punching power, or just the ability to land them solid? i.e. to find the mark before he reacts (the one that knocks you out is the one you don't see)

[Middleweight]

Cool post on the physics part. Adepta has a force plate set up in different configurations that's way cool and out of my price range if you want to see what you can do. Standing from a known distance, video taping your punch and then using a slo-mo analyzer should give you about the right speed (or is that velocity?) by counting the frames per second. Read once where Rocky slammed the first force plate set up used in some industry setting and registered 900 pounds. What that really means I have no idea but knowing the damage he did to guys it might be some sort of standard to go by.

I read that he registered 1100, but that was about 56 yrs ago, so who knows? Maybe he has softened a little

[Middleweight]

WHAT! 300PSI ARE YOU NUTS!!

I find it hard to belive that Mike Tyson punches as hard a an out of shape and fat 190lbs person.

The average heavywieght punch is 800lbs. Mike's punch is WELL ABOVE average. Also, these tests are taken GLOVED. There is a significant difference between gloves and bare fists.

300 psi and your whole head would be powder. Ft Lbs is more like it.
Remember that K.E. = MV2

Sonny Liston, although he finished poorly, could hit harder than any heavyweight today. Same = Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano. Hon' mention to Ernie shavers