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Joe Frazier knocking out Muhammed Ali at Madison Square Garden, with a left hook.


 * Force**

In boxing it has been proven that a hook punch has the most force, compared to a straight punch or a jab. In a study done using just ordinary people, it showed that a jab provided 4 foot pounds of force, a straight punch was 6 foot pounds, and the hook was 12 foot pounds. A test done using showed that the punch of a heavy-weight professional boxer had a force impact of 0.4 ton delivered at a velocity of 8.9 m/s. This blow is equivalent to getting hit in the head with a six kilogram wooden mallet at a speed of 20 miles per hour. Joe Frazier was known to have the strongest punch in boxing, in fact some boxers compared the force of Frazier's left hook to that of getting hit by a freight train. So, you can clearly see how force played a huge part in Frazier's success.


 * Momentum**

Momentum plays a huge part in boxing. Your punch needs momentum in order to make a serious impact on your opponent. Momentum can be seen as an object's tendency to resist change. When you go to hit someone, your fist has momentum as opposed to your target and in this case Muhammed Ali's head which is stationary and has zero momentum. You can see in the picture that momentum is transferred from Joe Frazier's arm to Ali's head. Ali's momentum is changed as he is hit. Ali falls back once the momentum is transferred, since Frazier's arm had more momentum before the punch.


 * Speed**

Speed may be the most important element in the sport of boxing. Speedy hands are essential to any boxer, especially if they want to win. You can see in the picture Joe Frazier knocking out Ali with a left hook. Now, you have to understand that Ali was one of the quickest boxers of all time, so in order to land a punch on him the speed of your punch had to be very fast. The average speed of a heavyweight boxer's punch is about 25 mph. This is incredibly fast compared to the average joe who would reach about 15 mph. So in this picture, you can see that Frazier's left hook, at one point the best punch in the sport, reached at least 25 mph before impact.

References

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Boxing-1533/force-punch.htm

www.bcps.org

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=5538765E-E7F2-99DF-393E0A0CD7821157