Can boxers punch thru boards ?

[Yarg!]

I was wondering if a boxer can punch through a board as easily as a Karate dude.. I am bored out of my mind as you can tell.

 

[Spanky11]

i don't see why not - but they wouldn't bother risk hurting their hands.

Even Ali needed a specially made lighter heavy bag, so he would risk hurting his hands.

 

[Kane Fan]

how light was it?

and yes

 

[Master_Rebkee]

Considering the fact that boxers use hands all the time.... yes they can most probably punch through boards. I never knew Ali had a lighter bag either. Figured that after punching all them other boxers a standard bag would be fine for him.

 

[Big Rick Rock]

It's your wrists that take a beating over time. Punching guys on the elbows and top of the head during fights or sparring...

I'm sure a boxer could punch thru a board... But why? "Boards don't hit back" -Bruce Lee



-BRR

 

[dhuff1500]

My guess would be no. Boxers train to dodge punches and throw combinations rather than focus all of their energy on one punch. Breaking a board requires extreme mental power which is what martial arts like karate focus on; something most boxing clubs do not.

 

[Kane Fan]

have you ever broken a board?
because you can do it nearly by accident
in fact I have seen it done by accident before...

 

[Master_Rebkee]

It is very easy to break a board. Only once did I ever have trouble and that was due to all the knots in the board itself.

 

[dhuff1500]

have you ever broken a board?
because you can do it nearly by accident
in fact I have seen it done by accident before...

Of course any person with some form of strength can break through a board and breaking it by accident has nothing to do with boxers. But the question asked was if boxers can punch through boards(plural) and he also referred to breaking them as easily as a karate master could like they show on t.v. Breaking multiple boards is what martial artists test for true strength and focus and compared to a black belt in karate, a boxer would more than likely not break nearly as many boards. It's not what they train to do.

 

[asianlover]

yes