does anyone know hard mike tyson punched in psi?.?

Question

Dose anyone know how hard tyson punched in psi . Foreman and Shavers hit at 1600psi as far as i know . Was tysons power ever measured . Surely it must of being?.

Answer 1

I've heard that Mike Tyson hit at 1800psi and Nikolay Valuev hits at 2400psi

Answer 2

Let me tell you a little secret; Boxers don't measure there PSI and it's something that the Rocky movies more notably Rocky IV have made famous. Do PSI machines exist; sure they do, but there isn't some online database statistical information regarding every fighters PSI. Another thing to note about PSI is that it's like like a vertical leap in Basketball, you could have a vertical of 43inches but if you can't hit open jump shots what good are you. Same with boxing you could have a PSI of whatever, I don't know how they measure that crap, and be a complete bum. I feel bad for the fans that think Boxing is how hard you can hit because if you can't find a target your power is useless.

Answer 3

I have heard many measurements ranging from 1200 to 834 to 600 but lets look at it from a science standpoint.

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.

Answer 4

Close examination of Tyson’s punches has shown that just one punch has the potential to knock out and hospitalize the average man. In fact the force of Tyson’s knock out punch has an 85% chance of giving his opponent severe brain damage and is easily great enough to fracture any bone in the average human skull. In his research Dr Pain compares this to the average man, who has a 2% chance of inflicting this kind of injury - no wonder people fear the force of Iron Mike’s fist.

Answer 5

i dont know ask Robin Givens. Im sure shes an expert on how hard Tyson can punch.

Answer 6

Not as many as Ivan Drago. He holds the world record. Everything he hit, he destroyed.

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

Strong enough to beat up many bums in his career. Not good enough to beat Lewis, Holyfield and other few good fighters he has fought.