(Video)Female boxer Lucia Rijker hits just as hard as MMA Fighter Houston Alexander
By Reynaldo G
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I was Watching a rerun of FSN Sports Science and saw an episode where they compared a female fighter’s punch to an male Olympic boxer.
Dutch female boxer Lucia Rijker who is famous for her role Billie ‘The Blue Bear’ in the Oscar winning movie Million Dollar Baby showed that girls can hit just as hard in this previous episode of Sports Science.
Lucia uses proper technique to get full leverage on her punches, she punched harder than Olympic boxer Moe who is the same size as her at 140 lbs, Moe hit the punching dummy at 720 pounds of force, Lucia hit the punching dummy with 922 pounds of force the same as UFC 205 pounder Houston Alexander, the Sports Science episode where they tested Houston Alexander he was even injected with adrenaline so his punches were even more intense.
Lucia Rijker’s punching technique is what helped her propel her body weight into the punch. It would be interesting to see a 147 pound Manny Pacquiao doing a Sports Science test just to see how hard he really hits.
Could Manny Pacquiao or a 135 lb power puncher Edwin Valero hit harder than a 205 MMA fighter like Houston Alexander or Kimbo Slice? I would like to see an episode with one of those smaller guys testing their power, especially since so many meat heads say they don’t wanna watch a 140 pound fighter because they don’t have power.
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This is dumb.
Those male gave a simple straight punch with no wind up.
That woman had a wind up and threw a hook.
Have them throw the same punches if you’re gonna compare them.
exactly, not very objective at all. and it seemed like houston alexander didn’t even take a step with his punch? this video really does the opposite of what it seems like it meant to do. also, the muscle mass difference (10-20%) doesn’t account for the difference in muscular strength. depending on which part of the body, females are typically 52-80% as strong as a male of the same size.
I agree with johnyutah and grimacer, a guy can punch much harder with a straight punch (without throwing the whole body) which means a faster direct path to the face (better timing).
if you watch powerful puncher like foreman – he hardly move his body when he punch – just using the arm movement (punching like a girl), but he can bloody KO a big guy with that shot.
when have you ever seen a woman capable of doing that? Plus a lot of male boxers can take a heavy shots and still stand up.