Heavy Weight Right Hook
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First assumption being made for this example is that the gloves have no
weight. This is not a bad assumption because compitition gloves weigh
only 8 ounces and don't provide much cushoning.
When a boxer throws a right hook, he twists his entire body along witht
he punch, keeping his arm bet at a 90° angle. This loads the punch
up with an execption amount of weight. For modeling porposes, we assume
the boxer is capable of harnessing half his body weight. This would be
102.5 lbs or 46.5kgs.
A hook is one of the slowest punches because it requires the twisting
of the torso as apposed to just arm movement. The arm moves in a
circular motion 180 degrees at a radius of 15inches (length from your
shoulder to the elbow). This amounts to 4 feet in 1/2 second, 8ft/s or
2.4 m/s
Starting at rest and accelerating to 2.4m/s in 1/2 of a second means
the arm has an acceleration if (2.3m/s - 0m/s)/.5s = 4.6m/s2.
Next, if we assume that the opponents head is a stationary object
absorbing all the force of the impact, The force on the opponents head
can be modeled as:
46.5kg * 4.6 m/s2 = 214N
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