Manuwa: Knockout power is ‘God-given’
Jimi Manuwa wasn’t in a boxing gym when he first learned of his natural born ability to throw punches harder than the average human being.
Jimi Manuwa is a big under dog coming into Saturday’s fight with former number one contender Alexander Gustafson, but knows he has the power to knockout anyone:
Jimi Manuwa wasn’t in a boxing gym when he first learned of his natural born ability to throw punches harder than the average human being.
He was at a London fairground, in front of an electronic punching bag game.
We used to go to the fairground [funfair], and there’s that punchable thing that measures your power, Manuwa told ESPN.com. It was from one of those that I knew I could punch. My friends would come around, and we’d have competitions.
I broke my hand on them. A couple times.
The thing Manuwa has going for him, though — and everyone seems willing to agree on this — is that he possesses devastating, can’t-be-taught, either-you-have-it-or-you-don’t knockout power.
It’s God-given, as Manuwa puts it. When asked if a specific moment stands out when he really knew he had shook someone, Manuwa replied, I have 14 stoppages. There are a lot of those moments.