In the scene in which the Romans beat Jesus, their punches obviously don't connect.

Wonse lowered his hand from the bright white mark where the punch had connected.

It took only that to distract Aidan enough to have Jack's wild punch connect.

Bolan saw the blow coming, but the sheer unexpectedness of it slowed his reaction time just enough to let the punch connect.

The rule, and a good one, says that it doesn't matter if the puncher's punch connects or not.

Ballard went on to say in the statement, "I didn't see the punch actually connect with Yolanda because the desk was blocking my view."

Her punch connected solidly with the pirate's nose, knocking his head back against the hard interior surface of his helmet.

He throws far fewer punches than most other boxers, but often only needs one punch to connect to end the match.