how do u improve your right hook?

[hazbo]

how do u improve your right hook?

b4 i started boxing my right hook in my opinon was mint for a street fight but since iv dun boxing im not using my right hook as much im using the left n my trainer says tht my left is nice,hard and sharp but im wnting my right hook back too :(

[KTFO]

Take roids.

[RDJ]

Perfect your technique and practice.

[Relentless]

hit the bag.

[knockout]

Beat off with that hand.

[Mikro]

i've been told that you shouldnt throw right hooks from a traditional stance. I did it anyway because it seems like thats open a lot in sparring and I ended up hurting my wrist pretty bad. Its just about back to full strength after a month or so and I've been working on sticking with straights, but I still tend to throw it if an opponent tries to cover up.

[hazbo]

sound i'll jst practise loads anyway

[boxbible]

Right hooks from an orthodox stance a more of a liability than an asset.

- they're somewhat roundhouse, telegraphed, and easy to slip
- if you miss, you can hurt your shoulder
- if you connect, you can hurt your hand or wrist
- 95% of right hooks... miss the target completely (you see it often)
- after you miss, it takes longer to get back on defense
- and you can get countered silly

The only guy I seen use a right hook somewhat successfully was Lennox Lewis. But remember what happenned to him when he missed against Oliver McCall.

You just don't see good and great fighters using right hooks.

[Pyrus]

yea i learned never to throw a right hook unless you want to die

[BITCH ASS]

This is bullshit.

You can use right hooks.

I use right hooks all the time on dudes that are tall as shit.

I send a right hook to their body sometimes instead of jabbing my way inside.

When I get inside, every opportunity I get, I throw a right hook.

Right hooks hurt people.

[Two Fisted Piston]

how do u improve your right hook?


practice:good

[boxbible]

This is bullshit.

You can use right hooks.

I use right hooks all the time on dudes that are tall as shit.

I send a right hook to their body sometimes instead of jabbing my way inside.

When I get inside, every opportunity I get, I throw a right hook.

Right hooks hurt people.

It's a good bet that you'll get smoked one day when you try it against someone good.

[Vantage_West]

orthodox........right hooks and left uppercuts no no unless your a freak like Jones jr or Naz or Witterleft uppercut is alright isnt it:huh not purely natural but was hopkins,ruddock,calzaghe money punch or a useful tool

but still you shouldnt throw those at all

[Vantage_West]

wait just read the whole thread why are you lot hating on the good old right hook. it's big and bold if youre on the inside they are the perfect tool im a soutpaw so i would call it a left hook but same applies that it is a powerful and can be very crisp punch.

it isnt a great tactics to use it to much because as we have already heard it's a big movment form your furthest hand...so the time to travel and get countered is a very high percentage chance of a cross sandwich on the mush.

it's a punch a tool if you use it right it will work for you

[Vantage_West]

tyson, diego,whitaker, comacho,all used them but you have to hav decent handspeed to use it efficently

[RDJ]

On the outside I agree with the rest of the people, it's dangerous. At least if you throw it out of nowhere. But on the inside? I don't see any reason not to throw it. Same goes for the left uppercut.

[Vantage_West]

On the outside I agree with the rest of the people, it's dangerous. At least if you throw it out of nowhere. But on the inside? I don't see any reason not to throw it. Same goes for the left uppercut.cool now im gettin you i was getting a bit paranoid that there was no such thing called a right hook just somthing i made up...:rastastone anyone

[Bill1234]

Holmes seemed to land with the right hook. He through it a lot, and most of the time it was a lot like a left hook. I'll put up a good pic of him landing one on Holyfield in 1992.

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[Peterp]

You can use right hooks but you have to set your opponent up first !

No leading with a right hook

It's one of my best punches, i've KOed people with it in the ring and on the street :)

[BITCH ASS]

It's a good bet that you'll get smoked one day when you try it against someone good.

Oh yeah?

Just because you're slow doesn't mean that everybody else is.

Regardless of your speed though, the right hook to the body is often an effective weapon in getting inside on taller people. Especially if they're standing orthadox and you're coming in on their left side.

Every once in a while you need to switch it up. I know the jab is extremelly versatile and you can change the speed and number, sometimes I like to go inside using other methods.

By the way, how the fuck you know who I've sparred with and how skilled they are?

Also, think about when you get inside. It's not just all right straights. It's okay to gamble sometimes and throw that right hook.

It stops people. Why not use it?

[BITCH ASS]

You can use right hooks but you have to set your opponent up first !

No leading with a right hook

It's one of my best punches, i've KOed people with it in the ring and on the street :)

Exactly.

[boxbible]

Oh yeah?

Just because you're slow doesn't mean that everybody else is.

Regardless of your speed though, the right hook to the body is often an effective weapon in getting inside on taller people. Especially if they're standing orthadox and you're coming in on their left side.

Every once in a while you need to switch it up. I know the jab is extremelly versatile and you can change the speed and number, sometimes I like to go inside using other methods.

By the way, how the fuck you know who I've sparred with and how skilled they are?

Also, think about when you get inside. It's not just all right straights. It's okay to gamble sometimes and throw that right hook.

It stops people. Why not use it?

If any of my fighters fought an orthodox fighter who threw right hooks, he'd have a field day.

It's like lead left hooks. They work great against some decent fighters, but try it against a real good fighter, you're dust...

It is s-o-o-o-o easy to roll and counter it

[Pugsley]

If any of my fighters fought an orthodox fighter who threw right hooks, he'd have a field day.

It's like lead left hooks. They work great against some decent fighters, but try it against a real good fighter, you're dust...

It is s-o-o-o-o easy to roll and counter it
:huh Can you clarify? A right hook is no good, a Lead Left isn't reliable. Correct me if I'm wrong, are you saying that it is better to stay away from using hooks altogether? Or would you advise combinations to set them up?

[boxbible]

:huh Can you clarify? A right hook is no good, a Lead Left isn't reliable. Correct me if I'm wrong, are you saying that it is better to stay away from using hooks altogether? Or would you advise combinations to set them up?

A hook off the jab is fine... or a hook off of a feint jab. It might look like a lead left hook to the untrained eye, but if there's a feint before it, then it's safer. But, in order for the feint to work, you have to hit the guy with the shot first, in this case the jab, so as to make him react to it the next time when you feint it and then pull the hook.

As for the right hook from an orthodox stance, it is simply a very high-risk punch to throw. Sure, guys who can't slip right hands will get caught by the power and it sure looks and feels great, but if you can hit a guy with a right hook, then surely you can nail him with a straight right. But, of course, it takes more effort and skill to throw a short, straight right correctly.

But a straight right will minimize the risk of getting timed and countered silly because it is shorter, faster and therefore a lot harder for the opponent to time.

And if you learn how to throw it properly by stepping into distance and then just pivoting the back foot to roll your whole body effortlessly into it and then "sitting" on the punch at the moment of impact, you are whole lot less likely to lose balance if you miss, let alone miss the target at all. And it takes a lot less energy to throw it. A right hook takes a bunch of power to let go.

Larry Holmes never knocked anybody out with it. Lennox Lewis got knocked out trying to throw it. George Foreman gassed himself out wailing away with it.

It's simply not an efficient punch. And can be costly.

[China_hand_Joe]

Watch Joe Calzaghe's flawless employment of the left hook from a southpaw stance.

How he sets it up, how and when he throws it. It is flawless.

[Butch Coolidge]

MOVE YOUR HEAD FIRST BEFORE YOU PUNCH. Don't drop your right hand before you punch.

TIMING is important.

Start with your head completely outside to the opponent's left and finish with the your head completely outside to your opponent's right. No sense in just keeping your head in his punching range.

Do it this way chances are slim you'll get countered with a left hook or an uppercut. If the opponent is a very good boxer he's going to move with you so you better put your right shoulder into his belly and smother his punching room.

When you don't throw right hooks correctly is when you get into trouble.

[Zhaakal]

Beat off with that hand.

I second that.