? about gaurd position while throwing left hook

[wordisbond]

What's up ESB,
I see some guys with their right hand on their chin/cheek, and others I see with their right hand all the way to their temples when throwing the left hook. Which is technically correct?

[mak]

the question of where you hold your right hand(temple or jaw) is debateable whether your throwing the hook or not. I would say hold the right to the temple because if you place it on teh jaw (which is ultimately what you want to protect ) the hand has a habit of lowering itself. So try to focus ont eh temple and your jaw should be protected

My tuppence worth

[RDJ]

If you keep it on the temple you'll eat a hook to the liver at some point, mine is on the jaw so both head and body are protected. I don't know why it would lower itself, it doesn't bother me that's all I can say.

[wordisbond]

Great point RDJ.

[RDJ]

It's also in better position to parry jabs when kept at jaw level. I try to keep my right hand "on the phone" so to speak.

[curly]

Iff your wearing a headguard, there is no need to cover the temple.

[KillSomething]

I'm much more concerned with taking a hook to the liver than a hook to the temple. Also, having your hand at jaw level also sorta protects the side of the head. If the other guy throws a hook, your glove will probably catch at least some of it. At any rate, the jaw and liver are way more important to protect than the temple.

[Son of Gaul]

Iff your wearing a headguard, there is no need to cover the temple.

Exactly. :bbb

[doylexxx]

It's also in better position to parry jabs when kept at jaw level. I try to keep my right hand "on the phone" so to speak.


I like that , think of the phone :lol::good

[GPater11093]

On my cheek bone kinda level.

I also slightly tilt to the left to get leverage in the hook, anbd this keeps your guard tighter.

[boxbible]

Its a compromise thing.

If you need to be more defensive because the other guy is really dangerous, then covering the temple and dipping a bit lower while hooking to keep the body out of reach is the prudent thing to do.

But, if its offense you're more concerned with, then you can compromise a bit of defense by keeping the glove at cheek level to be able to fire off a right hand more easily. Your opponent is more likely to be aiming his hook at your jaw than at your temple.

[brown bomber]

Cheek bone.

[Jennifer Love Hewitt]

I put my right hand on the other guy's shoulder. That way, he can't generate any power if he tries to counter hook. It also puts him off balance a bit and in perfect position to eat my hook.