Thread: Pick Your Punch

The Creator has decreed you will become a professional fighter with unremarkable height, reach, speed, chin, reflexes, power, defense, balance, footwork and spatial awareness. All those are good enough to allow you to compete with the top 20 or so guys in your division, but nothing special.

But THEN you get a choice. You can choose ONE punch (jab, hook to the body, straight right etc) which will be extraordinary. If you choose the jab it will be quick, hard, straight and able to be thrown in doubles and triples. If a hook to the body it will dig deep and accurately land on vulnerable spots and so on and so forth.

What dominant punch do you choose and why?

Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui

The Creator has decreed you will become a professional fighter with unremarkable height, reach, speed, chin, reflexes, power, defense, balance, footwork and spatial awareness. All those are good enough to allow you to compete with the top 20 or so guys in your division, but nothing special.

But THEN you get a choice. You can choose ONE punch (jab, hook to the body, straight right etc) which will be extraordinary. If you choose the jab it will be quick, hard, straight and able to be thrown in doubles and triples. If a hook to the body it will dig deep and accurately land on vulnerable spots and so on and so forth.

What dominant punch do you choose and why?

jab without a doubt. It consistently wins more matches than any other punch.

The silent unseen assasin, the uppercut. It can be an extremely double edge sword if used wrongly but timing, footwork I think it's the most difficult punch to defend against and prepare for.

I want to say left hook because it is my favorite punch to use in boxing however the jab sets up everything and an extra ordinary jab would just dominate.

Prime Roy Jones left hook knocks out most of you jabbers.

I think I'd choose the jab too. But man that hook to the body is tempting. Guys like Olivares and Zarate and Chavez just debilitated guys with it.

Jab. It sets everything else up.

I like seeing conventional stance fighters perfectly executing the left uppercut.

Right now, JMM and Donaire are the only ones that are really good at it imo.

I have to ask, in this case it's an extraordinary punch, a given that is natural? Isn't the jab the basic of fundamental and first taught...as opposed to other shots with more of a pay off and higher difficulty to master?

Do you want Frazier or Virgil Hill .....then again Ruddock and jab were never mistaken for close buds I suppose

Originally Posted by Spicoli

I have to ask, in this case it's an extraordinary punch, a given that is natural? Isn't the jab the basic of fundamental and first taught...as opposed to other shots with more of a pay off and higher difficulty to master?

Do you want Frazier or Virgil Hill .....then again Ruddock and jab were never mistaken for close buds I suppose

The effective jab is actually the hardest thing to teach but those who master it make it look basic and fundamental.

Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui

The Creator has decreed you will become a professional fighter with unremarkable height, reach, speed, chin, reflexes, power, defense, balance, footwork and spatial awareness. All those are good enough to allow you to compete with the top 20 or so guys in your division, but nothing special.

But THEN you get a choice. You can choose ONE punch (jab, hook to the body, straight right etc) which will be extraordinary. If you choose the jab it will be quick, hard, straight and able to be thrown in doubles and triples. If a hook to the body it will dig deep and accurately land on vulnerable spots and so on and so forth.

What dominant punch do you choose and why?

You couldn't have unremarkable balance, footwork & spatial awareness & then have one great punch imo. Certainly not the jab. Great spatial awareness is key to having any excellent punch, as it's how your measure those crucial inches to get a punch landing just right. Footwork is also a must as you create those angles to land that punch.

Given that this fighter has average speed & power, I would also go for the jab, but only because if you've not got a KO punch with those others, than you need to be reliant on outboxing possibly quicker & more powerful opponents. The jab would leave you least open to counters. Also having just one great punch would leave you lacking variety & making you predictable. For my money, you have to have great punch variety to be able to get to the top.

Originally Posted by Spicoli

I have to ask, in this case it's an extraordinary punch, a given that is natural? Isn't the jab the basic of fundamental and first taught...as opposed to other shots with more of a pay off and higher difficulty to master?

Do you want Frazier or Virgil Hill .....then again Ruddock and jab were never mistaken for close buds I suppose

Hey! Don't trouble the Creator with details!

Originally Posted by JazMerkin

Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui

The Creator has decreed you will become a professional fighter with unremarkable height, reach, speed, chin, reflexes, power, defense, balance, footwork and spatial awareness. All those are good enough to allow you to compete with the top 20 or so guys in your division, but nothing special.

But THEN you get a choice. You can choose ONE punch (jab, hook to the body, straight right etc) which will be extraordinary. If you choose the jab it will be quick, hard, straight and able to be thrown in doubles and triples. If a hook to the body it will dig deep and accurately land on vulnerable spots and so on and so forth.

What dominant punch do you choose and why?

You couldn't have unremarkable balance, footwork & spatial awareness & then have one great punch imo. Certainly not the jab. Great spatial awareness is key to having any excellent punch, as it's how your measure those crucial inches to get a punch landing just right. Footwork is also a must as you create those angles to land that punch.

Given that this fighter has average speed & power, I would also go for the jab, but only because if you've not got a KO punch with those others, than you need to be reliant on outboxing possibly quicker & more powerful opponents. The jab would leave you least open to counters. Also having just one great punch would leave you lacking variety & making you predictable. For my money, you have to have great punch variety to be able to get to the top.

And the man destroys my post in a few short, well thought out, sentences. A Salvador Sanchez quality counter!

Originally Posted by IamInuit

Originally Posted by Spicoli

I have to ask, in this case it's an extraordinary punch, a given that is natural? Isn't the jab the basic of fundamental and first taught...as opposed to other shots with more of a pay off and higher difficulty to master?

Do you want Frazier or Virgil Hill .....then again Ruddock and jab were never mistaken for close buds I suppose

The effective jab is actually the hardest thing to teach but those who master it make it look basic and fundamental.

Well yeh. Everything off the jab indeed. Was just thinking of freeing up closet space to focus on foundation of my Frankenstein. All comes down to balance with it huh? A sharp cutting jab is a beautiful thing to watch

Originally Posted by Spicoli

Originally Posted by IamInuit

Originally Posted by Spicoli

I have to ask, in this case it's an extraordinary punch, a given that is natural? Isn't the jab the basic of fundamental and first taught...as opposed to other shots with more of a pay off and higher difficulty to master?

Do you want Frazier or Virgil Hill .....then again Ruddock and jab were never mistaken for close buds I suppose

The effective jab is actually the hardest thing to teach but those who master it make it look basic and fundamental.

Well yeh. Everything off the jab indeed. Was just thinking of freeing up closet space to focus on foundation of my Frankenstein. All comes down to balance with it huh? A sharp cutting jab is a beautiful thing to watch

I think of Lewis. Not only was it a perfect set up for his right hand but it was also a jack hammer.