Left hook vertical or horizontal fist?>

There's nothing wrong with a palm in hook to the head, but usually it's at longer range. And yes, palm down is a bit slower, but in close, you get that palm down and elbow up and it's deadyl.... like a battering ram effect. All the weight is behind the punch, while with a palm in, the elbow tends to drop and there's less weight behind your fist and more potetial for torque. It really is simple physics... force = lever cos theta.


IMO, one of the prettiest inside left hooks ever is Holyfield. I just love the way he throws it.

truth is the answer is neither...the p[unch is usually landed with the fist on a \ angle too much eiother way you risk injury to the wrist....

Side hooks to the body are best thrown verticle slightly upward motion for maximum impact...the upward motion pushes the inside of the body together

the hook to the head gets maximum impact as it is coming almost back towards you...the body expends all strength into the motion then on impact the muscles maximize contraction in a chain reaction sequence that sends the power all the way up from the furthest muscle away to the end of the fist....sort of in a sonic boom type fashion.....

I wish I had video on my comp to show exactly what I mean :-\

Turning shots does 2 main things gives good Biomechanics. The other is while the shoulders hitting the chin the opponents fist isnt its part of the defense mechanism.

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Originally Posted by Von Milash

There's nothing wrong with a palm in hook to the head, but usually it's at longer range. And yes, palm down is a bit slower, but in close, you get that palm down and elbow up and it's deadyl.... like a battering ram effect. All the weight is behind the punch, while with a palm in, the elbow tends to drop and there's less weight behind your fist and more potetial for torque. It really is simple physics... force = lever cos theta.


IMO, one of the prettiest inside left hooks ever is Holyfield. I just love the way he throws it.

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Agreed. Evander was a great watch , the rhythm , the technique was brilliant. Evander came to play was willing to risk losing to win“. The mindset you want in fighter

Thinking of this subject i decide to go search for a video of the best left hook iv ever seen....Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Carmen Basilio....you guys remember that? Unfortunately i couldn't locate it now, i have it at home il check it out later, but i saw a few vids of Robinson and he threw the hook palm down a lot, but also threw it palm in.

Another left hook that i recalled was the one in the final round between Oscar Bona vena and Muhammad Ali. Ali elivered that hook palm in althouh it connected on the blindside of the screen.

I hate to sound like a broken record, but range has quite a bit to do with it. You'll get more power with your palm down and elbow up when in tight. From farther away you don't need the elbow/battering ram/snap effect because you have more leverage to begin with.