Quote Originally Posted by Ron Swanson View Post
Anyone who is first inclined to throw a right hook you should tell to get out of the gym because they have no natural feel for fighting. The first punch you should be incline to throw is the jab , the second you should be inclined to throw is the straight right, the third you should be inclined to throw is the left hook, I can go on and on. I don't understand how you can be so damn wrong all the time. Not like a little wrong. Like it is so damn wrong it has to be intentional.
It's not about what punch you're inclined to throw first it's about being open and being ready to land a punch with either hand from any angle.....certainly there's "science" to THAT aspect of it. The plain simple fact that fighters RARELY if ever expect a right hook from an orthodox fighter ought to have you thinking "Well, it's the punch they don't expect, and it's a punch that can pack a wallop so why not put it in your arsenal"

The right hook to the body (FROM an orthodox fighter AGAINST an orthodox fighter) drops the lead hand, it also stiffens a fighter up and slows them down.

A right hook to the head (FROM an orthodox fighter AGAINST an orthodox fighter) is something that can end or start to end a fight.

Mike Tyson's entire style, Jack Dempsey's entire style, Floyd Patterson's entire style, based on the quick shifting of weight from side to side which created a natural slipping motion and allowed for loading up on punches without taking up time or telegraphing the delivery of punches makes GREAT use of the right hook and justifiably so! All of those guys threw the right hook and when it landed (and it landed often) it either was a set up for the knock out blow or it was THE knock out blow. If you take away the right hook from those fighters then their style simply does not work because what is there to be afraid of as the fighter slips to the right...a straight right hand? Have you ever thrown punches on a bag using that style? You simply can't get the same pop AND you won't affect your opponent's defense as much....land a little wider and all of a sudden there's an open window for the right cross but without the right hook you don't open that window for yourself.

Right hooks from an orthodox fighter against a southpaw can be even more effective as that punch squares up on a southpaw and can send them reeling.

If you completely dismiss the right hook for orthodox fighters then you're A) dumb as shit and B ) taking a useful weapon out of your own arsenal.