whats your best punch

[Trainer Monkey]

I still call bullshit.

Hey,I said right overhead cross dangit

[Von Milash]

and a cc to ya for being HONEST.

[tkdboy]

i think my left hook WAS my best punch becouse i counter with it and it lands consistantly becouse of my good timing but its not my most powerful punch.

[Trainer Monkey]

cc back
Actually lately on the heavy bag,Ive been working hard on my left handed power shots,one of the fighters I train/spar with is a southpaw,and without crisp power from that side,their able to press my left arm making it effectivly useless
I can land the right cross allmost at will,but thats a loaded up power shot,you cant live on hoping to point that way if it comes to it.

[Sharla]

My best punch used to be my cross, but now my strongest is my left hook.

Cross is coming back though but just last power for a while.

My jab would be my second most powerful punch (as messed up as that is) even though i didn't really have one at all until a year ago. I use it the most too so I'll go with the jab.

[Sharla]

amazing how many people have great left hooks... the hardest punch to learn.

I call bullshit.

NO WAY is the left hook the hardest to learn - at least for me - a left hook to the head just flows off the jab cross as long as I get distancing right moving in.

At the same time I remember you saying you're good at attacking the body - I find body shots the hardest (except the straight jab or cross to the body) - so what's difficult to different people varies a fair bit.

[AdamGB]

We're talking majorities here though - not individuals...

[Sharla]

What do you think is the hardest to learn Adam?

I'm really suprised Von finds hooks the hardest!

I guess in most gyms I've gone to body shots were the last thing to be taught too.

I always thought head hunters were common in boxing because hitting the head is usually easier?

[Chris Nagel]

I guess I just one of those rare people that hasn't had any trouble throwing a hook to begin with. The only thing is setting it up, or waiting for the opportunity to slip and counter. Great hooks is another thing, most people throw their hooks the same way which makes it much more predictable and easier to counter.

I like left hooks, but to be honest I prefer right hands, they're much easier to set up.

[Trainer Monkey]

I guess I just one of those rare people that hasn't had any trouble throwing a hook to begin with. The only thing is setting it up, or waiting for the opportunity to slip and counter. Great hooks is another thing, most people throw their hooks the same way which makes it much more predictable and easier to counter.

I like left hooks, but to be honest I prefer right hands, they're much easier to set up.

Actually Feur,has a natural hook,it took me forever to get her to understand the overhand cross

[FeuerFrei]

Yeah, I think my left hook is my best punch (now, Von, before you start filling my yard up with cow chips keep in mind I'm a southpaw).

I've been working on my cross and I think I've finally got it to where it'd hurt like buggery to get hit by it.

[Trainer Monkey]

Yeah, I think my left hook is my best punch (now, Von, before you start filling my yard up with cow chips keep in mind I'm a southpaw).

I've been working on my cross and I think I've finally got it to where it'd hurt like buggery to get hit by it.

The funniest part was,I had to teach her the very hard to get right,rising cross,for her to get what I wanted

[Sharla]

The funniest part was,I had to teach her the very hard to get right,rising cross,for her to get what I wanted


What do you mean by rising cross if you don't mind me asking?

I keep asking people what they mean lately - hope it's not too annoying!

[Von Milash]

Freur,

There's no such thing as a left hook for a southpaw.

[Trainer Monkey]

The funniest part was,I had to teach her the very hard to get right,rising cross,for her to get what I wanted

What do you mean by rising cross if you don't mind me asking?

I keep asking people what they mean lately - hope it's not too annoying!
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No prob Sharla
You weave hard in to the direction you want the punch to come from,and turn that momentum in to rising your body in to a big overhand cross to the head
Both Frazier and Johannsen used it as their finisher
When you land it exactly right,it is,as it was called for Ingemar "The Hammer Of Thor"