what makes for a good left hook is your technique in addition to your ability to land the punch flush. If you notice Tito stood very square with his weight over his left leg. His left foot was flat and his right foot was lifted on the ball of the foot. So he was always ready to throw a left hook. You'll also notice that his right hand was always kept high up right on the cheek while his left hand has held slightly lower and out and tended to drift. This allowed him to be looser with his left hand meaning he would always be ready to let it go. Tito was a walking left hook.

Tito's style basically centered around slipping punches and throwing the quick whipping left hook counter. You can see how ineffective Tito was whenever he fought someone who didn't allow him to counter them either by moving away from his left hook or throwing punches without enough commitment to fully counter.


Watch Tito follow De la Hoya and Hopkins round after round doing nothing because he was always laying in wait to counter something with his left hook. This is the great weakness to his style. Since he was so centered around throwing that left hook counter if you could take that option away from him he was completely nullified. But if you engaged him and allowed him opportunities to counter you with his left hook you were in great danger. Tito was one of the best ever at countering with the left hook.