Right hook giving me nightmares!

[Von Milash]

rich sucks. he was a huge fish in a tiny pond, but as soon as someone legit came along he was owned.

every so often you see a profesisonal boxer try to land a long "right hook" to the body and they look stupid because it doesn't even come close to landing.

about the only time you'll have any success with a looping right is to feint and throw it overhand or when you have a guy on the ropes and you owrk the body, as lyle said. other than that it's coming from much to far away and taking a very long road to get there.

[donnydarkoIRL]

I throw only four punches from the right. The straight, the uppercut the hook to the body and the overhand, i rarely ever throw a right hook, unless i'm just fooling.

Your practise time is much better invested practising the jab.

What about when you are fighting inside? I normally fight left hand high, standard position, but my coach likes to have me go cross armed (chin tucked into left shoulder) when I'm in tight. From that position, a right hook makes sense if my opponents arms are vertical and in tight. If the guard is wide, I can uppercut and if the guard is close I can hook.

I would never throw it from distance. It's a low priority punch, compared to the others.

I'm a 6'1" Light Middle, when I'm inside I'm mostly throwing the left and I make little gaps to throw the right in a chopping fashion, rarely using a traditional hook.

Gotta agree with Vonny and Donny. A right jab is hardly ever used in boxing.

What the hell are you talking about "Right Jab"....this is about the right hook!

And yes it's used...it's just not used often

He was referring to a lead right hand.
The common definition of a jab is a lead punch using the left hand.
It is easy therefore to perceive a right lead as a "jab" although I wouldn't agree.

[RozzySean]

I throw only four punches from the right. The straight, the uppercut the hook to the body and the overhand, i rarely ever throw a right hook, unless i'm just fooling.

Your practise time is much better invested practising the jab.

What about when you are fighting inside? I normally fight left hand high, standard position, but my coach likes to have me go cross armed (chin tucked into left shoulder) when I'm in tight. From that position, a right hook makes sense if my opponents arms are vertical and in tight. If the guard is wide, I can uppercut and if the guard is close I can hook.

I would never throw it from distance. It's a low priority punch, compared to the others.

I'm a 6'1" Light Middle, when I'm inside I'm mostly throwing the left and I make little gaps to throw the right in a chopping fashion, rarely using a traditional hook.

Gotta agree with Vonny and Donny. A right jab is hardly ever used in boxing.

What the hell are you talking about "Right Jab"....this is about the right hook!

And yes it's used...it's just not used often

He was referring to a lead right hand.
The common definition of a jab is a lead punch using the left hand.
It is easy therefore to perceive a right lead as a "jab" although I wouldn't agree.

Right, that makes sense. I'm a 5'10" LHW. If I'm inside on a taller fighter, the short right hook makes more sense for me. If I'm in with a shorter fighter, chances are that's he's a few lbs lighter and I'm working on keeping him outside and controlling him with my jab. I do the same thing with the inside overhand right, but sometimes I like to come around. Like I said before, it can bring the guys hands wider and open up the right uppercut.

[donnydarkoIRL]

What about when you are fighting inside? I normally fight left hand high, standard position, but my coach likes to have me go cross armed (chin tucked into left shoulder) when I'm in tight. From that position, a right hook makes sense if my opponents arms are vertical and in tight. If the guard is wide, I can uppercut and if the guard is close I can hook.

I would never throw it from distance. It's a low priority punch, compared to the others.

I'm a 6'1" Light Middle, when I'm inside I'm mostly throwing the left and I make little gaps to throw the right in a chopping fashion, rarely using a traditional hook.

What the hell are you talking about "Right Jab"....this is about the right hook!

And yes it's used...it's just not used often

He was referring to a lead right hand.
The common definition of a jab is a lead punch using the left hand.
It is easy therefore to perceive a right lead as a "jab" although I wouldn't agree.

Right, that makes sense. I'm a 5'10" LHW. If I'm inside on a taller fighter, the short right hook makes more sense for me. If I'm in with a shorter fighter, chances are that's he's a few lbs lighter and I'm working on keeping him outside and controlling him with my jab. I do the same thing with the inside overhand right, but sometimes I like to come around. Like I said before, it can bring the guys hands wider and open up the right uppercut.

Yeah I completely understand.
Where you would throw the right hook I'd throw a chopping right and give myself space

[El Kabong]

When you're on the inside or against the ropes it's a good punch to throw especially to the body.


When I throw a right hook I can defend pretty much anything coming from the right hand of the opposing fighter, the way to do this is to basically push off with the jab or even an uppercut and then shoot the right hook with your left hand coming back and covering up your head and chin.

Sure you can counter the right hook but you can counter ANY punch.

Jab - Cross
Cross - Hook
Hook - Jab

You could even counter with an uppercut especially if your opponent falls forward when he punches