Help landing the right hand

[Andre]

Cant remember, I think he was more squared when head hunting as a pro.I always wanted him to revert back to his amateur style when he was a pro and outclass people with skills first and break them down on each level instead of loading up and stalking them down as he loved to do.

Theres an amature vid of him I put on here in some thread when he fought Vernon Forrest did you see that?

[Taeth]

I am naturally southpaw so I don't go orthodox all the time, but for landing the right cross, it helps to change the angle it comes in at. You can come from so many angles with the cross and its important to utilitize all of them. Another thing you have to remember is unless your are incredibly fast you shouldn't be throwing lead crosses until you are very experienced and know how to set traps.

I also like to throw the right hook a few times to get the opponent to realize you aren't just coming in with the cross everytime. Even though you should never fight like he does, watch how Roy Jones uses angles and a myriad of different punches to find openings on his opponents. Which leads me to another point, try using footwork to set up different angles as well.

Its hard to say what you should do in order to land the right hand and throw it better just because we don't know what kind of fighter you are.

I think Tszyu is an excellent guy to watch, and Kelly Pavlik if you walk your opponent down and like throwing a one-two. Another great guy to watch is a younger Hopkins. He is so good at setting traps now he doesn't need to set up the right as much, but his stuff in his prime was great. Monzon might be a guy to watch as well.

[jahmez]

I love watching Tommy Hearns set up the right hand with his jabs and feints.

[El Kabong]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqIDl-_5HZY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS-_dI3thlw


I will tell you the Klitschko combination of jab, slap the guard down, right cross works pretty damn well. Also moving the guard of your opponent around by feinting and throwing left hooks will help you out.

Also if you are good with counter punching then avoiding/blocking your opponent's right cross/overhand right puts you in perfect position to counter with your own right cross. And if you slip a jab an immediate 1-2 over the top is a good combination.