Punch Placement

[greynotsoold]

Something that I find curious is that nobody punches to the heart any more; it seems that since Chavez the punch to the liver is the be-all/end-all of body punching, but if you read the accounts of old fights, the punch to the heart was very often a fight changing, if not fight ending, punch. And it is right there- a natural counter to a left jab, a damaging punch that will certainly shorten your opponents reach right away, and it gets you inside. That was the start of one of Dempsey's famous "triples": slip inside with a right to the heart, weave outside with a left hook to the body, the a right hook back over the top. (the other was slipping outside with a hook to the body, weaving back inside with a right to the herart, finishing with a short hook to the chin.)
Also. the solar plexus punch; nice straight right hand will take your breath away.

[donnydarkoIRL]

If you check out Bernard Dunne vs. Poonsawoot Kratidaenggym (spelling?) in the first round Poonsawoot concentrated some straight punching to the sternum/heart- I would attribute those shots to Dunne's lack of movement shortly after which finished the fight.


These shots to the heart are making me investigate the origins of the Bob and weave