Keeping the elbow down

[mat422]

I see. Now a lot of people say flaring the elbow is bad and leads to loss of power. I notice a lot of hard punchers Hearns, Shavers, McClellan, Duran all tend to flare that elbow when they punch. Now if they threw tighter straighter punches do you think their power would improve? They literally THROW their punches like their hands are made of rock. I realize it's probably not a good idea to compare a pro boxers punch to the fundamentals, but I wonder if they punched tighter would it actually reduce power for them or improve it?

[nikola_ganchev]

If you flare the elbows and relax your hands this means that the hands are going after the body when you throw punches. You fill them more like a whip. For me to punch that way is much easier. I use only the big muscles, but the problem for me is the speed and the ACCURACY. When you deliver the shot that way you must first turn your body than the hand goes which is slow. You taletell the punch and the target will be long gone. Second can you punch in the exact point that you wish that way? I can't. And from what i have seen Shavers flayers them only to be sure that the punch is landing correctly.

[Scrap]

Try this its a good way of correcting, notice before and after, its all down to feel

[southpawwolves]

Scrap I can see on the second part of the video he has some kind of resistance band around him, is it from his hands under his arms around his back to his other hand? Would like to try this myself.

[Scrap]

It is, and works.

[greynotsoold]

I've always thought that raising the elbow does two things: breaks the line of the body as it rotates into the punch, and tips off your opponent. Raising the elbow to throw a straight right looks like 'aiming' the punch- you can see it coming.

[God.in.my.corner]

So the band goes around the wrist and around the ribs on the inside of each arm? Not around the elbow, correct?

And what around hooks with the bands, or is it for mostly straight shots?

Sorry, how to see in the video.