i can not seem to get my left hook down...ive been working at it for awhile and just cant seem to get the hang of it...anybody have any advice

Are you shifting your left foot in while you punch. Also do you throw your hips with it. I practice my left hook to the body everyday. I watch vids of Cotto and Hatton just to study it. When I start to spar that will me my trademark punch no doubt.

I recomend watching Tyson throw a hook. He brings his whole body into it. Its a beautiful punch.

Thats all I can say. Im sure the vets got much better advice.

Are you shifting your left foot in while you punch. Also do you throw your hips with it. I practice my left hook to the body everyday. I watch vids of Cotto and Hatton just to study it. When I start to spar that will me my trademark punch no doubt.

I recomend watching Tyson throw a hook. He brings his whole body into it. Its a beautiful punch.

Thats all I can say. Im sure the vets got much better advice.

Yeh your right about the left hook to the body its such an affective punch i practice it a lot in sparring, i've dropped a lot of boys with it in sparring and a couple in my fights. It really helps man keep practicing it.

I'm a southpaw (but I do everything right handed, except write. I write left handed).

But I know that I have more power in my right hand. I worked a lot on my left hand punches to where I feel I can throw a decent power shot, and a left hook.

But I know for a fact my right is still the better punch. Should I go back to conventional stance as opposed to southpaw?

I think I prefer Southpaw because of how I move my feet, and also I like to work my jab a lot, and my right jab is stiff, but left jab not so much.

I'm a southpaw (but I do everything right handed, except write. I write left handed).

But I know that I have more power in my right hand. I worked a lot on my left hand punches to where I feel I can throw a decent power shot, and a left hook.

But I know for a fact my right is still the better punch. Should I go back to conventional stance as opposed to southpaw?

I think I prefer Southpaw because of how I move my feet, and also I like to work my jab a lot, and my right jab is stiff, but left jab not so much.

I do many things left-handed -- bat, kick, shoot a gun, use most tools (space permitting) -- but I throw and write right handed. I truly do have equal power in each hand. I box southpaw b/c I'm left-eye dominant; in an orthodox stance my left glove blocks my left eye and my peripheral vision isn't as good with my right so I get hit more. I have big punches with both hands, though, so I stand kinda square and do a lot of close-in shovelhooking.

In my last fight, we were both southpaws. I had dazed the guy with a left cross, and as he was backpedaling I switched up (crossed feet as I moved in) and double-jabbed with my LEFT, moving him back. When he raised his gloves -- guarding to the wrong side, waiting for the left cross again (he hadn't figured out that I had switched stances) I hit him with an overhand RIGHT, straight through the hole, that spun him into the turnbuckle. He spent the rest of the round keeping the hell away from me. I doubt that he ever figured out what happened.

I would stay with whatever stance your feet are happier in, and if you have equal power in each hand, work up a few tricks to bring that into play.