..... so guys everytime i read something like " howcome no one teaches the right hook " you always get the responses of stuff like the punch takes to long , and its countered quite easily . now granted this is true for the most part if your faced up and you try n lead with a right hook your gonna get tagged HOWEVER ..

recently in my sparring whenever i see the oppurtunity to drop low and throw a right hook to the ribs under a flickering or lazy jab it seems to be one of my most effective punches normally landing with very good power and either stunning my opponent or forcing him to take a little break . i was wondering if anyone else has had success in using the right hook? and how do you personally get yours to work when most say dont even bother throwing one ?

It's timing, mostly. For me, as a southpaw, it's a left hook, but the principle is the same. I draw them off with a lead hook to the head and then throw the strong-side hook as a followup.

The other thing that works is a shovelhook, which is half hook, half uppercut. It comes from a weird angle with lots of torque. You need to be really close, though.

EDIT: I was checking out another gym, and their trainer was telling me that he doesn't teach the strong-side hook. "There's no such punch," he told me. :thinking:

You can throw it at an angle where they're not in position to really throw or counter from it.

But its not good to throw besides that.

i throw it while in close then circle around them

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhVi7cH-LaQ

It's useful in certain situations... Especially if you can KO a horse with it like Julian Jackson

It's timing, mostly. For me, as a southpaw, it's a left hook, but the principle is the same. I draw them off with a lead hook to the head and then throw the strong-side hook as a followup.

The other thing that works is a shovelhook, which is half hook, half uppercut. It comes from a weird angle with lots of torque. You need to be really close, though.

EDIT: I was checking out another gym, and their trainer was telling me that he doesn't teach the strong-side hook. "There's no such punch," he told me. :thinking:

yea i learned that shovel punch but not in the boxing ring
and their def is a strongside hook..it is really only practicle in the mix of a combination where you go low then upstairs but never start with it