Left hook to the body: Boxing`s underrated under shot!

Roy Jones had those monster left uppercuts to the body where he completely rotated his body and torso into the punch. They probably weren't as hard as Gatti and Ward's but I remember him doing a couple of these to Toney, Hopkins, and Glenn Kelly. Looked cool, especially when leading with them. Gatti's knockout of Dorin was perfect, one two upstairs then a left hook with as much power as he had.

miguel cotto uses it alot. i think the left hook also needs to be carefully timed so that you aren't countered when you throw it. It's hard to setup, and then difficult again to perform. But if it connects, it also opens your opponent to headshots. Personally, I think it must be used in a combo. You can't just wing it out of nowhere. You use it during a firefight and commit enough to it, or else your opponent wont feel it and he'll hit you in the head right as you're recovering that arm.

A well-executed left hook to the body is the most beautiful sight to see in a fight.... especially when you see a fighter end a combo with it, or mix it in between the combo.

how about Kostya Tszyu taking out Hurtado....he took him out with some wicked left hooks to the body.

Yeah Ward was a monster with that liver shot, Judah was visibly hurt by one late in his fight vs. Ward, he covered his abdomen with both arms and bent down at the waist. Carmen Basilio also had a very good hook to the body, but he was a somewhat more balanced banger than Ward. Don't forget Tyson's left hook to the body/left hook or left uppercut to the head combination, nasty stuff lol

what was perfect about ward's liver shot was that he believes in it, when he threw that fucker he committed totally to that punch and put everything he had into it, cause he knew it was gonna save his ass A lot of Ward's punching looked a bit awkward and unskilled. But that body shot was perfect, as if that was the only way his arms and body could move properly. You're probably right about him committing to that punch more than others. Good way of looking at it.

Didn't James Toney put down Evander Holyfield with a left hook to the body???

If you put Ward's left hook on a better fighter, that person could have a great career. He throws that punch beautifully. There's something perfect in the way he does it. I like a good bodyshot KO. what was perfect about ward's liver shot was that he believes in it, when he threw that fucker he committed totally to that punch and put everything he had into it, cause he knew it was gonna save his ass

If you put Ward's left hook on a better fighter, that person could have a great career. He throws that punch beautifully. There's something perfect in the way he does it. I like a good bodyshot KO.

wards money punch damn straight!!!! if done right ( with enough force )it can do PERMANENT DAMAGE to the liver. fuckin' A!

wards money punch

Im pretty sure he said it at any fight that ended with a hook to the body. Well that may be an exaguration but Ive heard him say it multiple times.

lamply said it. i forgot what fight though, wasnt it a barrera or DLH fight?

Didnt foreman or Lampley always say that if he could take any 'weapon' to the next life it would be a good left hook to the body?

the left hook to the body is devastatign cuase what is on the right side of your body? your liver, the largest internal organ. here some info on the liver after u read it think about how it must be to get hit there while its doign this. Where is the liver located in the body? Your liver, the largest internal organ in the body, is located in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen, immediately under the diaphragm. What does your liver do? The liver is a complex chemical factory that works 24 hours a day. Virtually all the blood returning from the intestinal tract to the heart passes through the liver. This means everything you swallow that is absorbed into the bloodstream passes through the liver. Your liver is a complex organ that is essential to life. You simply cannot live without it. Specifically, your liver helps you by: Cleansing blood: metabolizing alcohol and other drugs and chemicals neutralizing and destroying poisonous substances Regulating the supply of body fuel: producing, storing and supplying quick energy (glucose) to keep the mind alert and the body active producing, storing and exporting fat Manufacturing many essential body proteins involved in: transporting substances in the blood clotting of blood providing resistance to infection Producing bile which eliminates toxic substances from the body and aids digestion Regulating the balance of many hormones: sex hormones thyroid hormones cortisone and other adrenal hormones Regulating body cholesterol by producing it, excreting it, and converting it to other essential substances Regulating the supply of essential vitamins and minerals such as iron and copper Performing literally hundreds of other specific functions!

Marco A Barrera lives and dies by this shot. Barrera KO'd Luiz Freitas in the very first round, it was the only power punch of the fight.

The suprising thing.....was his fight with Judah. He landed the left hook to the body a couple of times, and it did not even seem to phase him. Actually, I saw Judah interviewed a few years ago (before the Tszyu fight) and he said a Ward left hook to the body in the 11th round of their fight was the worst he had been hurt in his entire career to that point. Good call on Ward though. He had one of the best left hooks to the body of all time.

The left hook to the body is more damaging when the person receiving it is exhaling at the time of impact.

An excellent fight to watch which shows the left hook being mastered is Barrera Vs Richie Wenton from 1998 ( on Hamed/McCullough undercard ). Wenton wasn`t top flight but you see how the left hook just drains the will and fight out of a man, brutal!

Gerry Cooney had a nasty left hook to the body. Nasty Nasty Nasty.