When my father taught me the punch only old time fighters new about it and they new someone had to show me because younger fighters did not know what I was doing. Watch the title fight with my father and the first round the both threw it but my father got caught.
My father was stop in the 11th round. The fight was even on score cards. No those punches aren't illegal. You could hit the fighter in the belly button or on the chin if duck his head
Kid Gavilan
I have watch my father (Gil Turner) and Gavilan title fight many times. Gavilan was my father idol and to watch both men threw bolo punches was exciting. Gavilan invented the bolo punch and was the best that ever threw the punch. When Gavilan fought my father he was very season fighter. fighting such fighters as pound for pound great Sugar Ray Robinson. My father and Gavilan is a great fight to watch
Well, kind hard to explain but I will explain it the best I can. You will probably never see it done by fighters of this era or future. The punch is very quick, I would not say it's a knock out punch and you have to be very careful when you threw it because you can leave yourself open. If your orthadox,the punch is thrown with your right hand, you can actually do it with both. You threw from your where your right hand is suppose to be position and come up similar to a upper cut but it's not one..You would have to see gavilan throw it
Have you ever seen Jersey Joe face when Rocky Marciano Hit him. He rearrange his entire face. Gene fullmer did not the fight was over. He ask why was ray in the corner doing jumping jacks, they told him he was not doing jumping jacks that the fight was over. They told him the fight was over by knockout. He said he must have gotten knockout because he couldn't remember what happened.
There are 3 great knockout punches. Rocky marciano Knocking out Jersey Joe, Ray Robinson perfect left hook knocking out Gene Fullmer and Jersey Joe knocking Out Ezzard Charles