How many jabs is a right hand worth?

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  • boxing_great
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    How many jabs is a right hand worth?

    For those people who are knowledgeable about scoring
    how many jabs is a right hand punch worth?
    is a right hand worth the same as a left hook or uppercut?
    a body punch is worth how many jabs?is it worth the same as a right hand?and so forth..

    can somebody please explain? as these are the basics to properly scoring a fight
  • Fox McCloud
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    It all has to do with who is throwing the punch and how much force is on it.

    Ike Quartey's jab was worth about one of his right hands, because his right hand sucks, and his jab was beastly.

    A Shane Mosley jab is worth about 1/50th of his right hand, because his jab sucks and is used primarily to set up his power punches.

    A Mayweather right hand is often going to worth more than a Mayweather uppercut, because Mayweather's uppercuts have never been a huge threat and his right hand is about as pinpoint accurate as you can get.

    A Margarito uppercut will probably be worth a lot more than a Margarito right hand, because his uppercut is usually a lot more accurate and deadly than his "straight" right.

    Make sense?

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    • LEFTYGUNZZ
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      #3
      Originally posted by boxing_great
      For those people who are knowledgeable about scoring
      how many jabs is a right hand punch worth?
      is a right hand worth the same as a left hook or uppercut?
      a body punch is worth how many jabs?is it worth the same as a right hand?and so forth..

      can somebody please explain? as these are the basics to properly scoring a fight
      Dude a good stiff jab is worth a million because most fighter can be beat with a jab if it is used properly and thrown with some mustard on it. Alot of time judges socre soley on the amount of work you do and not the clean affective blows you land. They score on who is the agresser and who is pushing the fight. I heard Lennox say that because some of the fighters todaqy have long hair when they get hit with even light blows their hair flys around so it makes the punches look more deadly. He said that is why alot of fighters today keep their hair shaved close to their heads to avoid visual affects like that so the judges can't be mislead. Also the crowd roaring can affect a judge. If a fighter throws a 5 punch combo but only lands 1 or 2 blows and they are not even forceful a judge may socre it soley on the crowd getting hyped up.

      To me a good jab like Listons or Ali is worth points in a fight because it can snap back heads and set up other punches. Lennox won fights soley on his ability to throw a good jab. Most fighters today don't have jabs they just paw with it and use it to measure up their opponents. If used and thrown properly a jab can be equal to a good right cross. Hooks and uppercuts are more because they are automatically considered power punches. Even if not thrown with great force for reasons I already mentioned they seem to sway judges to score for them. In my book body shots don't get enough scoring. Body shots can wear down a fighter and often land cleanly but you can see visual damage on the fighter like you can see on his face from rounds of punishment but believe me body shots can kill......Lefty

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