Ok take Gerry Cooney he has dynamite in his left hand utterly devastating power, his right hand however is very very weak, theres nothing really on it, and yet he is still using his hips to power both punches. Now theres nothing wrong with his right hip, Gerry just hasn't learnt how to punch hard with his right hand/right hip, if he had he would have devastating power in both hands.
Now take John Ruiz, he doesn't have any serious KO power in either hand, yet he is still punching with the hips, all pros are, but my theory is that there is degree of mastery over using the hips that some boxers have, and many do not have it. So anyway Ruiz has no power because he is using both sides of his hip like Gerry Cooney is using his right hip, ie poorly. Im not saying he would become a devastating puncher if he had mastery of his hips I am saying that he would punch a lot harder than he does now if he had mastered his hips.
Infact its very common for a boxer to have a weak right hand and a strong left hand think Tua, think Cooney, etc and that's because in order to get serious power on the weaker left hand you cant muscle it you need good technique to generate the power in a smaller amount of distance, also theres less chance you will muscle it, unlike with the right hand, which gives you more distance and more time to mess it up by instinctively muscling it. Tua and Cooney could have had power on both sides like Joe Louis theres nothing weaker about their right hips, but they never mastered the movement on that side. Equally I think Ruiz hasn't mastered hip rotation on either side.
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Now take John Ruiz, he doesn't have any serious KO power in either hand, yet he is still punching with the hips, all pros are, but my theory is that there is degree of mastery over using the hips that some boxers have, and many do not have it. So anyway Ruiz has no power because he is using both sides of his hip like Gerry Cooney is using his right hip, ie poorly. Im not saying he would become a devastating puncher if he had mastery of his hips I am saying that he would punch a lot harder than he does now if he had mastered his hips.
Infact its very common for a boxer to have a weak right hand and a strong left hand think Tua, think Cooney, etc and that's because in order to get serious power on the weaker left hand you cant muscle it you need good technique to generate the power in a smaller amount of distance, also theres less chance you will muscle it, unlike with the right hand, which gives you more distance and more time to mess it up by instinctively muscling it. Tua and Cooney could have had power on both sides like Joe Louis theres nothing weaker about their right hips, but they never mastered the movement on that side. Equally I think Ruiz hasn't mastered hip rotation on either side.
Agree or disagree and why?
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