left hook

[cclivewire]

i can not seem to get my left hook down...ive been working at it for awhile and just cant seem to get the hang of it...anybody have any advice

[-Antonio-]

Are you shifting your left foot in while you punch. Also do you throw your hips with it. I practice my left hook to the body everyday. I watch vids of Cotto and Hatton just to study it. When I start to spar that will me my trademark punch no doubt.

I recomend watching Tyson throw a hook. He brings his whole body into it. Its a beautiful punch.

Thats all I can say. Im sure the vets got much better advice.

[mini_tyson]

Are you shifting your left foot in while you punch. Also do you throw your hips with it. I practice my left hook to the body everyday. I watch vids of Cotto and Hatton just to study it. When I start to spar that will me my trademark punch no doubt.

I recomend watching Tyson throw a hook. He brings his whole body into it. Its a beautiful punch.

Thats all I can say. Im sure the vets got much better advice.

Yeh your right about the left hook to the body its such an affective punch i practice it a lot in sparring, i've dropped a lot of boys with it in sparring and a couple in my fights. It really helps man keep practicing it.

[Stromprophet]

I'm a southpaw (but I do everything right handed, except write. I write left handed).

But I know that I have more power in my right hand. I worked a lot on my left hand punches to where I feel I can throw a decent power shot, and a left hook.

But I know for a fact my right is still the better punch. Should I go back to conventional stance as opposed to southpaw?

I think I prefer Southpaw because of how I move my feet, and also I like to work my jab a lot, and my right jab is stiff, but left jab not so much.

[fraidycat]

I'm a southpaw (but I do everything right handed, except write. I write left handed).

But I know that I have more power in my right hand. I worked a lot on my left hand punches to where I feel I can throw a decent power shot, and a left hook.

But I know for a fact my right is still the better punch. Should I go back to conventional stance as opposed to southpaw?

I think I prefer Southpaw because of how I move my feet, and also I like to work my jab a lot, and my right jab is stiff, but left jab not so much.

I do many things left-handed -- bat, kick, shoot a gun, use most tools (space permitting) -- but I throw and write right handed. I truly do have equal power in each hand. I box southpaw b/c I'm left-eye dominant; in an orthodox stance my left glove blocks my left eye and my peripheral vision isn't as good with my right so I get hit more. I have big punches with both hands, though, so I stand kinda square and do a lot of close-in shovelhooking.

In my last fight, we were both southpaws. I had dazed the guy with a left cross, and as he was backpedaling I switched up (crossed feet as I moved in) and double-jabbed with my LEFT, moving him back. When he raised his gloves -- guarding to the wrong side, waiting for the left cross again (he hadn't figured out that I had switched stances) I hit him with an overhand RIGHT, straight through the hole, that spun him into the turnbuckle. He spent the rest of the round keeping the hell away from me. I doubt that he ever figured out what happened.

I would stay with whatever stance your feet are happier in, and if you have equal power in each hand, work up a few tricks to bring that into play.