Chuck Liddell on punching technique.

[fraidycat]

its like a half uppercut half hook punch.. its actually really effective power-wise... but thats if u can land it, and it is a bad defensive punch to throw, so any good boxer knows not to use it a lot.. but if ur lookin for a finish or a desperate shot. its worth trying.. its a punch ur whole body is behind. very powerful. but not one of the textbook punchs lol

That's a shovel hook. I use it all the time. You've got to be moving when you throw it, though.

[aussieboxer2320]

wtf...it looks like the kind of punch a kid having his first streetfight would throw.....in fact i think i had better technique than that in my first streetfight.....

[Mickey Gomez]

Evidently the punch works for Chuck.

[fraidycat]

Evidently the punch works for Chuck.

It worked for Dempsey and Marciano, too.

[Landon S]

Its a punch so if you can use it well then its good. You wouldnt open palm somebody in boxing but that doesnt mean its not effective. But youd look ******ed trying to open palm somebody in boxing lol

[leff]

It worked for Dempsey and Marciano, too.

works for me to, mid range in combination with other punches.

left shovel to the liver works fine

[j]

he could add even more power if he sprung into it and immediately dropped his back foot as an achor.

but what a begginner should get from this is how he uses his whole body to a better degree than your average guy.

good stuff in general here.

btw, that is close to what we call a cannon punch.

[remorseless08]

nothing new here ... thats exacly how i throw a right hand if I'm trying to hurt someone. Usually my straight right is enough to hurt so i usually stick with that.

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righto killer

[Ace Dutrey]

you guys should definitely not start under estimating this punch. The fact that you would think this punch is horrible technique and in-effective is just wrong. This is a boxing forum and you guys are comparing Freestyle techniques to boxing techniques. That is where the problem lies. Have you ever seen a truly effective boxer with a pure boxing style in MMA? No. Why? because a boxer's stance and punches are completely inadequate for freestyle. IN boxing you try to hide the body and stand towards the side. You do that in MMA and you are going to get rocked simple and plain. The wide stance (squaring up) which is so frowned upon in boxing is praised and taught and is soo practical in freestyle (you can thai kick, knee, sprawl soo much easier, faster and more effective). The boxing stance and everything about how you move in boxing is just not practical in MMA. So to everyone that made fun of Liddel's punch I feel sorry that you would associate or compare what you think is right in boxing to MMA and just for ****s and giggles I've been a Muay thai fighter and Freestyle fighter since I was 17 and have been practicing both since I was much younger (runs in the family). So I have some inkling to what I am talking about. I saw nothing wrong with Liddel's punch whatsoever.
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-Ace

[peewee1460]

liddells punch is fine for the ufc. but, unless ur hands are considerably faster than ur opponents, this is just not an intelligent trick to pull more than once a fight or sparring session. it's just to looping to be effectivley on a regular basis