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I stand corrected, slightly. If you re-read what I wrote: Just leaving it out like an extension isn't illegal if you're using it as a jab or closed fist punch and not pawing/slapping with it. That isn't illegal, you may get warned by an anxious ref, but the duration of a fight will not be decided by this technique when it is used as a punch and not a measuring stick. I totally agree, however, if you use it solely to measure your opponent or touch ther opposing glove you run the risk of being penalized.
I'll disagree that the extended lead hand negates the counter / overhand cross entirely. A partially or fuly extended lead hand is not going to generate near the force or blocking chutzpah that a recoiled "set" cross punch will generate. If I have my left jab hand extended trying to paw-touch your right-cross hand and you uncork an over the top right or a straight right...I will not stop your punch and the likliness of me pulling my head away from what lean-forward momentum (with my lead left already out) will have me coming in to your punch, unless (as noted above) I have abnormally quick reflexes.
Off the top of my head the only ime I can recall this particular technique being useful, (like really useful!!!) is when Lenox Lewis fought Lionel Butler. I forget which round but he had his jab hand out and touch Butler with two or three stiff jabs in succession. The down-side is that they didn't really hurt Butler but they definitely stifled his progression.
I'll disagree that the extended lead hand negates the counter / overhand cross entirely. A partially or fuly extended lead hand is not going to generate near the force or blocking chutzpah that a recoiled "set" cross punch will generate. If I have my left jab hand extended trying to paw-touch your right-cross hand and you uncork an over the top right or a straight right...I will not stop your punch and the likliness of me pulling my head away from what lean-forward momentum (with my lead left already out) will have me coming in to your punch, unless (as noted above) I have abnormally quick reflexes.
Off the top of my head the only ime I can recall this particular technique being useful, (like really useful!!!) is when Lenox Lewis fought Lionel Butler. I forget which round but he had his jab hand out and touch Butler with two or three stiff jabs in succession. The down-side is that they didn't really hurt Butler but they definitely stifled his progression.
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