Do you get irritated by arm punchers or fighters who don't pivot their feet when punching?

Or fighters who basically never sit down on their punches? I do. Canto and Pep irritate me.

 

For some punches, though, it's good to "jump." I'm orthodox stance and I believe the left hook has maximal power when you step in with it, like stepping in with a jab, but I can't step in with my left foot after throwing a right cross because my weight is already on my left foot, so after my right cross, I throw the left hook while stepping in, which looks like I'm jumping while throwing the left hook. But yeah, always jumping is a bad thing.

 

But it's blatantly incorrect technique and, in my opinion, half cheating by selling out on technique.

 

Well, some of my favorites, like Robinson and Canelo, sometimes don't pivot their feet when punching, but much of the time they do. In a Kid Chocolate highlight, I saw Kid Chocolate actually turn his foot while turning his jab into a left hook, which I found really satisfying and it inspired me to improve my left hook and check hook.

 

I use a Blackburn crouch-like stance (basically Ezzard Charles' stance but more upright and with my lead arm more outward like Robinson's) so I think it's fine, except that Hearns didn't keep his left shoulder up to protect his head (i.e., to block or roll right hands), which was why he was hittable by right hands. It was kind of shocking to see a guy so tall, long, and fast be so hittable.

 

Yeah, I take back what I said about "jumping" with the hook after the cross. But I still believe in stepping in with the hook. I believe it allows for transferring more weight onto the front foot at the same speed as not stepping in. I think it's also better for hooking off the jab since both a proper jab and a proper jab feint require stepping in with the front foot.