just interested in how everyone executes a long range hook when required. Video would be appreciated. Thanks
my trainer tries to get me to throw a long range left hook but i throw my hooks and uppercuts real compact, i have done since my first day boxing.
Long range hook are dangerous for your self in my opinion. they open you up. Short, nice and compact hooks are much better. Everyone has their own opinions, but I don´t even teach my fighters to use them, long hooks is a big no, no. IMO Cheers the Predator
why shouldnt you have a long range hook? against certain opponents it will land with no problem. If its landing then keep throwing it. For an orthodox fighter it could be useful against a south paw if they can get there feet into the right position to throw it. I think its good to have all the punches in your kit. You just need to know what punches will work for that oppinent.. Throw the long range hook with your knuckles facing you and snap before impact.. I use this punch effectivly. I dont lead with a left hook all the time, i may use a feint first or set it up..It is a effective and powerful punch because you get levage.. tuck your chin in and keep your right hand tight and it is not a dangerous punch to throw..
watch floyd patterson throw his jumping left hand....something like that is nice to use if you are a short fighter....but dont overuse it like someone said before
exactly !! i remember training at another club in the late 70's and the trainer,who'd never been in the ring,was showing us how to throw a long range left hook.:? i was puzzled then and i'm no wiser now.the only fighter i've seen throwing a longish left hook is joe frazier. left hooks are short,whenever i picture a left hook being thrown i always think of carlos palomino, a master
If you can't land it safely then perhaps it's better not to have one, but otherwise I see no reason not to. You can't throw it out of nowhere, I usually set it up with a feint or jab. If your opponent expects it, it's not wise to throw it but that's more a downside of being predicable than the leaping hook.
And btw. before someone mentions that none of us is RJJ, we're not fighting his opposition either. It does not take RJJ's speed to land it against the people I'm in the ring with.
twohands sums it up well. Tha long range hook is an invaluable tool in my opinion. You can use it to great effect on those who employ a high guard if you are a southpaw like me - remember, you aren't looking to ko people with this punch, you are looking to open up oportunities in much the same way as you use the jab. Personally, rather than feint to set it up, I like to throw it off the jab - case in point, with me being a southpaw, I step 'outside' my opponent, throw a lead left at their left forearm (leave it short so they can't counter with an overhand right) , pivot slightly whilst throwing a jab, the pivot sets up the angle to get the long hook in behind their ear, whilst being out of the way of the counter right, the hook pulls the opponents guard up high to the side of their head which in turn leaves the chin wide open to a straight left. Set it up a few times early in the fight without throwing the last straight left to make sure that the opening is there, save it for a few rounds and then seal the deal later on in the fight... works every time! With me being a dirty, dirty fighter (Casa has nothing on me:bbb), I also use it to set up a cheeky left uppercut. I sucker my opponent in by retracting my jab slow and low, as they throw the jab, take a half step back, right hook round the back of the ear/head, pull 'em right onto the uppercut... just don't let the ref see you doing it too many times! In addition to the above, the long range hook is fantastic for manipulating people's movement, Chico Corrales used to do this very effectively.
What i often do - and i'd rather call it an "educated swing", but it can still go as hook - is throw a straight left (i.e. some leverage into it, unlike the jab) just 10-20 cm left from him, but then turn it into a hook at the last moment, so that it still reaches the target. I don't do it too often, but it can be a nice surprise every now and then, and if you do it right, pretty heavy as well.