Why don’t commentators like saying ‘right hook’?

It’s always ‘a right hand’, they have no problem saying ‘left hook’ or any other punch for that matter, whether it be straight right, straight left, right uppercut, left uppercut, but they seem to refuse to say ‘right hook’ and simply call it a right hand.

Why is this?

 

I noticed the same thing too. Rarely, it's described as " rondhouse " but never as a hook.

 

Thrown from an orthodox stance it is more of a cross than a hook.

 

I think unless it's a southpaw they avoid that term.

 

My first coach called it a hook when rounded to get behind the guard. He was taught in the Navy in the 60's and trained up and down the West Coast during his career. Not sure if this is a regional thing.

 

That's my policy. I'm in the "you hook with the hand you jab with" camp, and will usually just call it a looping right when coming from an orthodox fighter.