I have been hurt by and I have hurt people with bodyshots so I know how important and deadly they can be. Usually people set the head up with the body, but how does one open up the ribs for a good liver punch???? The only ones Ive landed good have been more or less lucky. But I seem to telegraph or something cause 90 percent of punches i land are one elbows. Advice???
Jab-left hook to the body 1-2-bump off to the right-3 downstairs (between the elbows) 1-2-3-3 downstairs 1-2-3 downstairs 3 downstairs-overhand right-3 downstairs Slip the straight right while throwing a straight right downstairs Everyone knows the punch hurts, so it's important to get your opponent to shield in order to impede his vision. You can set a pattern where you throw a combo, then move to your right. When he gets used to it, throw your combo, move left, and throw that hook. Jab, feint the right hand, throw the hook. Throw a right hand and let your right leg swing around into a southpaw stance, then throw the left uppercut. You can drop your left arm and invite his right hand, then slip it and throw the hook. You should establish your speed early. He's much more likely to cover up if he feels he's too slow to avoid your punches by moving. Also, keep in mind that there are plenty of different body shots besides the left hook, and they all hurt. I've started focusing on landing my right hand downstairs a lot more, and since then I've found that the left hook lands much easier. Keep him guessing. Tons of ways, just be creative and try out your ideas in sparring. If it works for you, keep it
I find it much easier to land this punch in the form of a left hook as a counter to a straight right hand after slipping it or as a counter uppercut to a right hook or jab from a southpaw . I do,however, believe you'll deliver the punch with more force if it's delivered as an uppercut in close so you'll have to be able to close the gap pretty quickly or beg to fight a southpaw...lol. So basically you can program yourself to look really hard for countering opportunities like the ones above or use feints. Feints work great against certain guys but not others because the success or failure of a feint depends wholly on how he is perceived by his opponent in that moment. Let's say you're feeling good, you're touching him at will with the jab, your 2-3 is finding the target then you use the feint, he brings his guard up then...BOOM! On the flip side,let's say you and your opponent are evenly matched or he's maybe a bit more seasoned than you are...you're trying your darndest but you're just not finding a home for your jab and your opponent is the one who's landing at will...you get frustrated so you use a feint to the head(which your opponent doesn't respect) and look for the home run to the body then...BAM...you get caught by a 6-3 combo and you're done. In short, feints are great to use to set up body work but make sure that you've set up the feints.:good
I'm a southpaw so I dont know if it will work for orthodox fighters but when I fight orthodox guys, if he carries his left low, I usually jab his elbow or just the middle of his body to really tuck his arm in I really quickly wrap the right hook around the elbow, pretty much a jab-hook combo to the body with the same hand.
I like this combo very much, but do you mean to say that your left leg should swing back, putting you in the sp stance?
I've just started using the quick left to the head, hard left to the body like Micky Ward and Billy Irwin did. Works well. The hook to the body is hard, but it's got to be fast too because you may only have a short period of time where the ribs are exposed after he moves his arm for the hook to the head. Throw it from in close, I like to be more towards the right of my opponent (on his left) when I throw it.
When I do it my left leg stays put. Need some space for it. I usually use it when he's just about on the ropes, and my right leg kind of traps him. It puts you into a southpaw stance, albeit very squared up. Duran used this on Leonard, and apparently it's something Bob Fitzsimmons used to have a lot of success with as well. I've just recently begun using it. Haven't got it down yet, but it feels like it'll click sooner or later. And that Micky Ward combo is probably the easiest way to land the liver shot. You either have to be very quick with it, or make the first hook EXTREMELY powerful. If he blocks it, it should knock him off balance a little and disorient him so you can sneak the second one in. Works brilliantly on a tired opponent.
The use of steps is being understated here. A small step to your left increases your leverage on a left hook to the body (particulary inside) a hell of a lot. When inside get your head to the left (as in their right side of your opponents body) take a small step and let a left hook fly. An absoloute killer.
Like he said...that jab is done with a diagonal step left, then comes the body punch. Or you can step straight in with the jab, slip left, and come up with the body punch.
