As in right hook thrown from the rear hand in orthodox stance? Or is it considered a "roundhouse" right hand?
Yes, but there are a bunch of terminology issues here. There is the straight right hand. The right cross is a punch that is thrown, generally, after one slips inside an opponent's jab, and the right hand passes over the other guy's left arm; 'crosses' it. To do this, it is thrown in a hooking motion, or overhand. Some people, the right 'cross' became the overhand right, some call it the right hook. It seems that now every right hand punch that is not an uppercut is called an overhand right. You can throw a hook to the body with the right (or rear hand) that looks the same as a hook with the other hand. Usually when punching to the head, the trajectory is different.
Thank u 4d reply. What I had in mind was actually a right check hook from d rear / right hand in n orthodox stance . I think that b/c it comes from de rear hand , it is supposed 2 have more leverage in it .
Yes, it's the perfect punch to combat a high/tight guard. Just watch any Shane Mosley fight and you'll see him able to land it (to the head) more than most other fighters...even as shot as he is now.
I prefer to call it a sweeping/looped right hand or overhand right. The conventional hook is too different for me to really call the two the same punch.
its interesting that the right hook is not talked about so much in north america but in russia it is taught just like any other punches it is considered a heavy blow just like left hook or straight right
