Joe Louis and Joe Frazier on the left hook in their respective boxing manuals

fighters with great left hooks are a dying breed.

 

Thats simply because the left hook is a more useful tool than the uppercut, the left hook can land anywhere on the right side of the body and can be thrown from many angles, the uppercut is primarily thrown to the jaw and pit of the stomach at close range, missing an uppercut is also more dangerous

1 of the better displays of consistent uppercut use in recent years is Mayweather-Chavez fight where FMJ counters with the uppercut as Chavez keeps coming into close range and throwing left hooks. Lennox, Tyson and Hamed had brutal uppercuts. The Klitschkos would be allot better if they had excellent uppercuts

 

Right, look at Tito's right leg he's always on his tip toe ready to pivot that left hooks, or even both for a hail marry but that may throw you off balance

 

Cheers

 

You ain't lyin.

 

Jack Dempsey wrote a whole chapter on the hook in his excellent manual. You can read it at www.freecirclefighting.com

Dempsey taught me to punch. I kept suffering hand trouble till I learned to aim with the second knuckle, next to the pinky, as Jack advises.

 

Bumping this classic thread.

 

Donaire seems to have a good hook. Great thread, were there comments on the straight right hand as well?