Mayweather's lead left hook

He usually fakes the first which makes his opponent move his right hand in front to parry then its free for the left hook.

 

To pull of things Mayweather can do - Train extremely hard for 20 years, with expert coaches.

 

Floyds got a serious problem of throwing his hook with his thumb up and elbow down. As good as he is, he is suspect to the counter right. Corley and Mosley nearly derailed the gravy train. Make sure you throw it right.

 

I use it sometimes in sparring, it's not as difficult as it looks actually. A guy I spar a lot uses them as well, we always make it a point to humiliate the other with a RJJ/FM lead hook.

 

Just do it and see what happens.

 

It's supremely easy to land, just hard to land with any degree of power. For example, those hooks that Floyd dropped Chico with...that'd be hard to do.

 

A way to help set it up is to point your lead foot in the direction of the hook's trajectory slightly before you throw it. Roger showed me this himself way back when.

It's hard to get power on it and still be quick but it can be a nice punch to use to drop the straight in.

 

If you can throw all the normal punches then you should obviously add to your arsenal.

 

If you know the standard shots to the head and body then I would start by adding a right hand lead and leaping left hook. As long as you don't get carried away, hands low, firing them from 6 metres away then they are very effective punches.

 

Mayweather's pull counter doesnt work as good on southpaws