Sugar Ray Robinson's Body Shot

Bolo punch maybe?

 

it's an awkward punch. I've seen other fighters throw it, but none as fluid and often as Robinson. Kalambay threw this punch well

 

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:huh

That is not what I see from 6:19 to 6:27...

At 6:17 he throws a normal right uppercut. His next punch doesn't land until 6:23 and it's a left hook - after he misses one of those candy cane shots over the back (ducked) set up by a slipped set-up jab. Then he doubles it up (landing it both times).

Watch again:

6:17 uppercut lands.
6:18-6:19 nothing happens as both weave
6:20 set up jab
6:21 attempted candy cane is ducked
6:22 left hook loaded up
6:23 left hook to the body lands
6:24 candy cane loaded up
6:25 first candy cane lands
6:26 candy cane loaded up
6:27 second candy cane lands

He throws it three times during that sequence, that I see (missing once and landing twice). :think

 

Ezzard Charles threw this punch well......Burley too

 

I just wanted to make sure the timestamps you provided were indeed what we're supposed to be looking at (although that doubled-up punch does pretty well match your description of it). :good

It is a good punch, and clearly hurts Carmen as he clinches up immediately. It may have been more a habit that Ray developed in the course of throwing the right hand to the body, just finding it easier to turn over the back end of his glove to expedite contact rather than try to change his angle to zero in with the traditional scoring area (the front flats of the two knuckles closest to the thumb) rather than a specific weapon drafted up by design.

 

It's just a right hand to the body, sort of loopingly angled so it can get past the defensive positions Basilio has put himself in.


McCallum often threw his rights to the body like that, hooked around the left arm of an orthodox opponent from the outside.

 

Arturo Gatti used it occasionally.

 

Ray often threw this punch I always thought it was cool looking.He was actually DQ'd with this punch against "Gerhard Hecht" but was later ruled a no contest as the kidney punch was allowed in the U.S. Big George hasn't been mentioned yet he picked this punch up as a older man and watch the video below he actually moves "Bert Cooper" with the punch.

Ray Robinson 1:08 in...[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsXfQBUkIv8[/ame]

Big George 2:25 in......[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekpJZVoXwJo[/ame]

 

salvador sanchez used it a lot as well.

especially against Pat Cowdell where he was allowed to get away with fouling with it throughout the entire fight, as he struggled with Cowdell's canny defensive positioning.Cowdell's back was marked up bright red.

 

It's basically an overhand right/right hook to the body. Lots of fighters used to use it. Basilio lands one himself shortly after Ray does.

 

There are different schools of thought on when a punch should be delivered with the fist vertical or horizontal. This is usually concerning the hook. Some, like Kenny Weldon, believe a hook should be delivered with the knuckles held horizontally on short hooks, and vertical on longer range hooks. It's almost universal that straight punches should land with the knuckles held in a horizontal position.

When you land a punch in the horizontal position, you want to point of impact to be on your index and middle knuckles. You want to use the middle, ring, and pinkie on vertical blows.

Ray is attempting to land the punch with his knuckles in the horizontal position, and is trying to make the point of impact his index and middle knuckles.