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The Right Hook

Start with your elbows tucked in (pointing down) and your gloves tucked up
against your cheeks.

While pivoting on your rear right foot generate power through your hips by
twisting them to the right.

Ensuring your right glove doesn’t drop at all while doing so proceed to

throw your right hand in a hooking motion directly to your adversaries’ chin
while your elbow remains slightly bent.

There’s a lot of debate as to which way your knuckles should be facing when
the strike lands – from my experience it comes down to personal
preference… landing your right hook with your knuckles facing either
horizontal or parallel to the canvas in your boxing ring is a matter of what
feels more natural to you.

Once your hook lands successfully immediately return your right glove to
your cheek.

The right hook is a extremely powerful and potentially fight ending punch if
you’re able to land it successfully, however the biggest issue is the right hook
is quite easily telegraphed – your opponent can see a right hook coming from
a mile away compared to your jab, straight right and left hook.