How to Destroy With Body Hooks | Boxing Technique

There’s a few very effective techniques in landing top-rate body hooks in boxing. It’s worth putting the effort in to master these techniques. Put simply, a well-landed body hook can end pretty much any opponent. This is an in-depth boxing technique tutorial that will help you ensure that you have the best possible chance of landing that fight-winning hook.

The Long Range Bomber

There are a couple of starter ways to land your body hooks from long range.

The first is following up one of your straight punches, either your jab or your backhand.

If you are following your jab with the left hook to the body, you can put an inside slip in there to give you more leverage.

If you are using the straight backhand then you don’t need the slip because the rotation involved in that straight right hand gives you that leverage.

You can evolve the principle of following up your straight punches with body hooks by using 3 straights followed by the hooks.

This combo is about overwhelming the opponent with the head shots to leave openings for those whipped in hooks.

Close Range Options

Body punches are a fundamental part of close range fighting.

The a cool option is to switch from head to body, the logic being that if you hit the head an opening will come to the body.

The left hook to the head followed by the left hook into the liver is a really effective combination.

Aim to whack the body hook in as quickly as possible after the head shot so that you grab the opening.

There’s also what I call tap & whack.

You throw two shots – the first is a tap, the second is a whack.

Understand that you are using the tap as a diversion. So if you tap to the left side of the opponent’s head, an opening could be created on the left side of their body.

If you tap the left side of your opponent’s body an opening could be created on the right side.

If you tap up the centre of your opponent’s body then an opening can be created on either side of your opponent’s body.

You get the picture.

What if you want to attack the centreline of your opponent’s body with hooks?

Here’s where the stance switch comes in.

Normally you need to use straight punches or uppercuts to attack the centreline of the opponent.

Using the stance switch to either side means that you can attack the centreline of your opponent, specifically the solar plexus, with your power hooks.

Bonus Combo

You can also use body hooks to open up big power hooks to the head.

Try four fast, low power hooks to the body, followed by a power left hook to the head.

Start your body shots with the left hook, finish the combo with a left hook.

Speed low, power high.

The punches to the body divert the opponent’s defenses leaving them open for the hook to the head.

There you go, 5 boxing combos that bring focus to landing those body shots.

Let me know what you think below.

Cheers

Fran

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