thumb facing up or thumb facing towards you this
is a question i got asked in the comments on my last video from dan thank you for the question
dan and this is a topic that is hot in boxing what's right what's wrong which
way should i throw the hook is it this way or this way and on this video
i want to tell you exactly what i think my name is tony jeffries olympic medallist
boxer former undefeated professional seven times national champion european champion welcome
to my youtube channel before i give you my opinion on this i'm just going to show you both the
styles of the hook first one thumb facing me next one thumb facing up as you can see they're both great solid punches
under the exact same technique from the ground all the way up this one and then this one the only big
difference is is the positioning of the hand and the arm when i was an up-and-coming young fighter
amateur boxer i used to always love to throw the long lead hook like this with my thumb facing
me i would get a lot of power in it and as well if i threw a long lead hook with my palm facing
up see what happens it kind of turns into a slap and in amateur boxing at a high level you will
get warned for slapping so we used to always get taught and used to always turn our hand like i
said you can get a lot of power and leavage in that punch and later in my career i switched that
punch i started throwing it with my thumb up top like this and the reason why i switched it it
just feels more comfortable to me personally than this way but that being said this way
as well thumb facing me is good as well so basically the answer to this question is
which is better thumb up or thumb facing you the answer is whatever you prefer whatever you're
comfortable with that is the correct answer now when i'm teaching boxing i will always teach
boxing with the thumb up like this because it's less rotation with the wrist the elbow on
the shoulder compared to this one and with less rotation there's less chance that you can get
injured or hurt yourself throwing it so i always teach the hook with the thumb up rather than thumb
towards you but the most important thing from both these punches is the weight transfer from your
front foot to your back foot no matter whether you're throwing thumb up or thumb facing towards
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