Image: Miguel Cotto lands a left hook on Joshua Clottey
The left hook – is another basic shot in boxing it is thrown again using your body, any shot we throw with power in boxing must be thrown using your body weight rather than just your arm this is called arm punching and even if the shot is landed perfectly it will have nowhere near the effect if you use your body while throwing the shot, firstly the left hand comes slightly away from your head you then twist on your left foot like with the back hand also twisting your hip and left shoulder into the shot making sure you land your shot with the knuckles, this is so that the shot is a scoring shot and also making it a more effective power shot, this is demonstrated in the picture.
