Who are some southpaws with elite/powerful right hooks?

[ROcknrollracing]

Seems to me that if one person is focusing purely on offense while the other person is focusing on offense and defense then the guy who is trying not to get hit while also dealing damage will end up the winner. Eating shots and fighting through the pain to try and swing back against a more defensively sound fighter seems like a poor way to win a fight.

The attacks I throw on a Southpaw lineup differently than if they are orthodox. My rear hand is linear to their head. My hook has to clear their lead shoulder, as does my left kick. My right kickb gets to land flush square against their torso while also draining their left arm of power when they block. The right low kick is a staple attack in orthodox orthodox fights but if you throw it against a Southpaw, there is a much higher chance of them quickly and easily turning their knee into it, damaging your foot and or shin.

I don’t think I would look at MMA as a sprint. They have a lower strike output than Boxing, rest on the cage, or after hitting a takedown.

As for your Boxing opinion – well that is certainly an opinion.

Seems to me that if one person is focusing purely on offense while the other person is focusing on offense and defense then the guy who is trying not to get hit while also dealing damage will end up the winner. Eating shots and fighting through the pain to try and swing back against a more defensively sound fighter seems like a poor way to win a fight.

The attacks I throw on a Southpaw lineup differently than if they are orthodox. My rear hand is linear to their head. My hook has to clear their lead shoulder, as does my left kick. My right kickb gets to land flush square against their torso while also draining their left arm of power when they block. The right low kick is a staple attack in orthodox orthodox fights but if you throw it against a Southpaw, there is a much higher chance of them quickly and easily turning their knee into it, damaging your foot and or shin.

I don’t think I would look at MMA as a sprint. They have a lower strike output than Boxing, rest on the cage, or after hitting a takedown.

As for your Boxing opinion – well that is certainly an opinion.

It definitely is a sprint for the best fighters just look at Nganno, and watch Khazmat. If the lead leg isn't there you immediately look for the next best option for a takedown or a strike. The best MMA fighters attack attack attack and push pressure on the opponent. The goal is to not get hit of course but if you are standing there like a chess player trying to calculate every move you and the other guy could make you wont succeed at a high level. If it were back in the 90s then defense becomes vastly more important like the Gracies.

It isn't an opinion. It is fact. Mayweather is the greatest boxer of his generation by mastering the Philly shell and playing a defensive counter punching style.

It is two different sports which why MMA fighters like Conor and Nganno get killed in boxing but if it were switched the boxer would lose badly. Its been tried before.

 

[VinceArch]

Most people can get powerful hooks, right or left. One of my favorite combinations when I'm in the phone booth is uppercut, left hook straight right. I only need one of those to land and then I can dip and throw the same combination but end it with a head kick.

 

[DoctorTaco]

you are standing there like a chess player trying to calculate every move you and the other guy could make you wont succeed at a high level

Certainly there is room to focus on defense without standing rooted in place, yeah? And if we are cherry picking our examples, let me borrow Francis who went the distance with one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of a generation. You’ve got Ricardo Fernandez knocking out an unbeaten prospect. Even your description of mayweather is suspect- he averages 40-50 punches a round depending on which weight he was fighting at.

 

[ROcknrollracing]

Certainly there is room to focus on defense without standing rooted in place, yeah? And if we are cherry picking our examples, let me borrow Francis who went the distance with one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of a generation. You’ve got Ricardo Fernandez knocking out an unbeaten prospect. Even your description of mayweather is suspect- he averages 40-50 punches a round depending on which weight he was fighting at.

Yes because you have more time in boxing that is why defense and counterpunching is more important. Any other type of fighting it is to finish the fight quickly whether by submission or strikes.

Manny pacqiou is a seek a destroy style which for a fight that is the better strategy. Floyd dismantled manny quite easily by playing a counterpunching style. Look up the history of boxing you will see the same thing. MMA in its modern form is not designed for defense it is designed to push the action.

Name me one top 20 mma fighter all time that is defensive minded in mma other than the Gracie’s with no time limits and bj penn.