Standard straight right vs overhand right?

[Heroic Wolf]

Hi everybody

Its always been more natural for me to throw an overhand right as opposed to a straight right, I'm also hit faster, harder, and more unpredictably when using overhand right as opposed to straight right. Should I try to ingrain standard boxing straight-right body mechanics into myself or just go with what's natural and doing the better right now?

[eXcessiveForce]

All things being equal, in my opinion it is not possible to make an overhand right as fast as a straight right. Economy of motion says the straight right will be faster. But both are useful and have a purpose. Sometimes you just aren't going to be able to land one or the other.

[Heroic Wolf]

Amazing! I never really thought about how uppercut could counter overhands effectively....

[Heroic Wolf]

Wait, so if he throws a right overhand at me, I should lean to MY right, and counter with a shovel or uppercut to his chin with my right hand? Splendid idea!

[bodhisattva]

Originally Posted by Heroic Wolf

Hi everybody

Its always been more natural for me to throw an overhand right as opposed to a straight right, I'm also hit faster, harder, and more unpredictably when using overhand right as opposed to straight right. Should I try to ingrain standard boxing straight-right body mechanics into myself or just go with what's natural and doing the better right now?

HW,

They are different tools with different usages.

The straight right is great in combinations, and REALLY great for counterpunching.

The overhand is something you are mostly going to use against fighters who are taller than you.

One benefit of the overhand is that it often involves a lot of head movement as you execute the punch.

A great combination for the overhand is to

Jab (to face)
Jab (to solarplex as you drop your head to your right and to the rear a bit)
Overhand (as you move your head to the left and step forward and to the left)

This is a great combo! It keeps your head moving around (always important when fighting a taller opponent with greater reach) and it puts a LOT of force into the overhand (when you whip your head from the rear/crouched position to the forward, upright position)

That's all kind of confusing as I read back over it. PM me if you don't undersatnd.

-Dw

[DonKey]

We were practicing this exact combo against the overhand right yesterday. It's very powerful and even with gloves on it's easy to hurt the feeder in this drill because of the power you generate by slipping and coming up with a hook to the body or chin.

Before I was ever in boxing I had a guy swing a wild left at me. I slipped and came underneath with a hook to the body and he hit the ground. Fastest fight I ever got into.