How to Box in HD - The Right Cross/Straight Right

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As an orthodox boxer, the right cross is the straight shot that carries the power. The right cross very often follows on from the jab but can just as easily be thrown in isolation with the same results. The reason that the right cross carries power is due to the amount of rotation of the hips via drive from the legs. However, if the right cross is not thrown correctly, it leaves the boxer vulnerable to attack and can result in a significant reduction in the boxer's confidence in the shot, something I've witnessed regularly over the years.

In providing this demonstration of the right cross, I'm not saying that this is the only way to throw the punch. As with all of the demonstrations of punching on this site, the aim is to encourage you as a boxer to distinguish between punches, however subtle the differences. I am particularly referring to the similarities between the right cross and the long-range right hook, which in essence is a right cross which approaches the target along a slightly different (wider) angle.

The right cross is part of the 'bread and butter' of boxing. The ability to 'soften up' a target at long range makes the task of delivering a wider range of combinations (incorporating hooks and uppercuts) much easier.