Hooks

My name is Tony Jeffries, Olympic Bronze medallist now co-owner of Box 'N Burn, 2 boxing fitness gyms in Los Angeles, as well as the Box 'N Burn Academy...this i sour education program where we teach trainers how to teach boxers (Link below)

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Tony Jeffries from Sunderland in North East England. From the age of 10, Tony boxed at the highest level amateur and professional for 17 years, representing his country of England, around the world in 55 of my 106 fights. He is very honored and proud to have been team captain for England on many occasions and even for Great Britain a couple of times.

The highlight of Tony's career came in 2008 when he joined the very exclusive “Olympian” club. After beating the Belarusian, Dutch, Hungarian champions and the USA team captain Christopher Downs in his backyard in the World Championships, Tony qualified for the Beijing Olympic Games. I came home with a bronze medal after years of training solid. It was the happiest time of my life!

Tony turned pro after the Games having ten pro fights with nine wins, 5 KO's one draw and 0 loses

For the last three professional fights—from the end of 2010 and all of 2011—He trained in Los…

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There are a couple of different ways to throw your hook punch. I'll share the ones with you that I like best.

First, Terry is going to assume his stance, and he's going to lengthen his stance just a tad more to show you the dynamics of his footwork in this punch. First, he's going to throw the European hook. It's called the European hook because the thumb is going to be pointing to you if you were to make a thumb. It's going to point to you. It's a very defensive punch. Anderson Silva loves this punch.

All right. And he turns the hip over, and if he wants to execute it with more power he turns the front foot over like so. If he pops that front elbow just a tad more it can also serve as a block when I come to him. All right.

Now, watch. If he throws that punch longer, the European hook, and he pops his elbow, all right, it's very hard for me to penetrate with a right hand. Give it a little bit more pop. Hook. Freeze it right there. If his elbow's popped, see, it serves as a block as well. So I like the European hook.

One of Terry's favorite punches is the American hook. We call it the American hook because his thumb is going to be up.…