A hook is a punch in boxing. It is performed by turning the core muscles and back​, thereby ... but leaves one lacking in options to follow up with, such as the right uppercut or right hook. ... A hook. Hook in shadow-boxing. Another hook. Left hook in medium range. See also[edit]. Bolo punch · Cross (boxing) · Jab · Uppercut ...Hook(boxing)FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchBoxingpunchForotheruses,seeHook(disambiguation).Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "Hook" boxing – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(August2014)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage)HookAlsoknownasIsrael:מגלSpain:GanchoEstonia:HaakCzech:HákSerbia:КрошеFinland:KoukkuFrance:Crochet(coupcrocheté)Germany:HakenRomania:CroşeuJapan:MawashizukiRussia:ХукItaly:GancioThailand:MatWiyengSan(หมัดเหวี่ยงสั้น)Burma:WaiLatt-diPoland:SierpowyGreece:Κροσέ(krose)Turkey:Kroşe(croche)China:摆拳Latvia:ĀķisLithuania:KablysUkraine:ГукSaudiArabia:خطافBulgaria:КрошеFocusStrikingAhookisapunchinboxing.[1]Itisperformedbyturningthecoremusclesandback,therebyswingingthearm,whichisbentatananglenearorat90degrees,inahorizontalarcintotheopponent.[1][2]Ahookisusuallyaimedatthejaw,butitcanalsobeusedforbodyshots,especiallytotheliver.Hookpunchescanbethrownbyeithertheleadhandortherearhand,butthetermusedwithoutaqualifierusuallyreferstoaleadhook.Whenthrowingahook,thepunchershiftshisbodyweighttotheleadfoot,allowinghimtopivothisleadfootandgeneratekineticenergythroughthehip/torso/shoulder,swinginghisleadfisthorizontallytowardtheopponent.Sometimes,dependingonstyleandwhatfeelscomfortabletotheindividual,theleadfootisnotpivoted.Pivotingincreasesthepowerofthepunch,butleavesonelackinginoptionstofollowupwith,suchastherightuppercutorrighthook.Thehookisapowerfulpunchwithknockoutpower.Variationsofthehookaretheshovelhookorupper-hook;theyarebodypunchesthatcombinecharacteristicsofbotht