What Is an Uppercut Punch? ... The uppercut is a punch thrown with an upwards motion. Most often it's used at the short range of fighting, but it is ...SkiptocontentSubmitClosesearchBoxingEquipmentBoxingWorkoutsTrainingKickboxingBackHowToThrowaProperUppercutMarch30,2021Theuppercutpunchisoftenoneofthepunchesthatboxersstrugglewiththemost.Basicpunchcombinationslikethejab-cross(1-2)becomesecondnaturetofighters,buttheuppercutisapunchthatcanbetrickytolearn,howeveritisanessentialpartoftheshort-distancegameinboxing.Whenyou'rerightinthefaceofyouropponentandonlyhavethespacetothrowloopingpunches,theuppercutbecomesyoursecretweapontocreateopeningsandlandpunchesonyouropponent.Althoughitistricky,thebasicsoftheuppercutpunchareactuallynotthatdifficulttograspforbeginners.Plus,eventhebasicscangiveyoualeguponyourcompetition.Inthisarticlewearegoingtotakealookatwhatanuppercutis,howtothrowaproperuppercut,andthetechniquebehindit,aswellashowtosetitupanddefendagainstitinafight.WhatIsanUppercutPunch?Theuppercutisapunchthrownwithanupwardsmotion.Mostoftenit'susedattheshortrangeoffighting,butitisalsoeffectiveatmid-distance.It'salmostneverapunchyouwoulduseatlongdistance(anuppercutusuallyfinishesupwiththeforearmperpendiculartotheground,whichlimitsthedistanceyoucantarget).Youcanthrowtheuppercutwitheitherhand.You’llrarelyseeanuppercutpunchtothebody,buttechnicallyyoucouldthrowthepunch,targetingapointlowerthanyouropponent’schin.Herewearegoingtotakealookatbothfront/leadandrearuppercuts,throwntowardstheheadoftheopponent.WhatDoesanUppercutDo?Youcanusetheuppercutpunchtodoavarietyofthings.Atmid-distanceyoucangetyouropponenttobringtheirguarduptoohighandopenthemselvesupforbodyshots.Atclosedistance,anuppercutthrownwithoutpowercanbeusedtolifttheopponent'schin,allowinganopeningforhooks,andsinceit'softenhardtoseeitcoming,thrownwithpower,anuppercutcanbeadevastatingshot.WhatIsaLeadUppercut?Aleaduppercutinboxingcouldmeanoneoftwothings:theuppercutistheleadingpunchthrowninacomboortheuppercutthrownwithyourleading/fron