The uppercut (formerly known as the undercut; sometimes also referred to as the upper) is a punch used in boxing that travels along a vertical line at the ...UppercutFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchForotheruses,seeUppercut(disambiguation).Uppercut(formerlyundercut)RicardoDominguez(left)isthrowinganuppercutonRafaelOrtiz(right).AlsoknownasAlbania:AperkatTurkey:AparkatIsrael:סנוקרתEstonia:LõuahaakSerbia:АперкатRussia:АпперкотFinland:kohokoukkuFrance:CoupremontantRomania:UpercutJapan:(Agezuki)Italy:MontanteKorea:어퍼컷China:勾拳Poland:podbródkowySpain:GanchoThailand:Mat-soy(หมัดเสย)Burma:PinLatt-diUnitedStates:UppercutGermany：AufwärtshakenUkraine:АперкотBulgaria:ЪперкътFocusStrikingTheuppercut(formerlyknownastheundercut;sometimesalsoreferredtoastheupper)isapunchusedinboxingthattravelsalongaverticallineattheopponent'schinorsolarplexus.[1][2]Itis,alongwiththecross,oneofthetwomainpunchesthatcountinthestatisticsaspowerpunches.[citationneeded]Uppercutsareusefulwhenthrownatcloserange,becausetheyareconsideredtocausemoredamage.[3]Additionally,itislikelythataboxerwouldmissiftheuppercutisthrownwhentheopponentsareapart.Uppercutsusuallydomoredamagewhenlandedtothechin,buttheycanalsocausedamagewhenthrowntothebody(particularlythesolarplexus)orwhenlandingonthenoseoreyes.[citationneeded]Thepunchmovesasitsnameimplies:itusuallyinitiatesfromtheattacker'sbelly,makinganupwardmotionthatresemblesapirate'shookinshape,beforelandingontheopponent'sfaceorbody.Inaconventionalboxingcombination,itisthesecondpunchthrown,afterthejab,butitcaneitherinitiateorfinishacombination.Whenperforminganuppercut,theattackershouldstayclosetothetarget,soastopreventtheopponentfromdetectingthatthepunchiscoming,andcounteringwithastraightpunch.Anuppercutfromtheoutsidealsolosessomeofitspowerbecausethearmisnolongerbentattheelbowandcannoteffectivelytransferthetotalbody'sforceintheupwardmovement.[4]SamuelElias,alsoknownas"DutchSam",iscreditedwithcreatingthispunchoriginallycalledan"undercut".[citationne