Do You Struggle to Land Body Shots? | Setup for the Liver Shot

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Title Song is Lying Low

[hardhurt]

Question for Viewers: We have been boxing a lot lately. What's next?

[poinhteee]

WAAAA!!!
"I don't care if she's 2, no shoes on the mat" - best thing ive heard on the internet this week!!!! PMSL!

[DPham]

One of the best combos my coaches ever showed me was throwing a couple good 1+2's with intent to earn respect, then following up with 1 + a short 2 close distance and get them to cover up + ripping that liver hook.

[Umarzer.]

you get a "like" for no shoes on the mat

[secretagentkay]

0:19 - That death stare she gave him...

[BrgHtBAcK]

No shoes on the mat. Golden rule child, come on!

[ofulero]

The first time I went to the canvas was a left hook to my liver. 2 seconds later my legs kinda shut down and my vision blackedout for like 1 sec and then saw myself kneeled. Nice tricks man! Greetings from Brazil.

[zitoschouten]

Haa!? I landed my first livershot in sparring this week. I did this: come in with a right straight with the footwork of a jab, makes sence? This Will get u in position to throw the hook to the BOOEEEDAAAYYY. Also my sparring partner wassnt stunned at all and said: Good job. I couldnt land one shown like this cuz my opponent would be miles away after the one two and i would always hit air going to the BOOEEEDAAAYYY. love this channel.

[andrewferris]

It's also a matter of conditioning the opponent to look for other combinations, the 1-2-1 and 1-1 conditions them to keep their right glove up for the 2nd jab while you reach for the 1-2-3 and 1-3 TO THE BODY :)

You can also lead with a liver punch, if you look at the body mechanics in a mirror then you can feint between reaching for the body and throwing a lead cross/overhand - that is more or less Mexican style.

[davidcarter]

Boink* haha. I love how you ended the video with timing is key. As always, and excellent video. Keep kickin ass brother

[nickbecker]

I always think it says "Snickers" on his gloves

[Agiranto]

Wow, man, your audio FX game is spot on this time. Its now my go-to in my head for hit sound.
Also really good video. Been struggling with roll hook all the time.

[Okayokayokayokayoh]

0:53 bruh hes like a really friendly giant when he says "kwazzy" 😂

[ankurpandey]

Why can’t people land Liver punches?
Because they don’t even barely have an idea where the liver is😂

[benjaminlokvancic]

This is such a GREAT channel, I needed to cancel my first kickboxing(low kick) fight yesterday due to the fact that I was sick af... Resting and watching your videos made this process whole lot easier!! Great content and very nice explanation going through every step... Keep it up brother, greetings from Bosnia and Herzegovina

[notvisible]

Your example of the beginner body hook is the most accurate thing ever, I used to do it all the time when I first started.

[BodyByBenSLC]

2:50 that is how I won my first boxing match (many decades ago). Under the left hook body punch right at bell, he didn't answer the bell next round. Awe memories.

[TheCamorra]

Great video, only just started landing this in sparring thanks to the extra step in. Didn't think about the hooks as you roll. Thanks!

[JohnRBIV]

damn everytime I need advice on something I open up youtube and coincidentally see a Hard2hurt video on it, thanks again

[gbordenflanagan]

Here’s a conditioning topic: best cardio for people whose knees keep them from running or biking. Steady state or interval? Shadow boxing or more standard cardio like elliptical or swimming?