step back uppercut on this video i'm going to talk all about the rear uppercut we've
got three different variations of the rear uppercut we've got the short range
the mid-range and then the long range i'm going to show you
exactly how to throw each one and tell you when you should be throwing these punches
my name is tony jeffries olympic bronze medalist former undefeated professional boxer
seven times national champion european champion welcome to my youtube channel so the rear uppercut
this is actually a very hard punch to land when you're leading off with it especially when you're
throwing the long range or even the mid-range it's super hard to lead off that punch and land
it and i'm going to get into the long range lead uppercut first this is what it looks like
and as you can see i got quite a bit power into that punch it was pretty fast and i
stepped with the punch as well to get my weight and the full force of my body behind it so when
you're doing this you're going to step then punch immediately after and if you think that
i've got an opponent here and i'm out of range i'm stepping in range but i'm still throwing
that long punch and when you walk from that long uppercut the finished position will look like this
going out there i'm not on a 90 degree angle or i'm not on the short range side this is the long
one so your arm comes out and you want to drive the force forward a common mistake with thrown
uppercut is people will throw it and they'll and they'll try and bring the power up and go back
over there don't do that you want the force to go forward and punch straight through it again
and that's where the power comes in so when would you throw this long lead
uppercut in a fight well if you are in with an opponent who let's see throws a big long
sloppy right hand and he puts his weight over his front foot and his head forward
he's in this position here he's in a perfect position to hit him with that long lead
uppercut so i'm moving the bag is that as if that's him coming in and as he comes in
big long lead uppercut and again if he's moving on to that punch
you're going to get more power into it because the force of him moving into it and you punching
through it increases the force a lot now moving on to the mid-range uppercut it looks like this
and as you notice how how i'm throwing this i'm really turning my hip
and punching through that target again like the long range one i'm not punching
up and trying to come up like that or i'm going to end up punching myself in the face
like you might have seen tyson fury do that one time on his youtube you want to
really drive through the punch turning your hips and getting your body weight into it
so when would you throw this in a fight i like to think about if i'm fighting someone who's shorter
opponent than me if you think like a little mike tyson who's marching forward like this he's the
perfect guy to blast them with that uppercut so with this one you can do it move them back
which looks like this step back uppercut then you can do it stepping forward which looks like this
wait for the bag to go come and step forward step forward and then as well you can do it just on the
spot here turning that hip getting the power in and like i said the best time to use this
if you aim with a smaller opponent who's marching forward wrap that in and with this you can't just
only throw it off the jab you can throw it off the hook or you can throw it off a one-two hook
and put it all together until you kind of perfect it and now before we get on to the most popular
version of the uppercut what you should definitely learn to master the short range one
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boxing so moving on to the short range uppercut i absolutely love this punch and it looks like this
such a good shot and when would you throw this well i'm guessing you know when you're
inside with an opponent you would throw this punch and every single fight in the history
of boxing just about ends up inside the pocket where you can give you that chance
to throw that shot and the reason why i love this punch so much is because you can set up
so many different punches with it if you think i'm in front of you i threw that uppercut there
what you're going to do chance are you going to block there so it leaves you open for the body
so i'll throw uppercut hit the body i can throw it uppercut your hands come forward i
can hit you around the side there the short range uppercut is one of my favorite punches
in boxing it's something that you should definitely definitely try to perfect and get
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