How to Throw a Straight Right Like Wladimir Klitschko

One of the hardest hitting heavyweights in professional boxing, Wladimir Klitschko's right hand hits like a proverbial freight train. His straight rights have ended many of his matches, catching unwary opponents off guard in the body or chin. Learn how to throw a straight right like Klitschko with the following steps.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

1. Come hard off your back foot. Klitschko uses his tree-trunk legs to put power into his punches. Get a firm stance and use your thigh muscles to propel yourself into your punch.
2. Use your lower torso to twist more energy into the punch. Klitschko's massively muscled torso allows his to bring while whole body to bear when throwing straight rights.
3. Open your opponent's guard up with jabs. Klitschko will paw at his opponents with hard left jabs, putting them on the defensive. This also helps to feel out the range of your opponent. When his opponent comes up too high with his guard to block a jab, Klitschko will sledgehammer in with a straight right.
4. Control the tempo of the fight. Klitschko has a strong sense of the fight's progression and will alternate between offense and defense in order to keep his own rhythm up while wearing down the opponent.
5. Keep your left hand up to guard against a counter punch. Klitschko has always been a strong defender, and he keeps guard up even while on the offense, making it hard for his opponents to exploit openings.
6. Finish the fight quickly. Klitschko has always suffered from a lack of stamina and once collapsed in the 11th round of a fight, ending a 24-match winning streak. Use powerful and aggressive punching to force a TKO from your opponent.