At age 37, Shane Mosley’s better days appeared to be behind him following a narrow loss to Miguel Cotto in November 2007 and an unimpressive victory over Ricardo Mayorga four months ago. That all changed with his domination of Antonio Margarito.

Sugar Shane Mosley shocked a sold out Staples Center with 20,820 people on Saturday night in Los Angeles, USA with a brutal 9th round knockout of Antonio Margarito.

The boxing match was not even close and Mosley won every round convincingly. Speed was the key to the win. Margarito simply had no answer to Mosley’s fast combinations and lethal straight right hand. Every time Margarito tried to set himself for his punches, Mosley’s fast hands had rattled off an explosive combination which unsettled the champion and kept him out of any sort of offensive rhythm.

30 year-old Margarito 37-6 (27) was knocked down at the end of round 8 by a sizzling right hand, left hook combination. Still wobbly on his legs, the champion was then defenceless on the ropes in the opening seconds of round 9 after a follow-up Mosley barrage.

Referee Raul Caiz jumped in to save the Mexican from any further punishment as his corner threw in a white towel. The match was stopped at the 0:43 minute mark. CompuBox punch stats recorded Mosley landing 178 total punches to Margarito’s 108.

Mosley, who weighed the maximum 147 pounds, raised his record to 46-5 with 39 knockouts.

Margarito, who weighed 145.8 pounds, dropped to 37-6 with 27 knockouts.

The hook whether is a left hook or a right hook could be a very damaging blow whether it’s thrown to the head or the body. In this video I illustrate how to throw a left hook to the face. “For hooks to the body go to body shots”. The hook is usually thrown immediately after the one two. So it’s called the one two three combo. These punches are probably the only universally known punches by numbers in boxing. The hook should be part of any combo you may throw. Some fighters like to develop the hook to be their strongest punch because it’s usually coming from the hand that closest to your opponent .

The one two combination is probably the most famous and fundamental set of punches in boxing. It’s a jab immediately followed by a right hand or a left hand if you’re in a southpaw stance. This is a combo that no matter what level you’re in, it will probably be used the most. It can be varied in many ways from a double to triple jab fallowed by a right hand or left hand depending whether you are an unorthodox or a southpaw fighter. The one two combination can be very effective when thrown correctly and with the right timing. It can also be a very effective combo to throw at the end of another set of combo. And in boxing they are endless amount of different kinds of combinations.

The straight right hand is the second most important punch in boxing. The straight right hand is usually thrown after the jab. It can also be a very effective and damaging punch when used as part of a combination. For a person that is right handed it’s usually their strongest punch vice versa for a person that is left handed then it would be the straight left hand. Now they are many exceptions to this. What I mean is that a lot of fighters work specifically to develop other punches to be their strongest punch. Depending on their style, size or whether they are right handed fighter in which is they are called “unorthodox” stance or left handed “southpaw” stance.

The jab is one of the most important punches in boxing. The jab helps you establish your distance between you and your opponent. Can also be used for many strategic reasons, from offsetting your opponent rythmeto keeping your opponent at bay if you’re the taller fighter or helping you get inside your opponent if you’re the shorter fighter. Also the jab can be used for setting up the opponent for other punches and also for simply just wearing your opponent out.