# hook

> punch in boxing, performed by turning the core muscles and back, thereby swinging the arm, which is bent at an angle near or at 90 degrees, in a horizontal arc into the opponent; usually aimed at the jaw or (less often) the liver

**Wikidata**: [Q1569895](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1569895)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_(boxing))  
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