page_title: Uppercut
section_title: Aim
hierarchical_section_title: Uppercut / Aim
caption_attribution_description: English: Tommy Burns, became the first fighter to agree to a championship with a black boxer, the legendary Jack Johnson, to whom he lost his title.
context_page_description: An uppercut in boxing is a punch that usually aims for the opponent's chin and therefore it is known in the common language also as hook to the chin.
  In the technical language one does not use the expression "hook to the chin", because as a rule one calls a "hook" a punch from the side with the lead hand and almost always the chin is the target of punches.
context_section_description: The uppercut is often used to start or finish a set of punches.
caption: By lifting his right arm Tommy Burns could do an uppercut
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