Ronald M. sent me this video link of what seems to have been a nice little seminar, what, in the boxing world, is generally referred to as a clinic.

Notice how Wilson demonstrates with an open hand and elbow. This comes from coaching in the gym. When you have naked hands that have just slipped out of mitts, and are about to wrap someone’s hands, it is convenient to coach with the open hand. It also teaches the fighter to practice his hook mechanics with the elbow, which works the power aspects of the motion. It also sets the tone that, if you are a fighter and have just un-geared, and a fresh guy needs an example on the bag, you don’t risk your hand, but slap or check the bag. This transfers to this kind of coaching, as well as open hand boxing for survival, in which you concentrate on position and attentiveness to avoid the knife of a half-beaten man, and to minimize legalities.

The entire focus of this round-long segment was getting out of his wheel house and putting him in your wheel house [the pocket, for you MMA guys]. This is initially shown as a clinch-breaking tactic, which it is, but is also your basic principal of boxing, two hands on one hand, from an outside angle.

The technique Wilson demonstrates at 45 seconds is the pass hook to cross. A cross is a straight rear hand thrown at an angle over the opponent’s lead hand, which it crosses.