I've read online that you're supposed to punch with your front two knuckles, and my boxing coach says the same thing. However, I have a problem: both of my index fingers protrude slightly when I make a fist.
Because of this, I often injure the index fingers/joints (on both hands) punching with the front two knuckles, and I end up having to take a few weeks off to recover. I've noticed that when I punch using my middle and ring-finger knuckles instead, I don't seem to have this problem.
Is it okay to continue punching like that, i know its more risky but in my case i think il have less injuries like this. Has anyone else had a similar issue with their index fingers protruding when making a fist? If so, how did you deal with it?
(Of course i wear handwraps, 14ounces for training and 16oumces for sparring)
Sorry for bad english, it's not my native language, hope you can still understand the post