Best 10 left hooks in Hw history

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  1. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tua
    Cooper
    Morison
    Frazier
    Bowe
    Ruddock
    Liston
    Louis
    Tyson
    Holyfield
     
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  2. Phil_Ivey_76

    Phil_Ivey_76 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'd say Gerry C had the hardest left hook in history.
     
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  3. Azzer85

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    Evander The Real Deal Holyfield.

    Knocked down Tyson, Bowe and Mercer with single left hooks and also rocked Foreman to his boots in the 2nd round i believe, with a left hook.
     
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  4. Unforgiven

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    Galento
     
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  5. uncletermite

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  6. uncletermite

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    Holyfield hit mercer to the body,mercer took a knee to avoid further damage that he saw coming,Holyfield never dropped Mercer with an actual hook,he shook him up with one.He also hit Foreman with hundreds of punches afterwards .
     
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  7. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Somewhat chronologically...

    Jim Jeffries
    Sam Langford
    Jack Dempsey
    Joe Louis
    Tony Galento
    Sonny Liston
    Joe Frazier
    David Tua
    Tommy Morrison
    Wlad Klitschko
     
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  8. N_ N___

    N_ N___ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Forgot him. He's way up there.
     
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  9. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Morrison and Klitschko way too high.
     
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  10. Seamus

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    Morrison is on the cusp. All of his victims were b-raters or long in the tooth, as were ****ey's.

    Klitschko has KD'd and KO'd some excellent fighters with his hook.
     
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  11. Pugilist_Spec

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    I think Wlad's hook is probably the GOAT. So quick and vicious. Usually an insant KO.

    Otherwise it's a pretty standard list; Frazier, Tyson, Louis, Holyfield, ****ey and so on...
     
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  12. Unforgiven

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    Jersey Joe Walcott deserves a mention.
    His left hook KO of Charles was excellent.
     
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  13. uncletermite

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    I would put Wlad number one but he didn't use it enough,his hook is also usually off the jab to set it up,Morrison could throw it without warning more and at different angles,Tyson has the most compact hook and didn't need any wind up on it due to his short reach all three arguably is number one. I think Wlads hook is also deadly since he hits you with it in a blind spot after you get hit with the jab he instantly turns the hook right after it almost instantly..
     
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  14. McGrain

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    I'd have Louis at #1.

    I tell you what, Conney was a bit of a disaster but if Morrison is in ****ey definitely should be. I liked ****ey's better than Morrison's and Frazier better than both of them.
     
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  15. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Who did he left hook KO? Out out 67 fights who did he stop with his 'GOAT ' left hook?

    Ken Norton had a greater left hook than Wlad and his is nowhere mentioned in this thread.

    Wlad doesn't even have a better one than Brewter as was proven as fact when he lost that fight brutally in a battle of left hooks. He couldn't even get his left off on Brewster since he used that old school , time forgotten technique - head movement
     
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