What's the single best left hook you've seen thrown?

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  1. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Not the guy with the best lifetime hook, but one in a fight that was astonishing, there are so many that come to mind :

    Joe Louis , Max Baer
    Frazier nailing Ali
    Robinson Fulmer
    Curry, Milt M.
    Barkley clipping Duran

    Frazier dropping Ali is the most famous
     
  2. surfinghb

    surfinghb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Patterson's on Ingo was sweet!!!
     
  3. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think Henry Cooper's when he decked Ali is often overlooked as how good of a punch it actually was.
    Most of the focus is on what happened next after the bell went.
     
  4. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tony Zale, Graziano!
     
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  5. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    But Duran didn`t even go down.
     
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  6. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    It wasn`t as hard the hook Frazier hit Ali with.
     
  7. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    But it was a wicked short, snapping left hook! I was astonished Duran stayed up right.
     
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  8. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hardest doesn't always mean best.
     
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  9. KasimirKid

    KasimirKid Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Walcott-Charles III is as good as it gets. Maybe there are hooks just as good, but the symmetry of Walcott shuffling casually toward Charles, slipping inside his lead, and then landing a perfect hook to kayo him with a single punch while Charles slumps slowly to the canvas is unsurpassed.
     
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  10. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    The hook Tyson hit Tubbs with in the second round was good because of Tubbs after he was hit.
     
  11. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    To the chin ::Alfonso Zamora had a perfect left hook.
    To the body: his stablemate Lupe Pintor all the way.
    Best left hook ever-Mike Weaver ko Big John Tate 15 on a night of left hooks.
     
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  12. McGrain

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    The one my Uncle Logan landed on Dram Mackay at the 1999 Struy Mauld dance was ****ing unbelievable.
     
  13. Contro

    Contro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Maurice hope getting sent into outer space by Derrick Jefferson.

    Edit: Maurice Harris
     
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  14. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    the one on Duran turned him around and he stayed up. Curry with Milton was odd. He just reached out and Milton was down. I like Matthew Hilton's left hook.
     
  15. richdanahuff

    richdanahuff Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Morrison-Ruddock
    Ruddock-Smith
    Tyson- Berbick
    Curry- McCrory