Retired heavyweight individual and unique punches- who was king

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  1. Eggman

    Eggman "The cream of the crop! Nobody does it better! Full Member

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    George foreman

    Foreman with his weird twist on the hook, ‘the walking hook’ as it was named.

    world class uppercut thrown incredibly unorthodox

    2 inch punches that won him a title in his 40s

    vitali Klitschko

    Hands down style with an effective jab/hook that bloodied faces

    weird uppercut straight that opponents were suckers for

    arm puncher but extremely high stoppage rate, excusing the byrd fight, very accurate and threw many punches despite a counter punching style

    Corrie sanders

    for an obese man his left appeared out of nowhere and really suited the name sniper

    fought like an obese drunken sailor swinging for the fences

    wouldn’t throw punches for 2 mins then suddenly jump on an opponent firing shots from all angles

    loved golf, boxed for money. A mans man

    Ken norton

    crab style freaked opponents out

    Effective punching from difficult angles

    well disguised punches

    it’s late so that’s the best I can do, any other mentions?
     
  2. latineg

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    well lots, Razor's smash thing or whatever they called it,,

    not king but unique.
     
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  3. Eggman

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    the uppercut? Or am I thinking of something else
     
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  4. latineg

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    Chris Byrd,
    yeah the half upper cut half left hook, he made it worked, called it either a very low left hook or a very high upper cut, lol
     
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  5. catchwtboxing

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    Hurricane Jackson had the weird double-uppercut.

    Floyd Patterson with the kangaroo hook.

    Razor Ruddock with "The smash," the hybrid left-hook/uppercut.

    Marciano with "Suzie Q," his uncorrected loopy right hand.

    Dustin Nichols with the patented "check-jab."
     
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  6. Eggman

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    the Nichols check jab how could I forget!
     
  7. catchwtboxing

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    Nearly took Wilder right out of there.

    I also just remembered that Jack Dempsey through a shovel hook, which is a slightly unorthodox, or at least educated punch.
     
  8. pistal47

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    Didn't he name it the corkscrew?
     
  9. Heisenberg

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    Marciano’s ‘gazelle’ punch springs to mind
     
  10. George Crowcroft

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    Not one punch, but there's never been a counter puncher like Ezzard Charles at Heavyweight. What he did to top contenders and ATGs is ****ing nuts, and the best of him isn't even on film!

    If he had one unique punch, it was probably his cheque-hook vs Walcott. I can't remember a HW ever doing it so perfectly. His left hook vs Satterfield was a thing of beauty too.

    Hell, just watch this. It's ****ing glorious.
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  11. Saintpat

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    You just gonna overlook Ali’s anchor punch?

    (Contrary to popular opinion, he did throw it — with effect although not for a KO — in other fights than the Liston fight. You can see it a couple of times vs. Cleveland Williams, among others).
     
  12. Rico Spadafora

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    Ruddock’s Smash punch

    Vitali’s slapping left hook thrown while leaning back

    Gerry Cooney’s lead right hand to the body