Who had the most powerful right hand among light-heavyweights?

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  1. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Who had the most powerful right hand among light-heavyweights post 1940? I am asking post 1940 since there is limited footage available of a lot of great light heavyweights pre 1940.

    Obviously Foster had the hardest left hook. But who had the hardest right hand? Moore? Spinks?
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

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    Spinks, Moore, Saad.
     
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  3. Jimmy Elders

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    The old mongoose
     
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    People seem determined to rate Sam Langford as a light-heavyweight, so Sam Langford.
     
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  5. AwardedSteak863

    AwardedSteak863 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Spinks
     
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  6. lufcrazy

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    Langford
     
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  7. JohnThomas1

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    I like Spinks right hand for power. It was nuclear.
     
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  8. The Morlocks

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    Matthew Saad Muhammad
     
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  9. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Moore or Langford
     
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  10. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If you ask about post-1940, then Moore is my choice. If we include all eras, Fitzsimmons.
     
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    Who had the most powerful right hand among light-heavyweights post 1940? Good choice otherwise!
     
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  12. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Certainly a candidate.An Irish second rater could crack with his right hand , guy called Darren Corbett.
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    Lloyd Marshall?
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    Bob Satterfield!
     
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  13. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    I would tend to agree.

    I do think Fosters left hook is singularly the hardest punch in modern light heavyweight history. I think Fosters left hook is slightly more powerful than Spinks right hand, but only slightly.
     
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  14. JohnThomas1

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    Fosters hook is hard to argue against. The thing i remember about the Spinks Jinx is that basically no-one could take much of it.
     
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  15. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The Deputy Sheriff's straight right hand is by far one of the best. The only one to rival it for me would be Saad's overhand right/ right uppercut. But Spinks did have a helluva right hand himself. Those would be top 3 for me.
     
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