Best uppercut KO: Povetkin KO5 Whyte or Davis KO6 Cruz?

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Best Uppercut

  1. Povetkin KO5 Whyte

    26 vote(s)
    57.8%

  2. Davis KO6 Santa Cruz

    19 vote(s)
    42.2%
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  1. Alo2006

    Alo2006 R.I.P Sean Taylor Full Member

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    Whyte and Baranchyk I was pretty confident were still alive as soon as they hit the ground. LSC not so much.

    I was getting upset watching it, he's been a great figure in boxing, someone who's always done it the right way.

    So now that's the real reason my fake one is that the Whyte KO was come-from-behind. The ref waving it off on the second KD would not have been the worst call ever. So to win from that point, that's more than a single punch.
     
    sasto, Oct 31, 2020
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  3. Alo2006

    Alo2006 R.I.P Sean Taylor Full Member

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    Tank is smaller than Leo!
     
    Alo2006, Oct 31, 2020
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  4. Drew101

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    Leo may have been naturally smaller, but he hadn't been waxed that prior to tonight. Plus, he was doing very well in the round prior to that point. Whyte, in contrast, was previously sent to dreamland by AJ, hurt and dropped by Parker and Rivas and had been shaken on a couple of other occasions.

    Based on Whyte's vulnerability, Davis-LSC gets the nod.
     
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  5. Flo_Raiden

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    Got you covered boss.
     
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  6. Pakkuman

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    That's heavyweight, though... Where the idea of "one punch is all it takes" is the most realized form of the statement.
     
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  7. Pimp C

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    LSC has longer reach and is taller. He can move up to more classes than Tank will ever be able to move up to. LSC was a giant at those lower weights.
     
    Pimp C, Oct 31, 2020
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    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    They were equally devastating to their opponent. It's up to what you like more. A tighter, textbook punch that was nicely set up, or a counter shot with a lot of wind up, which gives it a more powerful look.
     
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  9. Drew101

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    "Whyte is an overrated, fiberglass-chinned sack of sheep crap" is also a realized statement.

    The fact that it's harder to one-punch someone at a lower weight makes a one-shot-KO that much more notable.
     
    Drew101, Oct 31, 2020
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  10. Alo2006

    Alo2006 R.I.P Sean Taylor Full Member

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    Facts! People mix up Tank not being discipline in the pass eating recklessly in between fights thinking he big. his frame is perfect at 130, not 135.
     
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    Yeah he will have to stay at 135 because that's where the money legacy an big fights are.
     
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  13. Dannymita

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    Povetkins was technically gorgeous and better set up... But I think the speed of tanks made it look alot more impressive... Dont get me wrong still beautifully timed but you could almost see the cogs turning in povetkins mind when he set it up and threw the punch.

    This is a really hard call
     
    Dannymita, Nov 1, 2020
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  14. Felix Sanchez

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    Povetkin.
     
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    LSC has always shown a sturdy chin

    Whyte has a fragile jaw

    Tank for me, as it is rare to see little guys possess that type of one punch power
     
    AdamT, Nov 1, 2020
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