Heavyweight with the best UPPERCUT ?

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Foreman. Not close.

Both hands. Had the balance to throw a perfect lead left uppercut while moving his feet even. How many of the others can even throw a left upprcut? Let alone a perfect one or while moving their feet?

 

Lennox Lewis probably.

 

The one he landed on Vitali was sheer class.

 

If you’ve ever fired a gun at an animal close range you’d be shocked by how similar it sounded to the impact. I winced when Vitali took it like an absolute unit.

 

Tyson had the best uppercut, but i liked Lewis's uppercut more. You dont see many super heavyweights throwing uppercuts on the inside like that or see them setting uppercuts up at mid range like Lewis did

 

For sheer power it’s gotta be Foreman and Bowe threw maybe the most memorable uppercut which had prime Holyfield staggering all around the ring like a drunk in their first fight but I gotta vote for Tyson. Never seen a heavyweight throw a right hook to the body followed by a surprise right uppercut up the middle combo before he did it.

 

This is the camp I am in. Tyson had the most effective uppercut I have ever seen. But I don't think anyone landed bombs like Foreman did especially with his own technique and understanding behind the uppercuts he threw. Tyson's was more effective, but Foreman put more sheer power into a punch than anyone else could.

 

Wide looping uppercuts opponents couldn't even locate.

 

Jack Johnson deserves a mention. Jus' sayin'

 

George would sometimes float a right hand (intended to miss but get the other guy to duck into …) to set up the left uppercut as he stepped in. Brutal and brilliant.

 

Foreman in especially his 90's comeback I thought was so seamless in the simplicity of his technique, I mean on surface level he looked so... boring? But really he had become a master in his own right and became a 90's Louis in my opinion. So ergonomic in his punch selection, his defense/guard was so tight and diverse. I mean when Foreman finally learned how to conserve his energy and pick his shots, it's insane to imagine what a 70s Foreman could've done with the wits and knowledge of the 90's version of himself.

 

The Moorer knockout is a perfect example.

George believed that jabbing someone and snapping their head back sent a shock through their central nervous system, straight down the spine to the legs, to weaken them (over the course of a fight) and make them more vulnerable — that a punch might take a man out later in a fight that wouldn’t have gotten the job done in the first round if you break him down with the jab.

He also lulled Moorer to sleep a bit. What Sean O’Grady on commentary on the Tuesday Night Fights used to call ‘first get him used to getting hit, then bring the power.’ So he was paddy-caking a good bit to make Moorer forget the damage one right hand could do … after all, he got hit with a bunch of rights (paddy-cakes) and that wasn’t so bad, was it?

Then the KO punch traveled about 12-18 inches tops, and it exploded on Moorer’s mouth to the point that it ripped it up in side — took 36 stitches inside his mouth to sew it back together.

Man, what brilliant execution of a fight plan. George knew he couldn’t just go out and whale away and blow Moorer out. It took finesse and brainpower to make it happen (along with that wrecking ball right hand).