Which fighters were great at setting up uppercuts without being countered?

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  1. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Which fighters were great at setting up uppercuts without being countered or defensively compromised?

    Mike Tyson comes to mind. Slipping to his right, using a right hook to the body and then throwing a huge right uppercut while slipping into a southpaw stance.

    Who else?
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Carlos Zarate was especially good at it.
     
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  3. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Johnson
    Holmes
     
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  4. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Lennox.
     
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  5. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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  6. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Roy Jones, Jr.
    Jack Johnson
    Ricardo Lopez
     
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  7. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Even on the less than ideal old films Johnson’s
    uppercut looks brilliant. Perfectly disguised, laser fast and requiring next to no room or shift in his feet to launch it with full leverage.
     
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  8. Thread Stealer

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    Juan Manuel Marquez

    Alexis Arguello: not only to the head, but more so to the body. He so often threw it in the middle of a combo, and it set up shots to the head.
     
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  9. haNZAgod

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    Probably more of an underrated pick but Prince Charles Williams had some nasty uppercuts, Aaron Davis too.
     
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  10. Journeyman92

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    Jorge Paez and James Toney too.
     
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  11. FThabxinfan

    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Saddler ate shots when he threw uppercut sometimes,but it's mostly smothered/has less steam because of his grappling techniques,I guess Saddler enters in.

    Maybe Viruet, Buchanan and De Jesus were able to get a few shots in when Duran was about to throw an upper,but it's the same case as Saddler (plus his insane workrate saved him in those fights)
     
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  12. Thread Stealer

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    Toney destroyed Barkley with uppercuts. It was a beautiful performance.
     
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  13. drenlou

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    Zab Judah was pretty good at it.
     
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  14. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Vernon Forrest's uppercut was great.
     
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