best not necessarily in terms of power (although power certainly matters) but also timing, consistency, placement, speed etc. 1. Liston - is the ultimate left hooker. Power, timing, placement, etc. 2. Tyson - speed, devestating to body and head, and had genuine one punch power. 3. Wlad- just a monster of a left hooker and was able to deliver it consistently due to his height and reach 4. Frazier - less powerful than some others but good power, speed, devestating to body and head, could fire it all night long. the consistency and persistence was amazing. 5. Louis - could triple it up, devestating power, great hand speed 6. Cooney - just shocking levels of power, could deliver it to the body and head 7. Tua - probably the most powerful though not the best delivery system due to having slow feet. Still amazing power. 8. Foreman - underrated. He used his left hook beautifully to guide Moorer into his right hand which is a skill. He bloodied Frazier in their second fight with the left hook. 9. Dempsey - not enough footage as some of the others but from what we can see, he had such amazing speed and power with the left hook 10. Morrison Ruddock had a great left uppercut so i am not counting him.
I always thought Holyfield had an underrated left hook. He almost stopped Bowe with a single left hook. Dropped Mercer with a left hook I believe ? And this clip here of Holyfield knocking down Savarese with 10 seconds to go in the 9th round is one of the sweetest left hooks I've seen. This content is protected Here's another sweet left hook from Holyfield in the amateurs. This content is protected
01 - Joe Louis 02 - Joe Frazier 03 - Wladimir Klitstchko 04 - Sonny Liston 05 - Mike Tyson I guess these would be my five picks, for what it's worth. In reality there's very little separating the best left hooks in the business.
I can't believe that Savarese got up from that Holyfield left hook. Turned his head all around.. His neck must have been in severe pain for a few days.. or more..
Holyfield also dropped Tyson with a left hook to the body. That's 3 guys who never hit the canvas (sans Tyson against Douglas) in Mercer, Bowe and Tyson. And I believe he stunned Lewis big time with a left hook in the rematch. I like DMT's list. Holyfield just outside the Top 10 for me.
Wlad fought a left hook battle with Brewster and got demolished. Brewster used have a lefthook highlight reel on youtube but its gone now. Wlad has no left hook high light reel because its a punch he rearly knocked guys out with. He couldn't even deliver a left hook to the body. If you can't hook to the body your not a great hooker. Simple as that. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSFCrWnfUbzJ03kkn_kjfJZ-__vJvIKpkTPJg&s This content is protected Tony Bellew creamed David David with left hooks. WK couldn't land a single left on Haye over 12 rounds. This content is protected
That was a terrific shot. Shades of prime Holyfield. I can’t believe such a faded version of Evander managed to land that.
sorry just saw this. Believe he, i detest Wlad. I do not even rank him as a top 10 all time heavyweight. Guy's reign was awful. I rated his hook highly due to what he did to Chambers but i dislike him more than i can ever put into words.
apologies. Re Chambers Eddie was dead on his feet and 5 seconds away from he final bell before WK delivered the knockout hook. Reckon Brewster puts Chambers away in half the time.
Floyd Patterson is worthy of mention. He gets so undersold and it's mostly to do with size in an era when a lot of people are obsessed with it. He punched miles above his weight and had an electrifying hook, thrown so fast if you blinked you'd miss it. The one that put Ingo out was one of the great left hooks, an historic one. The famous Gazelle punch. This content is protected