Did Lennox Lewis have the best uppercut ever?

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  1. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Simple question?
     
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  2. Mendoza

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    Ever? I would say no. But he had a very good one for sure. Right up there with Tyson.
     
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    No. Simple answer.
    Out of the heavyweight Champs, I would rate Johnson and Holmes uppercuts as definitely superior.Other possibles Foreman,Louis.
     
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  4. Muchmoore

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    Holmes KO of Weaver with his uppercut was incredible, but I don't think it held nearly as much power as Lennox's.
     
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    Lewis was a big man 250 plus. Not too many heavyweights even throw an uppercut, but his was effective. Razor Ruddock had one of the best uppercuts for a heavy and almost used it exclusively with a shitty pawing jab and nothing else.
     
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  6. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Riddick Bowe also had a great uppercut.

    Foreman and Shavers threw uppercuts with the most power in my opinion. Jack Johnson could throw uppercuts from the clinch like no one else I've ever seen.
     
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    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    At heavyweight?

    Arguably. I like Johnson though. Juan Manuel Marquez has a better uppercut than Lewis!
     
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    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Not as powerful but his uppercut was probably more effective than Lennox Lewis's was. He landed some good ones on Mercer and Shavers.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Aev0x7UCJk

    Lewis usually threw his while pulling his opponent's neck down. It's technically illegal but very effective.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqRLgzG4wqw
     
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  9. GPater11093

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    Marquez has some of the best uppercuts i have ever seen
     
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    Does Willard rate?
     
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  11. DINAMITA

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    Foreman, Tyson and Lewis had great uppercuts. I'm sure I've seen Shavers throwing some tasty ones in his time too.
     
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  12. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    I was going to shout out Riddick Bowe, he has a great one too.
     
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    I agree Lewis was blatantly fouling the way he did it sometimes. Watch the Bruno fight its a joke. He should have been DQ'd for it, as it ended the fight.
     
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    Lennox Lewis certainly perfected that holding-and-hitting uppercut of his. He destroyed Michael Grant with those foul punches. Lennox The Lion was a mean motherf*cker. Loved the rough stuff.
     
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  15. Bill1234

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    I think Tyson had the best uppercuts, fast, compact, extremely powerful, and he could drop you with both his left and right uppercut.

    Lennox had a very powerful uppercut too, but he would sometimes load up on it from a distance, and that can be pretty dangerous.

    Earnie Shavers's right uppercut was fantastic, his KO's over Jimmy Ellis and Ken Norton was the cause of the right uppercut.
     
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