What's a lucky punch?

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  1. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Guy gets clocked, he's out. Why doesn't the clocker get credit? What distinguishes a "lucky punch" from a regular knockout punch?
     
  2. realdeal561

    realdeal561 Boxing Addict banned

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    Ive always considered Casamayore a lucky guy and that punch he landed on Katsidis was pretty damn lucky. but i really like Casita:lol::lol:
     
  3. Kevin

    Kevin Active Member Full Member

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    Saw it coming vs should have.
     
  4. SportsLeader

    SportsLeader Chilling Full Member

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    Look at McCall vs Lennox Lewis - Oliver throws a wild hook with his eyes completely closed, and when he opens them Lennox is on the canvas. That is the definition of a lucky punch.
     
  5. jc

    jc Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    A punch thrown without aim that ends up knocking the guy out is a lucky punch.
     
  6. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Can you think of a few, jc?
     
  7. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    Lewis is my favourite heavyweight of all time and ranks very high in my ATG list but I would not classify that as a lucky punch. Steward had spotted a flaw in Lewis and had been training McCall to throw the right hand when Lewis went to throw his. In the first round McCall got close to landing it a few times, in the second it found it's target. McCalls eyes may have been closed but he was executing a strategy he had trained for.
     
  8. Dustaine

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    No way, man, it was not a lucky punch.

    A lucky punch would be if you or I knock out say Tyson with one punch.
     
  9. Kel1981

    Kel1981 P4P No.1 Full Member

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    No such thing. You are in there to hit your opponent, if you connect and KO them you did your job. Nothing lucky about pulling off what you was in there to do.
     
  10. Kevin

    Kevin Active Member Full Member

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    Tarver v Jones? Should Roy have seen it?
     
  11. realdeal561

    realdeal561 Boxing Addict banned

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    i know casamayore is, or was, an able fighter but he was on the way to a Descision loss and then Bam, lands the perfect punch that not even he saw coming. Another one is when casamayore knocked guerrero down out of no where.
     
  12. sportofkings

    sportofkings Boxing Junkie banned

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    Id agree with this posters view that a lucky punch is a punch without aim that knocks some one out. This is the first example that comes to my mind


    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmjzFTJMjzo[/ame]
     
  13. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    the one langford KO'd tiger flowers with when both of his eyes went blind.

    No aim, no skill, no opponent, just a thrown punch, in the right place, and the right time.
     
  14. rocky538

    rocky538 Lineal Champion Full Member

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    Prescott vs Khan, that is all.
     
  15. MexicanJew

    MexicanJew Jajajajajaja Full Member

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    Malignaggi when he stunned Juan Diaz in the IInd fight, that was something of a lucky punch. He had no idea what to do, having never actually stunned an opponent before