What better way to make a perfect KO than by allowing the other guy a free shot to throw the uppercut? This content is protected
I'd have liked to have seen that expression on his face when Basile Boli dropped the nut on him at Euro 92. This content is protected The video doesn't do it justice. It was a full blown headbutt when Pearce wasn't looking. He went down and bounced back up and, apart from showing the ref the blood pouring down his cheek, never complained. I'd have loved there to have been a 50-50 between the two of them except Boli, the sneaky twat, would have bottled it.
Pearce broke his ankle for West Ham when he was about 40 - he said to just tape it up heavily and he’ll carry on the game.
Jose Napoles koing Earnie Red Lopez in the 15th has my vote, one right uppercut, Earnie out cold and cut underneath and above his left eye by it.
An uppercut doesn't need to be from the arm opposite the lead foot at all, Wifredo Gomez, Zarate and Foreman in his second career all threw by the book correct left uppercuts. On the other hand Razor Ruddock threw as you put it a hybrid left hook that wasn't a real uppercut. The problem is the left uppercut (for orthodox stance) isn't often taught so theres this misconception. Its not easy to learn correctly without a skilled trainer who knows how to throw it himself.
JMM through the best lead left uppercuts I ever saw. They may not have been textbook straight up the middle but there damn close. He had Peden vomiting blood between rounds from that punch.
One of my favorite moves in boxing is slipping inside a jab and countering with a left uppercut to the chin or solar plexus, then come back with a right hand or roll under and out to your right. The problem is that it requires a pretty high level of coordination in the movements of the body, from the way you turn your weight to slip the jab to the way you move your feet to get close enough to throw a proper uppercut, to the way you move your right foot to put you in position to either throw the follow up right or to be able to roll out. What is a lot "easier" is to step with the left foot, lean over it and swing your left arm because your can compensate for the distance by opening the bend in your elbow. That is what you see a lot of now. It is also why you have a hard time teaching the correct way to people that see their favorite fighters doing it wrong.
The best uppercut in boxing hands down is Bert Cooper vs Cecil Coffee. That's the best uppercut in boxing history. ( If you don't believe me you should watch Cooper vs Coffee or his highlight reel This content is protected
