Who is your favorite Hooker??

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Who is your favorite left Hooker??

Poll closed Jan 12, 2024.
  1. 1. Joe Frazier

    15 vote(s)
    30.6%
  2. 2. Felix Trinidad

    7 vote(s)
    14.3%
  3. 3. Bob Foster

    6 vote(s)
    12.2%
  4. 4.Sugar Ray Robinson

    8 vote(s)
    16.3%
  5. 5. Oscar De La Hoya

    3 vote(s)
    6.1%
  6. 6. Jersey Joe Walcott

    3 vote(s)
    6.1%
  7. 7. Joe Louis

    8 vote(s)
    16.3%
  8. 8. Pipino Cuevas

    2 vote(s)
    4.1%
  9. 9. Roy Jones Jr.

    6 vote(s)
    12.2%
  10. 10. Journeyman92's Mum

    13 vote(s)
    26.5%
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  1. BoB Box

    BoB Box "Hey Adam! Wanna play Nintendo?" Full Member

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    Who do you think was the master of the non-linear attack?
     
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  2. Ioakeim Tzortzakis

    Ioakeim Tzortzakis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'm going with Sugar Ray Robinson. The one he hit Fullmer with was just about the best punch ever thrown, and the set up was perfect. Two right handed shots to establish a pattern and make Fullmer open up by throwing his own right hand, and then a subtle feint followed by the nastiest hook ever. Fullmer was one of the toughest Middleweights to ever draw breath, and only ever heard the count of 10 once in his life, that being against Robinson. Not to mention the way he would double and triple it almost effortlessly, Frazier's singular hooks were absolute hammers, but he couldn't do it like Robinson did.

    Joe Louis is an honourable 2nd/3rd along with Frazier though. Watch him against Nathan Mann, his left elbow is still in a defensive position when he throws the first left hook, which travels mere inches and is perfectly disguised, almost impossible to detect, yet still unbelievably dynamic and powerful. Robinson's was the best overall, but mechanically, Louis's was unparalleled.

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  3. AwardedSteak863

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    I'm going with Tito for most devastating. Frazier obviously had a great left hook but he wore guys down and took them out. Tito's hook simply decapitated dudes.
     
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  4. William Walker

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    There might've been a more delicate why to put that...
     
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  5. William Walker

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    I HAD to go with Foster, but Robinson and Frazier were mighty tempting.
     
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  6. Melankomas

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  7. Journeyman92

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  8. BoB Box

    BoB Box "Hey Adam! Wanna play Nintendo?" Full Member

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    Well I saw that coming but I didnt expect it from you considering how distinguished your avatar looks.
     
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  9. BoB Box

    BoB Box "Hey Adam! Wanna play Nintendo?" Full Member

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    I think #10 would be your pick?
     
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  10. Journeyman92

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    Even Jeffery Dhamer can wear a Tuxedo and smoke a cigar.
     
  11. BoB Box

    BoB Box "Hey Adam! Wanna play Nintendo?" Full Member

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    Lol!
     
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  12. Journeyman92

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    Actually she’d be my least favourite and I don’t know anyone else on the list personally Lol. However it was her left handed backhand that was her best shot.
     
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  13. Fogger

    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    My original answer was going to be Gigi Rice's character on the John Larroquette Show of the mid-1990s. However, she is not one of the options so I'm going with Joe Frazier. What I liked about Joe's left hook is that it seemed like he was intent on decapacitating his opponent with every hook he threw.
     
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  14. Journeyman92

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    I’m just repeating smarter people here, but I think it’s because he loaded it up on the front foot, he said so in his book. He pretty much couldn’t throw it any other way from that spot and so it had that big vicious arc.
     
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  15. Journeyman92

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    If my Mum doesn’t get more votes I’m gonna spit the dummy.
     
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