Fighters who were overtly reliant on one punch

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  1. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Were you a victim by chance? Would explain a lot.
     
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  2. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Always to a degree, but especially later on; Bobby Chacon and his right hand.
     
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  3. DirtyDan

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    Adonis Stevenson as time progressed only had his left hook. Tbf it did bail him out a couple of times.
     
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  4. Samart'sTeep

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    David Tua with his left hook.
     
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  5. Pugguy

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    Good call. I was thinking of Donnie The Golden Boy and his bionic right hand. Not enough to hold off Sugar Ray. That was a spectacular KO win for Leonard.
     
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  6. willcross

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    Young Pacquiao and his straight left
     
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  7. Journeyman92

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    Joe Frazier… took a minute? Thought he’d be the #1 pick.
     
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  8. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    i can agree Frazier was overly reliant on the left hook. But he did work the body with both hands. His right hand to the body was effective.

    Whereas a guy like Wilder is almost entirely one handed.
     
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  9. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    He might have overused the left hook but he had a lot more than that. Tua ko'd Michael Moorer with a right hook.

    He ko'd Daniels with a double left uppercut.
     
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  10. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    When I see "overly reliant", I think of it in a way that was to their detriment. Frazier was so damn good with that hook that he'd have been nuts to not spam it all night long every fight. It was his fastest punch, it was his hardest punch, he threw it equally well to the head and to the body, and somehow he could double or triple it up rapidly.

    So he was reliant on it, but overly so? No, wisely so.
     
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  11. Shay Sonya

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    Earnie Shavers and his right hand bomb!
     
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  12. Eddie Ezzard

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    Smart arse.

    But very good.
     
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  13. zadfrak

    zadfrak Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Holmes and that great jab deserves a mention.
     
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  14. ipswich express

    ipswich express Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The first thing that came to my mind and the first reply here :D
     
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  15. janwalshs

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    Pipino's left hook.
     
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