5 Hardest Left Hookers Heavyweights

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  1. spion

    spion Active Member Full Member

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    Exactly what I was thinking.
     
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  2. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    This is more difficult than I thought. Tyson didn't make my cut because he was such a combination puncher. He rarely hit guys with just one punch, so just judging his hook could be difficult. I left off Cooney which was just stupid. I don't think Jeffries makes it just because when he was KOing guys more often than not it was late and they were midgets. Liston is right on the cusp. I still think Galento deserves top-5. That hook was about all he had and it was devastating.
     
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  3. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Dempsey
    Frazier
    Tyson
    Cooney
    Marciano
    Vlad..does not use it enough
    Weaver
    Rudduck
    Morrison

    At a quick glance...Morrison and Rudduck has suspect chins and Cooney was frail but they had some great highlights, mostly over fighters past there prime and the hook lost its pop when in with the Elite
     
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  4. Sonny Carson

    Sonny Carson Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Mike Tyson took a good number of people out with one punch.
     
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  5. Pusnuts

    Pusnuts Active Member Full Member

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    Agree that Cooney is an omission, from what Ive seen on youtube he was absolutely devastating and I think Foreman rated him the hardest puncher he'd faced
     
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  6. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I think Tua had the hardest left hook of all. I think Wlad Klitschko has a really hard left hook. Then Liston. After these three, I don't know.
     
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  7. tommygun711

    tommygun711 The Future Full Member

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    1 Punch knockout power? I'm not sure
    Dempsey has awesome 1 punch knockout power with his left, and so does Tua. Liston has a great left hook too. Frazier, nah, he was not a knockout artist, he had to wear someone down before KOing them. but he certainly had a lot of power in his left. I like Liston's hook
    Morrison and Rudduck also have pretty good hooks.
    if I were to rate them....
    #1. Jack Dempsey
    #2. David Tua
    #3. Sonny Liston
    #4. Tommy Morrison
    #5. Joe Louis
    #6. Joe Frazier
    #7. Razor Rudduck
    #8. Mike Tyson
    #9. Rocky Marciano
    #10. Gerry Cooney
    Seems like a good list to me, I just can't include Frazier, he was not a Mike Tyson who started fast, He started slow and then maintained that pace for the rest of the fight.
     
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  8. Pusnuts

    Pusnuts Active Member Full Member

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    I wouldnt regard Frazier slow-paced, exactly the opposite, he had very good one-punch power but I dont think he was as devastating with a single hook as some others
     
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  9. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Great to include Weaver , so often overlooked but for straight power one of the best two handed one punch KO guys ...
     
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  10. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tysons left hook as a single punch was lethal. I do take your point as more often than not it was part of a combo. He threw guys across the ring with a single left hook, tomato cans or not, which is a thing ive very rarely seen. Even Berbicks 3 KDs were from a single left hook
     
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  11. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    louis
    frazier
    galento
    patterson
    charles
     
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  12. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Like I said, it is hard task limiting it to 5.

    Revised:

    Tua
    Dempsey
    Morrison
    Tyson
    Cooney

    and I'm still not satisfied leaving off Ruddock, Louis and Galento.
     
    Seamus, Apr 9, 2010
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  13. Hookie

    Hookie Affeldt... Referee, Judge, and Timekeeper Full Member

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    Tua, Morrison, Frazier, Tyson, and Ruddock come to mind first.

    Cooney, Patterson, Marciano, Liston, and Holyfield had nice left hooks as well.
     
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  14. Godfather

    Godfather I put the G in God Full Member

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    Sam Langford and Audley Harrison have to be in there
     
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  15. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Amazing we seem to have overlooked Cleveland Williams ... blazing fast and crunching power ..
     
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