Best lead uppercuts?

Margarito throws a nice lead uppercut with either hand.

 

Lead uppercuts are dangerous punches to throw, the upjab is more effective imo, but that is usually worked off your combination, like a 1 2, then an upjab.

I think the upjab is the most underrated punch in Boxing, Andre Ward used it to great effective against Kessler, Khan used it to effect against Malignaggi, and most slick fighters are open to upjabs.

 

Jose Napoles.

 

Watch JMM-Terdsak and Clottey-Judah.

 

I would suggest that you should not lead with an uppercut to often, it requires very good athleticism/reflexes/timing. It's a dangerous punch to lead with that could get you into all sorts of problems. If you're gonna do it, do it with the lead hand and not the backhand.

I would say Roy Jones, but i wouldn't really advise anyone to study him for technique or how to throw proper punches. Mayweather does it really well, on the odd occasion and knows how to roll away from the counters and does it with timing.

If you're a lefty then maybe Marvin Johnson.

The key is feints and a good set up.

 

JMM throws lots of lead uppercuts from far.

 

Ricardo Lopez. It's strange seeing such a textbook fighter throwing a punch like this but he really made it work for him.

 

Zarate also had a great uppercut.

 

JMM :good

 

Yeah. Marquez was the first modern fighter I thought of. It's a dangerous punch because it often leaves you open to a counter right-hook / right cross, but people tend not to lead with those so they often get caught out by it. I think it's one of the reasons Pac and Casamayor gave JMM trouble as the right lead is more naturally thrown by a southpaw.

 

Roy jones, roy jones, roy jones. End of story. if you have any doubts just look at the way he demolished griffin and pazienza with this punch

 

Doesn't Darchiniyan use this a lot? I mean he destroyed Mijares with it. Also, Tarver has a very good lead uppercut.

 

lol wtf is with the tags?