I think, given his inactivity, that Golovkin could be considered Emeritus for this category. I think the left hook downstairs is probably Munguia's best shot and seems to be more integral to his offense than Tszyu's is at this point in his career. And though it isn't always featured as dramatcially as Munguia's hook was against Dev, Bandera Roja's hook to the body was a key reason why he was able to dismantle Plant so comprehensively in the second part of their fight.
Ah, son of a... In my brain fog I copied & pasted the wrong Ramírez into the poll. Should be José Carlos Ramírez, not GRS. Friendly neighborhood mod bat signal - @McGrain or @CST80, you're both showing as recently online, whichever of you sees this first, mind fixing my bloop? Thanks! (this is honestly the only kind of crap I miss being a mod for)
That's a clip of him throwing hooks up top. But yes, he does have a potent one (thinking of that finishing sequence against Marcus Browne where it wasn't the very last shot but the left hook downstairs was definitely the nail in the coffin) - but like the other also-rans that were mentioned, Tszyu and Fury, his doesn't warrant a place over anybody that made the poll.
His left hook is underrated imo because he doesnt use it so much during the fight like the others. But it sounds he hurts a lot with that shot.
Beterbiev's left hook to the body is far more destructive than Inoue's. Even when talking about p4p. The human body can only take so much force. Even though Beterbiev's punches are being absorbed by much larger men, the human body can only take so much. Problem is his delivery system for the left hook to the body isn't as good as Inoue's.
In his prime when his stamina was maxed out, Golovkin kept up a vigorous pace of hard body shots perhaps better than any of his contemporaries. I would even include Cotto in that number, since their useful active years did have some overlap - while Miguel's left hook was in each isolated single instance a more potent weapon p4p than Gennady's, he tended not to sustain that attack for as long before reverting to his jab and other tools. GGG nowadays, with his aging body, simply can't produce that way like he used to. Even against Murata, which many consider a vintage throwback performance for him relative to his others in recent years, he spent long periods of time looking uncertain or at least inactive, "charging up" and hoping to will himself a bit of energy to act on what his brain with its considerably high ring-IQ was asking him to do.