Boxers who were known for their signature punch

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  1. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    The "Spinks Jinx" too of course.
     
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  2. Sting like a bean

    Sting like a bean Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Lewis, Shavers: right hand
    Holmes, Lewis, Listion, Pinklon Thomas: jab

    Cooney: Frazier, Morrison: left hook

    Marcaino: "Suzie Q"

    Ali: corkscrew jab. ( I think the corkscrew punch was pioneered by Kid McCoy.)

    Foreman: shovel hook, uppercut

    Fitz: solar plexis punch, liver shot

    Holmes (not really known for this but I see him do it a lot): Holds out his left with the palm outward like a traffic cop, apparently to create a blind spot, then throws an overhand right from behind it
     
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  3. JohnThomas1

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    You might be talking about the claimed "Anchor Punch" Ali was talking about after the Liston stoppage. Think it was Fleischer who said or learned there was no such thing and mentioned McCoy's corkscrew.
     
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    The muckspreader - actually a big overhand right perfected by Dave 'Boy' Green
     
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  5. Sting like a bean

    Sting like a bean Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    No, I think the "anchor punch" was just some made up bull**** Ali claimed to have learned from Bruce Lee or something (I forget). I'm talking about a punch where the glove is twisted at the end, with the intention to create cuts.
     
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    Ward's "head butt"
     
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  7. Accurate

    Accurate Jump back, wanna kiss myself! Full Member

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    Albert Trotter: Trotters Trembler
     
  8. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Norton Spoon and Briscoes overhand rt I dont believe were mentioned yet.
    Tony Zales strait rt hand to the body. Done perfectly where he bended his knees and dropped his whole body while still in a perfect balanced stance. It's not done anymore that way folks.. Ike Quartey jab
     
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    Chavez Sr. left hook to the liver.
     
  10. Seamus

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    Maske's jab was known as Der Meistershaft!!
     
  11. GOAT Primo Carnera

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    Evander Holyfield: The head cannon.
     
  12. JohnThomas1

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    Ok. The only time i ever saw McCoy and the twist aligned to Ali was after Liston II when he seemed to make up the Anchor Punch on the spot and Nat labelled it or spoke about it differently.
     
  13. lloydturnip

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    Brunos left jab .Spoons over hand right
     
  14. NoNeck

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    Boston Tom McMustache’s One Punch Combo.
     
  15. Flash24

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    Tyson's right hook too the body, followed by that right uppercut, one of the nicest one-two ever put together. Any Mexican fighter rather he boxed or brawled all had a beautiful left hook to the liver. Hearns straight right hand. All of J.Louises punches were text book, short, but so damn explosive. Holmes and Ali's jab. S.Liston,J.Frazier, Holyfield, Cooney, Morrison all had left hooks from hell. All were well known from it . Prime Ali's lead right hand from almost any distance. Same with R Jones.