Did Lewis have a masterful left hand?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    This vid shows Lewis landing a lot of jabs on fighters displaying por head movement, every fighter on the vid is just completely central, was it a case of Lewis having a great long jab or did he just meet fighters with poor defensive skills?
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  2. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Philly and blackcloud, I checked to see if the guy that posted this vid on youtube pasted it here, so don`t moan.
     
  3. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    I'm pretty sure NZA is on here
    Also lewis' left hand was his key to complete ring ddomination. At his best he'd have complete control over his opponents
     
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  4. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I wonder why you`ve been booted!
     
  5. The Funny Man 7

    The Funny Man 7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Can you explain why? I must be missing what's going on here.

    As for your original post: Yeah I would describe the left hand as masterful. He made exceptional use of the left hand. A lot of it had to do with the awesome mechanics and the athletic fluidity in how he threw. But it also had to do with his ring intelligence and the threat of a booming right hand, which could end an opponent's night with either and uppercut, a straight, or an overhand. A think I lot of guys hesitated because of that threat from the power hand, which allow Lewis to pile up points and damage with the jab before going in for the kill.
     
  6. JackSilver

    JackSilver Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I wonder why you haven’t?

    Lol. Just kidding, Ant man. Anyway he can’t answer you on why he’s been booted cos ..... he’s been booted!
     
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  7. young griffo

    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I wouldn’t call LL’s left hand masterful at all.

    Magisterial, imperious, domineering, authoritative, yes, but not masterful.
     
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  8. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He didn’t rate Ruby Bob in his top 100....and those are the rules
     
  9. The Undefeated Lachbuster

    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    Im actually glad you brought this to light, im curious as to why he was booted

    I assumed it had something to do with the... ahem, interesting Marciano thread, but he didn't say anything terrible on it (mods if you read this I'm not questioning your decision I just wanted to know why, please don't boot me)

    perhaps they believed he was spamming with his constant "Top ___" threads
     
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  10. Oakland Billy Smith

    Oakland Billy Smith Active Member banned Full Member

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    Lewis was the total package...I've always said he beats any HW history

    As far as his left goes, it all goes back to his superior leverage, same as his right. I think he did beat a lot of guys with subpar defense, but he can exploit just about any fighters defense

    It would have been interesting to see him against a defensive wizard like James Toney but their careers just missed other
     
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  11. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Whatever it was, it was damn effective, which is all that really matters.

    Maybe more masterful use, than it being masterful itself.
     
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  12. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Nope all wrong. For bypassing word barriers (which mods by the way, I didn't know was wrong and I won't do again). Think it was the Mack is back comment in top 100 thread
     
  13. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    So you are not " Hammer"?
     
  14. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    He`s not hammer and I`m not Saad! I`m just sad.
     
  15. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    It would have been interesting to see him try to land on any heavy in history that was hard to hit.