Does Usyk have the best feints in boxing history?

That honor belongs to Roberto Duran.

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Willie Pep once won a round with just feints!

 

Did he, or is this boxing myth? Won a round without throwing a punch always sounds rather incredible...

 

He is certainly one of the best at it. The best? Not sure.

I love Usyk but IMO he sticks to a handful of punches - the jab, the left cross and the occasional right hook. Of course his jab does vary from the body jabs to the up jabs and the straight ones to the head. Ditto with his left hand.

He doesn't throw a lot of uppercuts and usually throws his right hook as a check and rarely puts a lot of power into his right hook even though it does appear to be a powerful punch when he commits to it.

I would like to see his feinting leading to a bit more variety of punches - in particular uppercuts and right hooks.

To me, the best feinter ever would simply use more variations when he is throwing punches. Duran is a good example of a guy who threw every punch out there which made his feints even more effective because you had to deal with a wide range of potential punches.

 

Duran, Pacquiao, RJJ

 

I once knocked out someone by feinting a punch at his solar plexus.

 

nO. Dimitrenko.

 

If it is not true, it should be.

 

That's a boxing myth I'm afraid which has been debunked repeatedly. No news reports or footage exists which details such an event happening.

 

I believe it, regardless of truth. It's too good a story.

 

Arguably the best at heavyweight history maybe not boxing history as others have said

 

I 100% agree that he has variety. I have seen him throw some lovely uppercuts and hooks too. My only minor complaint is he under utilizes them. I suppose it could be due to the wide range of trainers he has had.

His feints would be even more effective with the variations that he possesses.