Fighters with good straight right leads?

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  1. Taken250

    Taken250 New Member Full Member

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    Can you guys post some gifs or just name some fights when a fighter executed some good leads.Fighters at the top of my head right now are Larry Holmes,Floyd Mayweather,Sergey Kovalev, and Max Schemling. Right now I am trying to find out which fighters are good at right hand leads to the body. Surprisingly I don't see a lot of fighters use this. Only ones I know how throw it consistently are Lucas Matthysse or Andre Berto
     
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  2. Jennifer Love Hewitt

    Jennifer Love Hewitt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hopkins has a great right lead. James Toney was great with the counter right.
     
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  3. cslb

    cslb Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ali had a great right lead.
     
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  4. Code Red

    Code Red Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Floyd uses it better than any fighter I've seen since........well.. its amazing how many fighters can't master that punch, dont have it in their ars enal.
     
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  5. northpaw

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    James Toney, Wlad, Kostya Tszyu, Hearns,
     
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  6. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Why do you suppose it's rare for a fighter to have a good straight right lead?
     
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  7. cslb

    cslb Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Right hands leads were discouraged when I learned to box. They have to travel further and are easier to counter than a jab.
     
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  8. Code Red

    Code Red Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If Adrian Broner knew how to use a right lead he would do better against Fighters who crowd him like Chino and Porter. Floyd used the right lead against Maidana a lot. A fighter like Paulie has no right hand at all much less a lead. I personally feel sorry for fighters who cant lead with both hands. There offense is limited
     
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  9. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Don't they also put you off-balance if you don't do it correctly?
     
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  10. cslb

    cslb Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Sure they can, like any other punch.
     
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  11. Xplosive

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    Ismael Laguna had one of the quickest, most effective lead rights of all time.

    I know, 95% of the general forum is like "Who???"
     
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  12. damian38

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    Floyd, Bernard and Toney are the first who spring to mind, I remember Bernard knocked down Shumenov with a perfect lead right, textbook stuff
     
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  13. dbouziane

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    i've seen the hopkins/trinidad fight several times and bhop's lead right is a thing of beauty.
     
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  14. Boxing Prospect

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    Hopkins was the first to come to mind, Mayweather to. Yamanaka is worth noting, though his is a straight left given he's a southpaw.
     
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  15. Swollen Liver

    Swollen Liver Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hopkins, Ward, Mayweather
     
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