Getting inside a left hook...

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  1. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What fighters excelled at this tactic? Do you remember any specific fights?
     
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  2. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Vinnie Curto drove Bennie Brisco nuts with his knack for getting inside Bad Bennie's hooks.
     
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  3. heehoo

    heehoo TIMEXICAH! Full Member

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    This man certainly couldn't get inside this left hook:

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  4. Bigcat

    Bigcat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I remember George Chuvalo gave Joe Frazier a lot of trouble by beating him to the punch and nullifying Joes Left hook, until Joe finally caught up with the tough canadian....
     
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  5. teeto

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    I might be totally wrong with this one as im goin totally of menory from a fight i saw a while ago now, but Lupe Pintor, im sure he was getting inside some of Zarate's stuff in the rounds he did better in. To do that to him is very impressive, not that his hook was the best, but hisoffense in general was prolific.
     
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  6. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    to get inside a left hook at this level,you'd have to be the best ever.i can't think of anyone who could do it. i know smokin joe threw a fairly wide left hook but i wouldn't like to try getting inside it.
     
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  7. Vantage_West

    Vantage_West ヒップホップ·プロデューサー Full Member

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    odd one out but mamadou thiam did a good job against tito
     
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  8. leverage

    leverage Active Member Full Member

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    roberto duran, donald curry, wilfredo benitez, pernell whitaker
     
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  9. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    ^^^^
    Duran, Whitaker, Curry, and Benitez are all great examples.

    I need to watch some Curry fights, but if I remember he did a real number on Colin Jones stepping inside Jones' blows with his own combinations.

    Whitaker performed fistic masterpieces against Chavez, DLH, among others.

    Duran and Benitez knew how to fight, and were abundantly talented.

    Robinson could pull it off too...Very adept at getting inside left hooks and under right hands, then going to the body hard with combinations.

    It's great to see a fighter step inside another's offense, and take the play away. It's like if you are attacked with a baseball bat, you try to get inside of that swing aimed for your head...If you back out and don't make it...you're SOL.

    addendum: Anyone else have any examples? I know there are some serious fight film watchers here. Who else is adept at opening an opponent up, from the inside out?
     
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  10. FromWithin

    FromWithin Living for the city Full Member

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    Hopkins against Trinidad maybe
     
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  11. teeto

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    Oh yeah, Hopkins even said his game was to take away Tito's 'guns' by going to them.

    'what do you when someone's got a gun, you don't run away from the gun, you go to the gun and take it off him' (or something like that)
     
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  12. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    definitely.:good
     
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  13. My2Sense

    My2Sense Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Duran against Cuevas was the first one that came to my mind.
     
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  14. My2Sense

    My2Sense Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think it's easier for southpaws to do than orthodox fighters, because of the angles.

    Pacquiao stepped inside of Marquez's left hook a couple times that he dropped him. Tarver stepped inside a Roy Jones hook to knock him out. Winky Wright stepped inside Mosley's and Tito's hooks all night long. Casamayor stepped inside Katsidis' left hook and flattened him. And so on.

    The left hook can be a very dangerous punch to use against southpaws.
     
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  15. spion

    spion Active Member Full Member

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    Holyfield ducked inside Tyson's hooks in their first fight very well.
     
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