Holmes’s uppercut

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  1. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    How good was it? We know he landed a great one vs Weaver but outside of that, did he show a genuinely great uppercut? Like Tyson, foreman or Lewis ?
     
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    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Superb uppercut
     
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  3. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not a frequent weapon but an effective one for sure.

    In addition to the more conventional up-the-middle-at-close-range uppercut, Holmes also sometimes threw a kind of sidearmed right uppercut as a counter to a right hand. I think we saw it against LeDoux (it literally turned his eyelid inside out, causing searing pain and a stoppage) and Witherspoon, maybe in a few other bouts — not a KO type blow as far as power but one that sometimes caught opponents because it was an unusual counter from an unusual angle. (Did he also throw it against Norton maybe?)
     
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  4. bigboxinghippo420

    bigboxinghippo420 Member Full Member

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    he landed some nice ones on Ray Mercer, when Larry was in the corner he would block Rays vision then come up the middle
     
  5. SouthpawsRule

    SouthpawsRule Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He was landing a few on Tyson before he got deleted out of existence.
     
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    PrimoGT Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    He had a great uppercut but was just not a power-puncher.
     
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  7. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    There was a lot of power behind that uppercut of Larry’s. Often wonder what would have happened if that arm hadn’t got caught in the ropes against Tyson right before Mike nailed him
     
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