Joe Fraziers left hook?

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  1. Baby Bull

    Baby Bull Active Member Full Member

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    Just watched a few of Joe Frazier's fight and realised he threw about 4-5 left hooks for evrey right hand. Has any fighter as great as him ever been as reliant on a certain type of punch as he was?
     
  2. CottoDaBodykill

    CottoDaBodykill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    trinidad has fought a few fights just trying to wing in with the left ...
     
  3. spion

    spion Active Member Full Member

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    Holmes with the jab and Gerry Cooney also threw his left hook quite a bit, but I agree with you about Frazier. The centerpiece of his arsenal.
     
  4. CottoDaBodykill

    CottoDaBodykill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    how about shavers just winging in with his right?
     
  5. flamengo

    flamengo Coool as a Cucumber. Full Member

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    Frazier was limited to a left-hook. His right arm had been damaged as a kid.. his right shoulder.

    Full entension of his right arm had been stuffed up.
     
  6. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Nowhere near his class ,[unfortunately] ,but Henry Cooper only used his righthand for one thing.
     
  7. Maxmomer

    Maxmomer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Perhaps Max Schmeling. He didn't have a great jab and I can't recall him causing much damage with his left.
     
  8. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Tommy Loughran,left jab ,left jab etc.
     
  9. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    wiping away the blood
     
  10. spion

    spion Active Member Full Member

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    Actually it was his left arm that he threw the hook with that never healed properly after being broken as a child.
     
  11. Muchmoore

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    Nope. You knew Frazier was going to try to break you down and throw the left hook, but stopping it took a great fighter with the right style.
     
  12. round15

    round15 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I heard and read the same thing about his left arm. He had a childhood accident on the family farm in the hog pen. He broke his arm at the elbow, landing on a brick, and was never able to fully extend on a jab, even though he threw solid jabs out of a crouch having a fairly straight arm.

    Joe's left hook was his bread and butter punch, but those who say his right hand is nothing significant is wrong. Sure, he forgot about his right hand against Foreman, but he landed some pretty good ones against Quarry, Bugner and Ali in the FOTC rematch.
     
  13. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    I understand that he won one of the Uzcdun fights with his right hand out of action.
     
  14. Maxmomer

    Maxmomer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Really? Which one and where did you hear that?
     
  15. brando18b4h

    brando18b4h Active Member Full Member

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    How about Rocky Graziano and his relentless right ?