**RJJ: Could he wistand Bob Foster's left hook....**

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  1. Orishaman

    Orishaman I tell it like it is.... Full Member

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    The most feared left hand in boxing thru the 70's was Bob Foster, a head snapping jab and deadly left hook, possibly the most feared a deadly left-hook on the LHW ever....could RJJ wistand Bob's left hook, can he get away from the 81" reach and the 6'-3" ridiculous lanky body frame, potentially one of the hardest hitters in boxing history....
     
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  2. eze

    eze Everybody Know Me Full Member

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    Here goes Orishman again!


    If anyone says Roy could of possibly survived the left hand, he will bring up how you don't know **** about boxing and Roy Jones got KOed twice and he would be KOed within the first 3 rounds.


    We get the point Orish, you hate him, and hes not even in your top 100 ATG list.
     
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  3. Relentless

    Relentless VIP Member banned

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  4. David B

    David B Nazi Russia lies. This is the only truth. Full Member

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    no he couldn't,Roy himself admitted in the post fight interview after Tarver knocked him out that tall lefthanders always would give him problems stylewise...ther's no shame in that...every fighter can be beaten and every fighter will meet a style which will be hard to overcome eventually...
     
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  5. Asterion

    Asterion Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Foster KO Jones.
     
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  6. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    I would say there's very few light heavyweights ever that could withstand a well-timed, blind left hook from Bob Foster.
     
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  7. kg0208

    kg0208 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No, and you would be hard pressed to find ANY LHW who could.
     
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  8. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    No.
     
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  9. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    Very few LHWs would have withstood the punch Tarver landed on Jones for the KO.

    (They might have got back on their feet, as Roy did, but I don't see any LHW surviving the next 30 seconds).

    A more pertinent question: Would Foster (or Tarver) be able to land his left hook on a prime Roy ?
     
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  10. iceman

    iceman Tis my Island Full Member

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    Is this national stupid thread day - some other clown has Butterbean beating Valuev
     
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  11. Carlos Primera

    Carlos Primera Boxing Addict Full Member

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    not many could, so rjj goes to sleep.
     
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  12. Boxer-puncher

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    Billy Conn KO Foster

    Roy UD Conn

    Roy UD Foster
     
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  13. angelos

    angelos Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No. But a prime RJJ would not be caught by any hooks so RJJ wins.
     
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  14. kg0208

    kg0208 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not sure about some of the posts here. Not going to openly disagree, but being one of the biggest Jones fans on this site, I don't believe that Jones could have beaten Foster at LHW.
     
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  15. Orishaman

    Orishaman I tell it like it is.... Full Member

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    I appreciate your candour and honesty...someone mentioned that he could not think of any one that could and in all honesty neither do I...

    Bob Foster was a very special LHW, he dismantle all LHW in front of him with ease...his left hand was legendary and with the reach that most HW would envy, he was the triple thread....

    He was an underated boxer also, fighting extremelly compact for his size making his jab even more deadly since he force his opponents to fight within his range before they realized it ..he was landing a bomb left hook...

    Bob Foster would be trouble to any LHW in history.....he had the height and reach of any HW, with incredible leverage...

    Many people would say that the most perfect left hook ever thrown was Bob's expectacular KO of Mike Quarry..if you ahve not seen it...you are missing a beautiful momentin boxing...


    You could have counted to 1000 and it would not have any difference....he was on the canvas twice the time that RJJ was from Glencofe combo
     
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