Taking all things into account (speed, power, accuracy, etc) What was the best of each punch you have ever seen? Straight Cross? Hook? Uppercut? Jab?
Straight Cross- Thomas Hearns. Left Hook-Sugar Ray Robinson Uppercut- Jose Napoles Jab- Willie Pep What about combination puncher? For me, that would be Robinson as well.
Agree on Robinson as the best combination puncher. for me it is: Cross - Arguello hook - Robinson Uppercut - I'll go with Ricardo Lopez, but this is probably the toughest choice Jab - either Whitaker or Liston, for mostly different reasons
Whitaker's jab. Tyson's uppercuts. The way they came straight up, as opposed to at an angle like many uppercuts, and ended up HIGHER than his head was just lethal. HM goes to Duran, who had some pretty sick uppercuts as well. Hearns' right cross. Left hook...hmm..I'll go with SRR.
My opinions: Straight cross: Hearns Hook: Robinson Uppercut: Tyson Jab: Holmes Combinations: Robinson / Jones Jr
Cross: Monzon Hook: Robinson Uppercut: Johnson Jab: Whitaker but Winky is very close - we had quite a few good jabbers recently, Quartey, Wlad, those other two.
At HW Right Hand: Louis Left Hook: Dempsey/Frazier Uppercut: Johnson/Lewis Jab: Holmes All divisions Right Hand: Hearns Left Hook: Foster Uppercut: Pedroza Jab: Hearns
Straight right: Hearns on Cuevas and Duran; Louis on Braddock and Galento. Left hook: Louis on Baer; Frazier on Ali; Dempsey on Willard; Tua on Ruiz. Uppercut: Tyson on Bruno and Ferguson; Foreman on Frazier. Right hook: Julian Jackson on Graham; Tyson on Holmes; Lewis on Rahman.