The hardest left hook?

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  1. Phil_Ivey_76

    Phil_Ivey_76 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Who had the most powerful left?

    I nominate Gerry Cooney. Can you name a more powerful left hooker?
     
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  2. Strongback

    Strongback Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No brainer. David Tua.
     
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  3. Phil_Ivey_76

    Phil_Ivey_76 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Tua is a good call, also you can throw Ruddock, Morrison and Tyson in the mix.
     
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  4. hookfromhell

    hookfromhell Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Cooney moved Big George with that hook.
    Tyson
    Morrison
    Tua
    Foreman!
    Liston had a hard hook as well.
    Hardest Cooney/Tyson
     
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  5. dbouziane

    dbouziane ............. Full Member

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    This p4p or just heavies? Not a huge oscar fan but he had a damn good left. Foster could also crank one out that was pretty lethal.
     
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  6. Phil_Ivey_76

    Phil_Ivey_76 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Hardest outright.
     
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  7. The Long Count

    The Long Count Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Dempsey
    Cooney
    Frazier
    Tyson
    Tua
    Morrison
    Not in that order but those are some of the best left hooks in HW history..Cooney's was the best to the body but would have liked to see him destroy some prime competition with it.
     
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  8. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Sonny Liston.
     
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  9. Phil_Ivey_76

    Phil_Ivey_76 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    If Frazier hit as hard as Cooney he'd of been unstoppable.

    I see it like this... Frazier had the best left hook, of that I've no doubt. But I think Cooney had the hardest.
     
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  10. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Evander Holyfield

    with his left hook he dropped Tyson, Mercer, Bowe and had Foreman in lala land in round 2 or 3.
     
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  11. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    PFP i would go with Robinson or Foster.

    Hardest overall probably Tua.
     
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  12. HOUDINI

    HOUDINI Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Joe tended to throw his hook a bit wide. The best hook would be one that's short and thrown correctly within the plane of the shoulders. Louis or Dempsey are prime examples.
     
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  13. shavers

    shavers Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ruddock is up there, although his was a hybrid of an uppercut and hook..A lot of tough Guys WHO has shared the ring with Cooney or sparred him talks highly of his powerlefthook.............
     
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  14. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ray Leonard.
     
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  15. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Anyone ever hear of Pipino Cuevas, Felix Trinidad, Sam Langford or Charley White?
     
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