Was Tarver's KO punch over RJJ a lucky punch or a good counter?

Can you throw a good counter punch with your eyes closed?

 

Lucky.

 

I feel that Tarver had a plan to counter with that wicked straight left while Roy was in the middle of his combos and the eye closure thing was just a reaction to fear of getting hit imho.

 

Throwing a shot with your eyes shut and making contact is lucky.

So it was a lucky shot.

 

Sure. Same thing as when people throw counters with their head down. Hopkins-Winky.

 

like any other punch it was a mix of both. However in this case it was more luck than not imo

 

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Lucky shot or good counter... IMO, eyes closed falls within lucky shot.

But either or. Everyone can believe what they feel. Roy will still go down in history as the best of his generation. Tarver? atsch

 

He was lucky to be in the right place at the right time. Had they met just a few years earlier it would be Tarver an that canvas.

 

Hopkins does not shut his eyes before he throws the shot though.

 

He still can't see where they are going though. I have several photos of RJJ throwing punches with his eyes closed. I can dig them up if you want to see them. I think everybody does from time to time...doesn't mean he got lucky if they land IMO.

 

No, I don't think it was luck.

 

kinda both, it was a good counter but tarver's lucky that jones is out of prime.