Was that the greatest right hook in heavyweight boxing history?

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  1. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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  2. pugilista

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    Exactly. A zero skills, zero head movement, chinny fighter just standing there exhausted by 149 power shots landed on him ate a right hand which was landed on his chin at will—and even that wasn't enough to knock him out cold. So good call for naming what definitely wasn't the greatest right hook in HW history.

    Fury's last ounces of credibility was destroyed on Saturday. If he faces Usyk, he will be beaten again and in even more dominant fashion, and Joshua will definitely stop him too. Fury will end up with at least 3 or 4 losses by the time he retires, having fought no mandatories for two years and coming off of two laughable matches against the corpse of Chisora and a 37-year-old MMA guy with zero experience. The next generations of boxing fans will cringe at the thought of how many believed for so long that this tall, skinny-fat gascon was the best of his generation, and many even claimed he was the best ever. His already wafer thin resume has been completely dissolved; Joshua, Parker, and Zhang made sure of that in the last few months, then Usyk finished the job by slapping him around mercilessly and knocking him out. Usyk cleansing the division of Fury is one of the best things that ever happened to boxing.
     
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  3. Arch Stanton

    Arch Stanton When you have to shoot, shoot!, don't talk...... Full Member

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    Bootiful!, squire
     
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  4. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Perfectly timed
     
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  5. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Its pretty clear that Zhang has the best southpaw right hook in heavyweight history. What a punch. And i say this as someone who isn't a huge fan of his.
     
  6. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic Our pope is the Holy Spirit Full Member

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    This was the first thing that came to mind, and I'm not claiming it's the best right hook in heavyweight history.
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  7. Arch Stanton

    Arch Stanton When you have to shoot, shoot!, don't talk...... Full Member

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    Almost Brit standard timing and delivery.

    ;)
     
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  8. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    :lol: Indeed. Very Brit level-esque power top
     
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