who has the best left hook in the heavyweight division ever?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Jim Dean, Jan 8, 2017.


Best left hook ever?

  1. Joe Frazier

    15 vote(s)
    19.2%
  2. Gerry Cooney

    4 vote(s)
    5.1%
  3. David Tua

    7 vote(s)
    9.0%
  4. Wladimir Klitschko

    21 vote(s)
    26.9%
  5. Muhammad Ali

    1 vote(s)
    1.3%
  6. Mike Tyson

    13 vote(s)
    16.7%
  7. Tommy Morrison

    14 vote(s)
    17.9%
  8. Alexander Povetkin

    3 vote(s)
    3.8%
  1. Odins beard

    Odins beard Fentanyl is one hell of a drug.... Full Member

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    Show me where I said Wlad has the greatest left hook of all time?
     
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  2. Odins beard

    Odins beard Fentanyl is one hell of a drug.... Full Member

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    Who's created multiple alts?
     
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  3. AliMyths&Legends

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    Me apparently.
     
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  4. Absolutely!

    Absolutely! Fabulous, darling! Full Member

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    Hi me. How am I doing?
     
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    You think I am Odins as well now? Are you serious?
     
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  6. Odins beard

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    Now now temper temper, you think you'd be used to people proving you wrong.
     
  7. Absolutely!

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    Not sure I'd put him above some of the names on that list but it's a very underrated weapon for him. Its true strength was his ability to hide it in among his jab. Fighters would get tenderised getting hit down the pipe then that sneaky little sucker would curl in round their guard and put their lights out.

    Compare that to Frazier who would just blast away with it until his opponents fell down. Both phenomenal punches but used very differently.
     
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  8. Absolutely!

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    No mate, I was joking. :)
     
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    Have you seen ray mercer go crashing down on the end of wlads left hook? Ray iron chin mercer who took everything from Lennox Lewis for twelve rounds and didn't flinch but was hurt with one shot from wlads left hook.
     
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  10. juppity

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    Don't mean to be difficult Jim Dean but how could you leave Floyd Patterson and Jack Dempsey off the list .
    FP leaping left hook decimated Archie Moore and left Ingemar Patterson unconscious for 5 mins.
    Jack Dempsey lethal left hook caused the first knockdown of 7 against Jess Willard. JD was like a larger Jimmy Wilde
    a true ko artist .
     
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    Ray Mercer was beyond the definition of shot. Old , fat and had neck surgery not long before the fight.. It that all it takes to prove Wlad has the greatest left hook in HW history.. Is that what you're telling me?

    Have you seen Morrison blow away Tillis in the first round? How is TKO6 more impressive than TKO1.

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    Wlad never looked that good and Morrison isn't even the best left hooker out there. Up there , but not the best.

    Show me Wlad landing left hook combos to body and head. Show me him throwing the jab , uppercut left hook combination? Morrison could do all that. And do it on moving targets. WK could not.
     
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    That little left hook made Povetkin do the Macarena.
     
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  14. Absolutely!

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    To be fair Evander did that to Mercer as well.
     
  15. Absolutely!

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    With all due respect they don't compare to anyone on that list. Not at heavyweight anyway.