Not the hardest but the best , but if they are thrown properly the power tends to just happen. Jab - Thomas Hearns , Sonny Liston , Left hook- Roy Jones , Joe Frazier Right hook - ?? Roy again ? Iron Mike ? Trinidad, Julian Jackson Straight right - Lennox , Clay , Louis , Overhand right - ?? Need some help as there is quite a few Right uppercut - Naz Left uppercut - ?? Same as the overhand right , not sure there are a lot here.
Jab - Liston, Holmes, Ali, Oscar Left hook- SRR, Morrison, Oscar , SRL, Tyson Straight right - Hearns, Tszyu, Louis , Monzon, Jackson, Wlad Overhand right - GGG, SRL (check the Floyd Sr fight) Uppercut - Zab Judah, Tyson Pull counter - PBF, Ali, Duran Body shots - McCallum, Whitaker, Chavez Nut shots - Golota, Tito, Cotto [/QUOTE]
Pincai has a good list above. I would put Lennox as having an excellent jab, uppercut and even right hand. His uppercut was devastating.
Jab - Thomas Hearns , Wladimir Klitschko , Gennady Golovkin , Larry Holmes , Floyd Mayweather jr. Left hook - Danny Garcia , Joe Frazier , Tommy Morrison , Manny Pacquiao , Mike Tyson Straight right - Wladimir Klitschko , Lennox Lewis , Muhammad Ali , Floyd Mayweather jr. Overhand right - Juan Manuel Marquez , James Toney , Tim Witherspoon Right uppercut - Mike Tyson , Manny Pacquiao , Roy Jones jr.
[/QUOTE] Ike Quartey had better jab than Oscar. I can think of 10 fighters with better uppercuts than Judah.
Quick, accurate and devastating. I was going to say Joe Frazier or David Tua but I forgot all about the quicker Robinson. My personal favourite punch
Ike Quartey had better jab than Oscar. I can think of 10 fighters with better uppercuts than Judah.[/QUOTE] Thanks for bringing up Quartey who indeed has a remarkable jab. As for the uppercut, it's a harder list to make, as it is mostly not used as a primary weapon by most fighters. A dangerous one to throw because of a counter hook. The ones to utilise it are Either very athletic and quick like Roy jones on pazienza, Judah on Tszyu/Cotto, charlo on william and most Hamed's fight, Or a great inside fighter like Tyson, Duran or Mayweather in between his shoulder rolls.
Leonard had one of the most complete variety of punches I've seen from a pro boxer.. Terrible Terry Norris deserves a shout out as well.
I've not boxed nor trained so I hesitate to talk much about fundamentals, but I always thought Finito Lopez and JMM threw beautiful punches in beautiful combination. Cotto's jab and his hooks to the body always look awesome to me. De La Hoya threw beautiful left hooks and jabs as well.
Zab judahs counter left uppercut is by far my fav single punch in boxing. Youtube it for a compilation and tell me it does not deserve the top spot
