Who throws/threw a good lead right?

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  1. SteveO

    SteveO MSW Full Member

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    It's a bit of a "no-no" punch because it is one of or perhaps the most telegraphed punch in a fighters arsenal.

    But some got away with it quite regularly.

    Ones that come to mind:

    Roy Jones Jr
    Floyd Mayweather
    Muhammad Ali
    James Toney

    Thoughts? Am I off my rocker?
     
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  2. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali was the sharpest of them all; not very powerful...... SHARP!

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  3. Sweet Pea

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    Duran and Chavez has excellent lead rights, particularly Duran. He'd often feint with it and follow it up with a left hook to head or body once the opponent had reacted and the distance had closed. You never knew when he was going to feint with it or throw it, masterful in that sense.
     
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  4. good right hand

    good right hand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    great topic

    johnny tapia, dela hoya, ken norton and vince phillips could throw a good right hand lead
     
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  5. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    OP has the best but....

    Schmelling's lead right/counter right owned Joe Louis. Duran's was great. Lennox would lead with the right at times but usually throw it in a 1-2.

    AND....Any Southpaw with a good jab :D
     
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  6. the cobra

    the cobra Awesomeizationism! Full Member

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    Hopkins also has an excellent lead right.
     
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  7. PowerPuncher

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    I forgot Tyszu
     
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  8. Jear

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    Alis lead right destroyed Foreman.
     
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    good right hand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    great example cobra, hopkins lead right hand is one of his best weapons. i remember him winging it against lipsey and jones and then it became very refined during his fights against trinidad and tarver.
     
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  10. MRBILL

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    Hell, yes.. "Whitaker and Camacho.":good
     
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  11. birddog

    birddog Active Member Full Member

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    Uh you forgot someone, another southpaw
     
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  12. McGrain

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    The footwork Ali uses to allow consistent right hands in round one in Zaire makes him the definitive choice in "best is best" terms.

    Hopkins, for similair reasons, in modern boxing.

    Charley Burley, if you want to go a bit further back.
     
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  13. Vantage_West

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    ian napa
    a british bantamweight. maybe powderpuffed, maybe 5'1 and maybe holds a unsatisfing record...... the guy was considered the new coming of james toney at one point. anyways amazing lead right hand from a half guard.
     
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  14. Russell

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    Emmanuel Augustus! :lol:
     
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  15. klompton

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    hopkins is the best imo
     
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