GREAT LEFT HOOKERS

Tantum · Post by **Tantum** » 13 Jul 2003, 21:23

Joe Frazier, and Marvis Frazier too!!

Dutch Windmill · Post by **Dutch Windmill** » 14 Jul 2003, 01:18

Dave1armedTua

Dave1armedTua · Post by **Dave1armedTua** » 14 Jul 2003, 02:21

heh damn straight, it's the only punch poor Dave has

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 14 Jul 2003, 02:22

Joe Louis' left jab and classic straight right were so damaging..and so visible that I've alyways thought his own left hook was much underrated. was so short..often changed from jab in mid air, that many times it was the punch thay started the kayo barrage.

plus..a great power punch on its own. he turned buddy baer almost in a complete circle with it.

The Keed · Post by **The Keed** » 14 Jul 2003, 12:37

Gerrie Coetzee
Julian Jackson
Max Baer
Rocky Graziano

Oh wait! I think I posted this in the wrong thread!

TonyJ · Post by **TonyJ** » 14 Jul 2003, 22:02

Felix trinidad- devastating hook
Julio C. Chavez- he would actually double it up hook to the body hook to the head it was beautiful.

Tyson50wins44ko · Post by **Tyson50wins44ko** » 15 Jul 2003, 01:28

The Cuban Hawk wrote:Gerrie Coetzee
Julian Jackson
Max Baer
Rocky Graziano

Oh wait! I think I posted this in the wrong thread!

You forgot BRUCE SELDON.

Tyson KTFO 3 Times · Post by **Tyson KTFO 3 Times** » 15 Jul 2003, 03:43

Joe had one of the greatest left hooks of all time

TonyJ · Post by **TonyJ** » 15 Jul 2003, 21:48

Edwin Rosario had a wicked hook.

Lopman · Post by **Lopman** » 18 Jul 2003, 17:36

Jaclem wrote:Joe Louis' left jab and classic straight right were so damaging..and so visible that I've alyways thought his own left hook was much underrated. was so short..often changed from jab in mid air, that many times it was the punch thay started the kayo barrage.

plus..a great power punch on its own. he turned buddy baer almost in a complete circle with it.

When Louis fought Max Baer he hit him with a triple left-hook combination which was fast and brutal. I believe that was his best punch.

Sandy Saddler had a beautiful left hook.

WhiteShadow · Post by **WhiteShadow** » 18 Jul 2003, 21:51

Tommy Morrison had a good one.

enrique · Post by **enrique** » 19 Jul 2003, 11:41

I HEREBY NOMINATE FLORENTINO FERNANDEZ, HENRY COOPER AND DICK TIGER.

john garfield · Post by **john garfield** » 19 Jul 2003, 15:55

When I think of left hookers, how could anybody not have Bob Foster come to mind; his shots were so devastating,, it wasn’t a question of a knockout but could the guy survive. I won’t go into all of them, but each one was so definitive, it was frightening.

Terap mentioned a guy that most people forget about, “Bummy” Davis. Not only did he do Canzinari but Bob Montgomery. His left hook from the floor neutralized everybody, and made him a threat no matter how far he was behind. And if he didn’t get you in the ring, he’d get you in the parking lot.

Some other guys that come to mind are Eduardo Lausse of Argentina and Cuba’s Florentino Fernandez.

Now this doesn’t hold true for everybody, but I’ve always had a theory that those guys who threw that uppercut left hook and could double it to the body, were really converted southpaws. My guess is that Lausse and Fernandez would fall into that category.

I would bet if a reporter asked that question of David Tua, he would say it was so; the same goes for Joe Frazier.

Some where’s along the way, I’ve read that Joe Miceli was a converted south paw. And when you saw what he could do with that hand and generate so much power, you’d have suspected the same. De La Hoya’s admitted that his educated left hand is a result of being a natural lefty.

I was recently able to corroborate something I’ve long felt, and that was that Tony DeMarco was a natural southpaw. I met him in Vegas for the Ruiz-Jones fight and he confirmed my thoughts, saying his trainer turned him around after his first few pro fights.

John garfield

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 19 Jul 2003, 17:47

garfield..it was the way micelli threw that left uppercut thjat convinced me he had to be a converted southpaw....and I'm reasonably certain it read later that he was. it's such a rare and difficult punch for an orthodox fighter to master.

Broncano · Post by **Broncano** » 19 Jul 2003, 18:29

john garfield wrote:Some other guys that come to mind are Eduardo Lausse of Argentina and Cuba’s Florentino Fernandez.

Now this doesn’t hold true for everybody, but I’ve always had a theory that those guys who threw that uppercut left hook and could double it to the body, were really converted southpaws. My guess is that Lausse and Fernandez would fall into that category.

I've never seen a Lausse fight, but his nickname in Spanish: "Zurdo" (Lefty) confirms that suspicion. As a matter of fact, I had always thought he was a southpaw, because that alias is regularly mentioned in all of the chronicles concerning his career.

He was also known by another nickname: Eduardo "Knockout" Lausse, back in the days when that actually meant something.

If you saw Julian "Mr KO" Letterlough last night you'd know exactly what I mean by that.

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 03 Jun 2007, 11:17

Cyclone Hart had a great one.
Anyone here seen any of his fights?
Big banger.

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 03 Jun 2007, 11:24

Expug wrote:Cyclone Hart had a great one.
Anyone here seen any of his fights?
Big banger.

Yeah I've seen a few of Harts fights, his left hook was a bitch on heat.

Another Philly fighter had a good left hook to the body as well the one and only Bad Bennie Briscoe, when Bennie hit you in the slats with his left hook, you knew you had been hit.

Two Ton Tony Galento also had a real hard, damaging left hook. He could break you in half with that shot.

The Great John L · Post by **The Great John L** » 03 Jun 2007, 11:36

Expug wrote:Cyclone Hart had a great one.
Anyone here seen any of his fights?
Big banger.

Yeah he'd get my vote for one of the best.

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 03 Jun 2007, 12:57

I read in this forum somehere that Hart kod Tim Witherspoon in the gym sparring.
Anyone know anything about this?

Borinken25 · Post by **Borinken25** » 03 Jun 2007, 13:15

I'm surprise nobody has mention Pipino Cuevas.

I Feel Fine · Post by **I Feel Fine** » 03 Jun 2007, 14:28

Pretty much everyone has been named. Tony Zale had a pretty good left hook from what I've seen. Corrales had a good left hook. Duran was more noted for his right hand, but he near decapitated a couple of people with his left hook, and he put on a clinic in left hooks in the DeJesus rematch. Cooney had a good left hook, all he had really. Patterson had a great left hook. Liston had a great left hook. You could go on and on.

granberry · Post by **granberry** » 05 Jun 2007, 15:01

Borinken25 wrote:I'm surprise nobody has mention Pipino Cuevas.

Good one.

Bummy Davis was a great left hooker.

Bob Foster (ask Dick Tiger).

Dick Tiger.

Floyd Patterson (ask Archie Moore, Johanson).

Billy Papke.

Jose Beccera.

Bud Taylor.

George Carpentier.

Tommy Gibbons.

Ray Robinson.

Take a look at the left hook Paret knocked Emile Griffith down with in their last fight.

azza! · Post by **azza!** » 05 Jun 2007, 15:07

mike tyson
ray robinson
joe frazier
oscar de la hoya
micky ward (body)
ray mercer
rocky juarez

HomicideHenry · Post by **HomicideHenry** » 05 Jun 2007, 21:53

Tiger Flowers....but then again, I'm just dropping a 'southpaw' reference, rather than a straight up 'left hook' artist.

granberry · Post by **granberry** » 05 Jun 2007, 22:00

HomicideHenry wrote:Tiger Flowers....but then again, I'm just dropping a 'southpaw' reference, rather than a straight up 'left hook' artist.

A southpaw would hit himself in the face if he tried to throw a "left hook."

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