Robison Left Hook vs Hearns Right Hand.

[jabsRstiff]

I think Bob Foster's left hook can be thrown into this comparison/contest.

It was as perfectly executed as it was devastating.

[Ray Corso]

No comparion at all,Sugarmans left hook was a art form to begin with. That night it was on special display for Fullmer, a ruff tuff individual who was a top ten fighter in the division for years!! KOing Fullmer is alot more impressive than Hearns defeating an overweight, take the money, grow a beard so no one recognizes me, Duran! Duran was great at "135"lbs just because he fought Leonard and did well at 147 doesn't mean he could carry the weight up to 154 and be considered the same guy as 135!!!!! Ridiculous!!!
As for Sugermans hands either one was great thrown from any angle thats why he's the "pound for pound" greatest of ALL TIME! Skill level, experience, speed, power, intelligence and a "take on anyone" attitude made this guy the best ever!!! Ray.

[jabsRstiff]

No comparion at all,Sugarmans left hook was a art form to begin with. That night it was on special display for Fullmer, a ruff tuff individual who was a top ten fighter in the division for years!! KOing Fullmer is alot more impressive than Hearns defeating an overweight, take the money, grow a beard so no one recognizes me, Duran! Duran was great at "135"lbs just because he fought Leonard and did well at 147 doesn't mean he could carry the weight up to 154 and be considered the same guy as 135!!!!! Ridiculous!!!
As for Sugermans hands either one was great thrown from any angle thats why he's the "pound for pound" greatest of ALL TIME! Skill level, experience, speed, power, intelligence and a "take on anyone" attitude made this guy the best ever!!! Ray.

Hagler and Barkley, two hard-punching middleweights, hit Duran flush quite a bit and he never went down. Hardly ridiculous to think KOing Duran is almost as impressive as KOing Fullmer....especially when you see how Duran was laid out face-first while Fullmer wasn't actually out.

[jabsRstiff]

"No comparion at all,Sugarmans left hook was a art form to begin with"


Thomas Hearns delivered his right cross the way it is written in the textbooks, but with more velocity than anyone in history was ever capable of doing. In boxing standards, it was sheer beauty.

Think you're selling Hearns' right hand way short here. Robinson is obviously the superior fighter but I think it's over the top to claim either guy's fight-ending punch was that much better than the other's....

[Mohammedini]

SRR killed a man with his left hook....

[Ray Corso]

Theres more skill delivering a left hook than a right hand and it was a straight right hand the vast majority of times not a right cross. The Duran after 135Lbs was a very unpredictable character. He'd win tuff distance bouts get losses from people he's used to walk over, and get stopped by people he would have exposed years early. (style wise) He was fighting out of his element and relying on his knowledge to survive and sometimes win. Imagine lossing to Comacho twice??? Are you kidding me that guy couldn't break an egg!!! The win over Duran was a big one for Tommy but the right hand was his feature. Sugarman featured ALL the punches, was not one dimentional and didn't rely on one particular style, he could do it all! Ray.

[New England]

I think Bob Foster's left hook can be thrown into this comparison/contest.

It was as perfectly executed as it was devastating.

joe louis right hand is a better single weapon than any of the above in my opinion

[jabsRstiff]

Theres more skill delivering a left hook than a right hand and it was a straight right hand the vast majority of times not a right cross. The Duran after 135Lbs was a very unpredictable character. He'd win tuff distance bouts get losses from people he's used to walk over, and get stopped by people he would have exposed years early. (style wise) He was fighting out of his element and relying on his knowledge to survive and sometimes win. Imagine lossing to Comacho twice??? Are you kidding me that guy couldn't break an egg!!! The win over Duran was a big one for Tommy but the right hand was his feature. Sugarman featured ALL the punches, was not one dimentional and didn't rely on one particular style, he could do it all! Ray.

None of this means Robinson's left hook was better, especially much better, than Hearns' right.

This isn't a discussion of their overall skills 'cause WE ALL know Ray is far greater than Hearns.

Duran was beaten by Camacho a decade after he lost to Hearns. Not sure how that takes a way from Hearns' KO of him....

Are you also saying Hearns was one-dimensional, and only relied on his right hand? C'mon now!

[jabsRstiff]

joe louis right hand is a better single weapon than any of the above in my opinion

You get no argument from me on that.

[Hands of Iron]

Robinson's left hook, naturally. Although both are easily two of the most devastating fighter-specific individual punches in boxing history. No wrong answer.