Is there such a thing as a lucky punch?

[!! Shawn]

there can still be luck involved.

you cant tell me if you close your eyes and swing that you are certain the punch will land?

if you stood in front of me and closed your eyes and flung a fist my way i would simply duck the punch; repeatedly...

and since my eyes are open and yours arent chances are 9 times out of 10 i will land a successful counterpunch.

if you DO land that punch you are going to tell me you're so skilled you just KNEW it was going to land?

no one would believe that.

You once again proved there is no such thing as a lucky punch.

If you get caught with that punch, it does not prove that I was lucky, it proves that you made a mistake.

[Gonzalez_Boxing]

If you've played any kind of competitive sport, you know their are certain times when luck is involved. I doubt boxing is an exception to the rule.

[Ramamaiden]

no because it is a punch that you throw hundreds of times during practice, so if somthing that you worked so hard hits its not a lucky punch, its all thanks to your training.

[Motofan]

You make your own luck.

[Dick-Sucker]

no because it is a punch that you throw hundreds of times during practice, so if somthing that you worked so hard hits its not a lucky punch, its all thanks to your training.

What about when your getting hammered on the ropes. You have one punch left before you get TKO'd. And you thow it and it lands. Do you practice getting hammered on the ropes and throwing a haymaker which lands?

[Ramamaiden]

What about when your getting hammered on the ropes. You have one punch left before you get TKO'd. And you thow it and it lands. Do you practice getting hammered on the ropes and throwing a haymaker which lands?

being able to do that is not luck, cos maybe you dont practice that scenario specifically, but that is something that its the boxers merit to do so in that situation. you train hard to be able to endure hardest things on a fight, so not everyone that is in a situation like that is able to throw a living punch back. also you have to have the balls to throw a haymaker with the consequence of being hit without even try to defend yourself. so no, that is not a lucky punch, is an opportunity that you have to build for yourself to be able to do it.

[ReadyUp]

George Foreman's knockout punch over Michael Moorer was lucky.
Damn what Big George or anyone else says. He was not setting him up for it. It was luck.

And yes their is a such thing as a lucky punch. Just because your eyes are closed doesn't mean it's a lucky punch either. When certain fighters exert more force sometimes the wince a little and their eye's close.

[ReadyUp]

And that Danny Williams one-arm punch he did to Sprott. You don't plan something like that, you just throw it out there and HOPE that it connects. That's a lucky punch.

There's plenty of examples out there. Sometimes the factors are different whether it be a fighter trying to finish someone off and runs into something or someone is just swinging wildly.

I think you guys are giving some "lucky punchers" the benefit of the doubt. "Oh he meant to do that by setting it up with skill." No, he got lucky. If it wasn't luck then McCall would have beat used his "skill" and done it again the next time.

[ippo]

Sometimes people throw shots not expecting to land and when they do their like" o **** i won".

[aussieboxer2320]

interestin topic, i have to say after having been watchin boxing for a few years now and having been involved in bouts/sparring myself, yes some punches are just freakin lucky!