Is there such thing as a lucky punch in boxing?

[prinzemanspopa]

A perfect example of a lucky punch is Tarver's KO of Roy Jones Jr. Jones was winning the fight and just got caught at the wrong time. Tarver is full of himself and is jealous that he'll always be in the shadow of Jones. Imagine if Jones didn't have to kill himself to lose weight, he would've beat Tarver even more decisively in their first fight and there wouldn't had been a rematch.

"You got any excuses tonight,Roy?"

[1nonlymre]

can a punch be lucky? Sure, say that you have two boxers going at it "little rascal-style", punches just flying without any real precision. Whatever lands, lands. Suddenly, one punch lands for one boxer amids all his hurricane...that's considered lucky in my book. You see it more with up and comers, but it does happen.

[G Doggy Dog]

this is a sport of punching. nothing that lands is lucky. keep yo hands up and ****!

[TOBYLEE1]

If you punch is with the intention of hitting something. No such thing as a lucky punch, shame on the fighter for not defending properly. Lucky punch or bad defense

[rambov]

Yes if you throw a punch with your eyes closed and it hits its target then it was a lucky punch.

get it ? eyes closed = lucky punch

[sigrab jr]

Lucky punches are just other words for a punch you throw with your eyes closed, head down, and you land it. You're just throwing hoping you land something, while also avoiding to get hit in the face. It's something you do as a little kid. When I see little kids fight, they swing for the fences with their head down and eyes closed. If you look at the Martinez KO, that is exactly what he did, and that's why a lot of people say it was a lucky punch. You can listen to what he says about "I set it up", "I knew I was going to land it", bullshit, yeah with your head down and eyes closed like a little kid you knew what you were doing. I should know my self, I use to do that when I was fucking 10.

[GRANDSLAM]

Sergio's certainly wasn't, he was landing that left in both fights so with the extra pounds he got the power to knock him out. But if you're in a fight and you're just swinging wildly and one lands then it's lucky. So yes there is such thing, definitely

[HauntingTheHoly]

OF COURSE THERE IS SUCH THING AS A LUCKY PUNCH!!!11ONE

A "lucky punch" can be defined as when a fighter you are a huge fanboy of "gets caught" by the hated opponents fist, and loses by knockout. Roy Jones fans are the best example I can think of, as we've already predictably seen in this thread.

[HauntingTheHoly]

Yes if you throw a punch with your eyes closed and it hits its target then it was a lucky punch.

get it ? eyes closed = lucky punch

You might remember Michael Jordan (and most good bball players actually) could make free throws with his eyes closed on televised games. I guess he just has incredible luck, eh?

[120]

espn don't know **** about boxing....simple as that.