What exactly is a "Lucky Punch"?

[Vlad_]

Lennox' punch that opened up Vitali's eye.

[Vinnykin]

Andy Ruiz vs Joshua

Povetkin vs Whyte

Both punches sent from the gods.

[Monty Fisto]

Lucky punch is grossly overused and usually by people who DKSAB.

Have I ever seen one? Not in a professional fight.

I'd have to see some Brian Sutherland type footage to spot something like a real lucky punch. Why? Because landed punches aren't lucky when thrown by a fighter. You intend to hit your opponent with anything with remote steam on it.

A true lucky punch is something you don't expect to land but also the opponent doesn't see coming. That is really rare. The only punches thrown you really shouldn't expect to land are setup punches used as feints and to disguise other punches behind them. Even if you "landed" one on accident, it doesn't have anything behind it. The punches that your opponent doesn't see coming that land with force are thrown with intent.

Lucky punches are stuff like, closing your eyes and swinging wildly spinning in circles, and you happen to clobber some unsuspecting bystander, on some candid video ish.

It's actually insulting. I'm offended as a damn amateur, that one could actually think, that I could practice throwing every punch in my arsenal over 12 years, but in the ring, if I land a good shot, you chalk it up to luck? That's disrespectful. Imagine if someone told you that all your success in your passions or profession is luck and not due to hard work, practice, skill, ability, etc.

Every punch has a probability it will land. Some may be low percentage shots, some may be high percentage shots.

To my mind, a lucky punch is a low percentage shot that lands with unexpectedly devastating effect, especially if it reverses the trend of a fight.

The reason some people call the Povetkin punch lucky is that he was on his backside twice in the previous round, and therefore halfway out the door to a loss. And I think most people understand that, so stop being so literal when it comes to the definition of a lucky punch and try and understand the semantics of what is being communicated, as it's not really that difficult.

[h2k]

Licky shot is what fury did to wilder.

[Earl-Hickey]

Michael Sprott vs Audley Harrison

Sprott getting totally outclassed wings a huge overhand with his head down and his eyes closed and it lands. He didn't aim it just swung for the fences and it got home.

Now people say "no such thing as a lucky punch" but there is. I mean statistically if someone throws a punch that 51% of the time would not land, but it does land, that's a lucky punch!

[Blond Beast]

Michael Sprott vs Audley Harrison

Sprott getting totally outclassed wings a huge overhand with his head down and his eyes closed and it lands. He didn't aim it just swung for the fences and it got home.

Now people say "no such thing as a lucky punch" but there is. I mean statistically if someone throws a punch that 51% of the time would not land, but it does land, that's a lucky punch!

I understand the stats u put forth for a lucky punch. Totally get it. But A-Farce?!! If u don’t KO him then you’re just unlucky imo.

[MPDKSAB]

"Lucky punch" is a popular phrase in boxing that for most part don't make much sense. If I intend to throw a left hook and it lands, and knocks my opponent out - that's not luck. That's what I wanted to do.....No luck there.

I've heard people say Povetkin's left uppercut was a lucky punch. WTF? he knew exactly what he was doing and set it up perfectly.

What's your definition of a lucky punch and can you give some examples of fights where the winner landed a lucky punch to win the fight.

A luck punch is some shìt you more than likely wouldn't land if you fought the same opponent again.

When something isn't lucky it can be easily replicated. But if you can do it 1/10 times or something... sounds like you shooting for the stars. Anybody can have 1 good performance doesn't necessarily mean they're good. They just had a good night.

If somebody is outboxing you like Sergio & Chavez Jr. Then he lands a shot he couldn't all night until the last round. Hard not to call that lucky imo. I think Jermell Charlo was very fortunate vs Erickson Lubin.

[Bunch Pag]

If somebody is outboxing you like Sergio & Chavez Jr. Then he lands a shot he couldn't all night until the last round. Hard not to call that lucky imo.

or as the likes of sergio, or Chavez switched off for a second and he's finally made contact..?

[Toffee]

I don't think anyone throws a punch they don't expect to land. That would be an 'accidental' knockout, not a 'lucky' one. And it doesn't happen.

I think you can get lucky though, to varying degrees. A hail mary hook thrown in desperation... yeah it's no accident, but there's got to be a fair degree of luck in that.

There's a saying in golf with regards to hole in ones. To get close to the hole takes great skill, to get a hole in one takes great luck.

A one punch knockout against the pattern of the fight can be incredibly skillful, but for that one punch to land perfectly and end the fight needs a bit of good fortune.

Povetkin's movement and uppercut was brilliant. But even he couldn't have predicted Whyte's movement to the degree that the punch became so devastating. It landed absolutely perfectly.

[SplitSecond]

When you are getting dominated, decimated, outboxed, outhustled, outplayed and on your way out but manage to land that one shot to stop the beatdown. I’d imagine.

I’ve never actually used the term as far as I can remember. Seem like an excuse. That said. Don’t delude yourselves into thinking luck doesn’t come into it sometimes. That sometimes without a proper setup the stars don’t just align because for whatever reason the opponent was completely asleep the second before you put him to sleep. Called a lapse in concentration.