The Fastest LeftHook in Boxing History??

[Bad_Intentions]

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[Raggamuffin]

The left hook that RJJ used to obliterate Thulane "Sugarboy" Malinga with was lightspeed

[Bad_Intentions]

The left hook that RJJ used to obliterate Thulane "Sugarboy" Malinga with was lightspeedthe ''behind the back'' punch? :huh

[heerko koois]

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[Bad_Intentions]

:goodin slow motion Fh477BpDH6U

[GazOC]

The follow up right from Curry was SCARY!!!!

[heerko koois]

in slow motion Fh477BpDH6U

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Great left hook ! even looks fast in slowmotion !

[Raggamuffin]

the ''behind the back'' punch? :huh

Yep !!

[Swedish81]

That punch is absolutely textbook slip and counter.

[Raggamuffin]

Or the one Mike McCallum used to ko Curry was also really fast

[Bad_Intentions]

Yep !!actually, the phantom punch from ali is. couldnt even see it clearly on slow motion :-(

[Raggamuffin]

That's mainly because Liston blocks the view
It got there in a hurry though

[JohnThomas1]

Or the one Mike McCallum used to ko Curry was also really fast

A bit longer amd more of a sweep tho, this mutha from Curry is just so damn compact and snappy.

[Bad_Intentions]

many thought liston took a dive in that match.

[Raggamuffin]

many thought liston took a dive in that match.

I for one think not so.
When the fight was postponed because of Ali injury in a certain place(let's call it the groin area) Liston lost his drive and was never the same anymore

How about the hook from SRR against Fullmer ?
Talk about short, compact and powerfull

[Duodenum]

Among heavyweights, I was impressed with the speed and quickness of Mike Dokes's left hook at his fastest. John L. Gardiner was the EBU HW champion, but he was really a tomato can for Dokes when they met in Detroit. In that bout though, Dokes did not telegraph his left hook, and was using it the way most skilled boxers otherwise use a jab.

Gardiner, who had just become the third man after Holmes and Dokes to kayo Ocasio, was flattened for the count in round four with Dokes's hooks. Regardless of the competition, it was the best performance I ever saw Dokes produce in the ring, his Ali/Cleveland Williams moment.

[Bad_Intentions]

I for one think not so.
When the fight was postponed because of Ali injury in a certain place(let's call it the groin area) Liston lost his drive and was never the same anymore

How about the hook from SRR against Fullmer ?
Talk about short, compact and powerfullthat was a great left hook, fullmer was out, when he saw robinson celebrating he asked his trainer "why is robinson jumping up and down?" his trainer said "thats because he Knocked you out".

[p.falk]

the ''behind the back'' punch? :huh

wasn't the behind the back punch the one he knocked out Glen Kelly with?

[Bad_Intentions]

wasn't the behind the back punch the one he knocked out Glen Kelly with?I'm not sure.

[Titan1]

Among heavyweights, I was impressed with the speed and quickness of Mike Dokes's left hook at his fastest. John L. Gardiner was the EBU HW champion, but he was really a tomato can for Dokes when they met in Detroit. In that bout though, Dokes did not telegraph his left hook, and was using it the way most skilled boxers otherwise use a jab.

Gardiner, who had just become the third man after Holmes and Dokes to kayo Ocasio, was flattened for the count in round four with Dokes's hooks. Regardless of the competition, it was the best performance I ever saw Dokes produce in the ring, his Ali/Cleveland Williams moment.

That and the Lynn Ball fight.Him and Super Greg Page really delivered that night.As for the fastest left hook, between Donald Curry and Ray Leonard.

[Duodenum]

That and the Lynn Ball fight.Right. I tend to overlook Lynn Ball, because Dokes got him out so quickly. Gardner was able to hang with Dokes just long enough so we could see Dynamite's delivery of his hook repeatedly, yet Gardner wasn't so durable that Doke's couldn't display the power of his hook (as he could not do with Cobb). So Gardner is the match I tend to think of, when regarding Dokes at his best. (I missed his five round kayo over Franco Thomas, but I would imagine it was similarly impressive.)

[Titan1]

Right. I tend to overlook Lynn Ball, because Dokes got him out so quickly. Gardner was able to hang with Dokes just long enough so we could see Dynamite's delivery of his hook repeatedly, yet Gardner wasn't so durable that Doke's couldn't display the power of his hook (as he could not do with Cobb). So Gardner is the match I tend to think of, when regarding Dokes at his best. (I missed his five round kayo over Franco Thomas, but I would imagine it was similarly impressive.)

The Thomas fight was impressive at the end, but I think he was entering that fight on short notice, and I think he had the flu or something, he said he did it as a favor for Don King, who had done a lot for him.

[Duodenum]

The Thomas fight was impressive at the end, but I think he was entering that fight on short notice, and I think he had the flu or something, he said he did it as a favor for Don King, who had done a lot for him.Okay, thanks for the info!

[Vantage_West]

actually, the phantom punch from ali is. couldnt even see it clearly on slow motion :-(which one?.... he hit him three times in a row sadly the cameras in those days couldnt catch the punch on film real shame

[Vantage_West]

morrison-tucker was amazing
it just looked like a jab but in the replay...it was a well formed left hand hooked punch.

[Vantage_West]

I for one think not so.
When the fight was postponed because of Ali injury in a certain place(let's call it the groin area) Liston lost his drive and was never the same anymore

How about the hook from SRR against Fullmer ?
Talk about short, compact and powerfull:patschcompletly forgot amazing hook actually the left hook ray used in most of his fights were diamond

[ThinBlack]

The Donald Curry hook used against Milton McCrory gets my vote.

[duranimal]

As soon as i saw the thread title i knew it had to be Curry/McCrory:yep

[Vic-JofreBRASIL]

Patterson´s left was faster.....

[SJS19]

Honourable mention to De La Hoya's left hook that knocked Vargas down.

[kikibalt]

Tony Baltazar's left hook that floored Howard Davis was fast.

[Bummy Davis]

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watch 124 of round 2

[JohnThomas1]

Curry's far far faster for mine. Especially coming without camoflouge.