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Kicking things off with Larry Holmes.......

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Marvin Hagler

this thread's gonna be like separating the atom. Ronald Winky Wright and Roy Jones Jnr both had nice jabs for me. Frank Bruno had an effective, powerful jab, but he'd freeze when he got caught.

Probably Tony Booth.

To me, pound per pound best jab in history was the one of the great Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns. What a jab. Fast, quick like lightning.

Quartey's jab was almost like a lead left hand.

I always liked Ricardo Lopez' jab, so technical and accurate.

Arguello had a good jab too.

Hearns
Holmes
Hagler's was the best right jab I've seen by quite a long way
good call on Ricardo Lopez, I'd add another Nacho guy Rafael Marquez to the list too, his jab was a great combination of speed, with sledgehammer power.

Virgil Hill; 20-odd defences throwing almost nothing but jabs, you gotta know his jab was a good one

McCallum, interestingly, cites Don Curry's jab as (I'm paraphrasing) a thing of beauty, something like 'he was a baaaad man with that jab'

umm. probably more to think of

n1ebf wrote:Roy Jones Jnr

what? really? Roy Jones Junior?

i think wlad deserves an honorable mentioning
as a very solid jabber. the only man i think in
heavy weight history who settled a title fight
with jabs only.

Gene Tunney

Joe Louis.

And a shout out to the old-timers: Jim Jeffries.

Sonny Liston.

No one rate Ali's jab??

One of the Great Heavyweight Champions, take your pick.

Larry Holmes
Sonny Liston
Wladimir Klitschko
Lennox Lewis

I'll tell you a guy who has a great jab that often goes unnoticed as it's just blending in with the rest of his offense, but Miguel Cotto has always had a great jab and uses it very well.

Ruben Olivares

Don Curry

evrenb wrote:No one rate Ali's jab??

Evidentially not . . .

Benny Leonard, Holmes & Hearns.

raylawpc wrote:

evrenb wrote:No one rate Ali's jab??

Evidentially not . . .

Well his jab was excellent. But I think his combinations were his signature.

Besides, I have found to print that name in any positive way, gets a certain contributor to hit the search button, and go off on a tangent with her rebuttal. So...it's a good idea to keep all things M.A. on the Q.T.

I.M.H.O.

elmersalsa wrote:To me, pound per pound best jab in history was the one of the great Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns. What a jab. Fast, quick like lightning.

Howard Winstone
Pernell Whitaker
Sumbu Kalambay
John Conteh
Bob Foster
Michael Spinks
Harold Johnson

Some that haven't been mentioned.

BoxBuzz wrote:

raylawpc wrote:

evrenb wrote:No one rate Ali's jab??

Evidentially not . . .

Well his jab was excellent. But I think his combinations were his signature.

Besides, I have found to print that name in any positive way, gets a certain contributor to hit the search button, and go off on a tangent with her rebuttal. So...it's a good idea to keep all things M.A. on the Q.T.

I.M.H.O.

Good not excellent. Kenny Norton exposed that.

Pinklon Thomas had a very nice jab for which he hasn't been given enough credit.

- Chuck Johnston

Well his jab was excellent. But I think his combinations were his signature.

Besides, I have found to print that name in any positive way, gets a certain contributor to hit the search button, and go off on a tangent with her rebuttal. So...it's a good idea to keep all things M.A. on the Q.T.

I.M.H.O.[/quote]

Good not excellent. Kenny Norton exposed that.[/quote]

That's like saying Tyson exposed Larry's jab as Holmes could do jack with it in their fight (massacre)

Chuck1052 wrote:Pinklon Thomas had a very nice jab for which he hasn't been given enough credit.

- Chuck Johnston

Good shout....been watching a fair bit on Pinky recently and even in later years his jab was great. .