Thread: Best Jabs In Heavyweight History

Inspired by Wlady's jab clinics and Sam Peter's exceptional utilization of the jab in his rematch with James Toney I am curious to find out everyone's pics for the best jabs in heavyweight history. I am dividing them into 4 separate categories.

1. Heaviest Jab
2. Fastest Jab
3. Best Set-up Jab
4. Best Main Weapon Jab

My pics are:

1. Sonny Liston/ Joe Louis / Hasim Rahman
2. Muhammad Ali/ Jack Johnson
3. Wladimir Klitschko/ Lennox Lewis
4. Larry Holmes

What are your thoughts?

Thanks in advance to everyone for their feedback.

1. Fast jabs goes to Muhammad Ali.
2. Strong jabs Larry Holmes.

i think larry had most powerful snappy jab and prolly ali had fastest one

Rahman and the words greatest in history dont fit...

Originally Posted by Tito_BHB

Rahman and the words greatest in history dont fit...

LOL. I knew I set myself up for that one.

Originally Posted by Tito_BHB

Rahman and the words greatest in history dont fit...

Just what I was thinking lol... One guy who could fill his spot imo, who had a very heavy jab, a prime Ray Mercer. Sonny Liston is the other obvious leader imo... Fastest jab, Ali, best overall weapon, probably HOlmes. Lennox Lewis or Joe Louis had likely the best set up, range finding jab, the Louis' was heavy as well, it was the right hand that killed.

joe bugna had one of the best set up jabs, shame he killed that belgian in a match, i think he could of been a world champ at some point.

lennox, wlad, hlomes and ali are the best jabbers i have ever seen.

Best jabs IMO at heavyweight

Ali, Lewis, Foreman(it was dominating), Holmes, Liston, Buster Douglas(when he got it going),

Ali, Foreman, Lennox & Holmes.

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I was amazed at how many jabs Ali used to defeat Sonny the first time. It was almost as if Ali ONLY threw the jab and stopped Sonny with it! Almost jab crazy!

Larry Holmes - had a jab that could knock you out on its own merit.

Big George - had a great jab, he used it a bit different,, he used it more to get you to turn a certain way so he could land the big hammer down... and god could he camouflage that right hand behind the jab. ba boooom !

1st Larry holmes
2nd Ali
3rd Lennox Lewis

thats my top 3 anyway

Larry Holmes jab was like a guy poking at your face with the ugly end of a 2x4. Very Hard. a punishing jab. like being punched in the face by the fist of a skeleton...it hurt! Best jab ever,all time.
Big george had the heaviest jab,deceptivly fast,with lots of weight and power behind it.
Ali's jab was quick and flicked out at you,just not quite as accurate and fast as Chris Byrd's