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    Default Jabs that don't get enough credit

    You guys can list more if you want, but these guys have great jabs, but they are known for other tools.

    Hearns: his jab can rock back heads, but he was always known for his right cross and its ability to knock heads off.

    Miguel Cotto: Great jab really controls the tempo of a fight, but once again because he is such a great left hook artist especially to the body it doesn't get the credit it deserves.

    Pernell Whitaker: obviously known for his defensive wizardry, his jab was like a spear, it was amazing to watch, he really got good power behind it.

    Marvin Hagler: If Whitaker's jab was a spear, then Marvelous Marv's jab would be a battering ram, his jab was what most right crosses wished they were, it was quick, but it landed like a cross and because it was his jab he could counter with it at times no cross would have been able to have been thrown.

    Floyd Mayweather Jr: Often accused of not having a jab, well he landed almost twice as many jabs as Oscar did against him. He has the best jab to the body I've ever seen, and he is the one amazingly fast fighter I've seen who doesn't flick the jab, his jab makes a b-line he gets his whole body behind it, especially to the body, it was great to watch in his natural weightclasses.

    Sonny Liston: Wow his jab was a battering ram like Hagler's and it was fun to watch.

    Foreman: same thing he always landed his jab effectively, IMO it was his best punch and when he came back after retirement it was a deadly tool, and it landed a lot on Holyfield.

    Feel free to name other big name fighters with a jab that never got its just reward.
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    Default Re: Jabs that don't get enough credit

    Tszyu had a good jab when he used it.

    Nice list. Foreman did have a very good jab

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    Default Re: Jabs that don't get enough credit

    cotto does have a great jab

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    Default Re: Jabs that don't get enough credit

    One name LARRY HOLMES. The greatest jab of all time IMO. He threw a nice quick one to keep you off balance and a jarring jab that could do some damage. Especially when he doubled it up.

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    Default Re: Jabs that don't get enough credit

    Larry Holmes doesn't go under the radar for his jab.

    I am talking about guys excluding people like Ali, Quartey, Louis, Wright, De La Hoya, Holmes, Leonard, Lewis, Wladimir Klitschko, etc... Guys who don't get the recognition for their jab that they should.

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    Default Re: Jabs that don't get enough credit

    Quote Originally Posted by Taeth View Post
    Larry Holmes doesn't go under the radar for his jab.

    I am talking about guys excluding people like Ali, Quartey, Louis, Wright, De La Hoya, Holmes, Leonard, Lewis, Wladimir Klitschko, etc... Guys who don't get the recognition for their jab that they should.

    ok gotcha. Riddick Bowe, Buster Douglas,Andrew Golota when he fought Bowe. Tyson has to be mentioned.

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    Default Re: Jabs that don't get enough credit

    Jermaine Taylor has a great jab when he chooses to use it

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    hagler and duran both had great jabs but because they were come forward aggressive fighters people missed the fact they both could really box and had great jabs!

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