Where does Cotto's left jab rank among active fighters?

[Chino]

Cotto looked great...against a nobody. ODLH will look as good against another nobody. So yeah, cheers for both.
Anyways, I did see Cotto a bit faster than in other fights. Liked his jab.

[RP33]

Cotto's jab def looked great against Gomez..

as just about all of these fighters have been mentioned already, Jermain Taylor's jab is ridiculous.. he just stops you in your tracks when he hits you with it.. Klitschko's jab is obviously one of the best.. DLH's is great, Kessler works everything off of his jab.. Winky's jab is one of his best punch's if not his best.. and of course Pretty Boy Floyd.. His right hand leads are definitely more effective, but when he feels that he's in control of the fight he'll unleash his jab, and it is a thing of beauty..

[SweetPea]

I didn't give my answer right away when I started the thread because I wanted to see what others had to say first.

I would rank Wlad's jab #1, both in terms of PFP power and how much he relies on it.

I think Taylor actually has the second most powerful jab in boxing, but he forgets about it for long stretches and doesn't use it nearly as much as he should.

I think Winky has the second most effective jab (behind only Wlad) in terms of how important it is to his style, but I put him a little behind Taylor/Cotto in terms of its power.

In the end, I'd rank them:

1. Wlad
2. Winky
3. Cotto
4. Taylor
5. Kessler

De La Hoya and Quartey both had great jabs, but Quartey is too inactive for me to rank him, and Oscar is fairly inactive, and his one recent fight "wasn't a night for the jab."

[OumaFan]

It doesn't have anything to do with how his jab looked against a "nobody", its been looking great lately in general, just watch the Mosley fight. He pretty much won that fight with his jab.

I'd say its top five, I wouldn't include Taylor just cause he's so inconsistent with it.

[Althugz]

I know he fights nobody's but Felix Sturm had one ridiculously powerful jab against Oscar. Everytime he landed it Oscars head would snap back. The great thing about Cotto's jab is that he steps in with it and really puts his legs into them. He turns a jab from a 5'7 guy into one that should belong on a 6 footer.

[Mar]

Cotto has a great jab...and is a lot faster than people anticipate, enough to beat floyd or even margarito, we'll see.