Top 10 best Jab's at HW?

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  1. Brixton Bomber

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    What does your top 10 look like?
     
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    Ragamuffin Active Member Full Member

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    Are we talking accuracy, power, or general all round?
     
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    All round, bud. :good
     
  4. SmackDaBum

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    Flick jab
    Power jab
    Double jab
    Lazy jab
    Range finder
    Blinding jab

    Keep going!

    There's so many jabs.

    I like Holmes, Mercer, Pulev, Tyson, Klitschko etc just by looking at them.
     
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    OK dude, tricky as there are more than ten in anyone's book really, so I will just put forward a couple. Accurate stinging jab when he was younger, Cassius Clay. Accurate hard rangefinder, Larry Holmes.
    A heavy thudding jab to set opponents up, which was sometimes faster than most people give credit for - George Foreman.
    Another hard jabber who hurt many opponent with it - Sonny Liston.
     
  6. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    All around, there's Liston, Ali, Holmes, and Wlad.

    Who had the best jab ?

    That depends a bit on how much weight you place on the different components outlined by Smack above. (post #4)

    Unpopular as it will be, and given the fun I've recently poked at the newbie cretin uncle termite, I would rank Wlad's as the best, mainly on account of how he often wins fights pretty much with the jab alone.
     
  7. Big Ukrainian

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    In no order

    Holmes
    Ali
    Wlad
    Liston
    Lennox
    Vitali
    Bowe
    Foreman
    Carl Williams
    Douglas
     
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    1. Joe Louis
     
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    1/ Wlad Klitchko
    2/Holmes
    3/Lewis
    4/foreman 90's
    5/Thomas
    6/Ali
    7/Bowe
    8/ liston
    9/Tyson
    10/ Mercer

    based on effectiveness and technique when used!
     
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    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Holmes
    Ali
    Liston
    Louis
    Wlad
    Williams
    Bowe
    Tunney
    Vitali
    Thomas
    Norton
    Spoon
    That's my order at the moment. Others may shift but Holmes is always first in my book.
     
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    Not much love for Lennox?
     
  12. latineg

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    yes a few guys mentioned him but a few skipped him,,,

    Lennox had a awesome jab, he often didn't use it but his was top ten for sure imo :good
     
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    Carl the truth had a pretty nasty jab that could control lessor fighters

    Buster Douglas had a power jab as well
     
  14. Chuck1052

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    Pinklon Thomas also had a terrific jab in terms of accuracy and power.

    - Chuck Johnston
     
  15. Webbiano

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    Moorer had a very good jab, Surprised Tunney has only been mentioned once, Corbett would be the only other person I'd add for contention that hasn't been mentioned.

    A good shout from Chuck there