Who had the best HW jab Holmes, Ali or Foreman?

Holmes

 

Holmes easily....on the contrary Holmes jab was a harder jab than Ali's ..Ali's was a flick half the time. Holmes was ram rod and he tried to shove it down your throat half the time.

 

If we limit ourselves to lineal champions

Holmes Louis Foreman Liston Lewis Tyson Holyfield Ali Wlad Fury

Would be my top 10 off the top of my head.

Holmes as nr1 for obvious reasons. The placings for Lewis Louis Fury Wlad Liston
Don't really need to be explained.

Old foreman could win a fight with basically just his jab because it was so uncomfortable to take.

Tyson had a great jab that he could use to outjab much taller skilled guys with.

Holufield had a well timed jab that he could double up and use to set up machine gun combinations.

Ali had a good jab but it often felt like he just used it to keep his opponent busy or score points. He didn't really use it as a punishing heavy punch like Holmes or a power shot on itsiown like liston or foreman. And it wasnt really a distraction for a sneaky power punch like lewis.

 

Ali.

 

Holmes
Ali
Liston
Louis

 

Probably Holmes.

I liked Wlad's jab when it was still snappy and when he hooked off it.

 

Ali. nobody had an easy time countering it.

Holmes was always countered by right hands and guys could certainly come over the top of Foreman's. The trouble with doing that to Foreman was he was going to fire right back & the opponent had better move and not stay and admire their work.

 

I like Larry's right hand. for sure better than Ali's. watch it in the Spinks, Snipes, and Marvis Frazier fights. You could hear it land. I love the sound his right hand made as he landed it full force on an opponent - BLAM! SPLAT!

Ali threw more punches but Larry made his count

 

if I had to pick which fighter I'd choose to be it would be Foreman. he made it look so easy. an underrated boxer who needed just a handful of blows to take care of opponents

 

Ali's jab in the first fight against Patterson was just brutal. Never seen a better jab than that.

Toss-up between Ali and Holmes for me if we're talking prime for prime. Perhaps Ali.

Holmes kept the top quality of his jab longer, though. Ali was down to a pretty average jab post Manilla. Very little snap left. Those talking about Ali's flicking jab are probably thinking of this, older, version of Ali. Ali's jab was still a very potent weapon in the early 70's (the job it did on Foreman, for example), but in the 60's it was just outstanding.

 

For me it's Holmes.

 

Holmes gets my vote. I would also put Liston up there with those three.