Greatest Jab ever

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  1. Cobra33

    Cobra33 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Great post.
     
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  2. Cobra33

    Cobra33 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What Canto fight shows him at his best with the jab?
     
  3. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Thanks boss. :)
     
  4. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Holmes
    Everyone takes a back seat
     
  5. Tonto62

    Tonto62 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Of the heavies I would agree.
     
  6. Ken Ashcroft

    Ken Ashcroft Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think Larry would the consensus choice, certainly among the heavyweights but amongst other noted heavyweight jabbers, I’ve always been a big admirer of Pinklon Thomas’s jab. Maybe not as quick a jab as the likes of Holmes and Ali but in regards to how heavy hitting a jab it was, at his best, I think it ranks up with the best that I’ve seen.

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  7. BELLERS

    BELLERS Active Member Full Member

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    From memory, Don Curry.
    Like many have already posted, Larry Holmes.
    A bit left field, Frank Bruno.
     
  8. JohnThomas1

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    Ali
    Foster
    Hagler
    Hearns
    SRR
    Whitaker
    Arguello
    Pedroza
    Harada

    Some of the top jabs that come to mind without much thinking. Foster's jab against Hank was brutal.
     
  9. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Great mention on WW
     
  10. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    The jab of comeback foreman. Name a man who it didn't stop coming forward..
     
  11. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    I agree Liston had the best jab for a HW (Ali and Holmes follow respectively) but I admittedly don't watch any other divisions other than heavy so I can't tell you if people from other divisions surpass him P4P.
     
  12. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    I have his jab as the best of any weight class in history. Just my opinion
     
  13. Tomatron

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    Vernon Forrest had an excellent jab, often forgotten about, big admirer of his work off the jab.
     
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  14. Woller

    Woller Active Member Full Member

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    Howard Winstone.
     
  15. jarama

    jarama Active Member Full Member

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    Holmes
    Lewis
    Conteh
     
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