Boxer with the best right jab?

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  1. themostoverrated

    themostoverrated Active Member Full Member

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    Who is the boxer with the best right jab in history? My vote is for Marvelous Marvin Hagler who was a natural right hander but there could be others.
     
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    LoadedGlove Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tony Willis. Didn't even look like a southpaw. Joy to watch.
     
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    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Sweet Pea could do surgery with his jab.
     
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    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    I wouldn't say he possess a terrific jab but his right is like his whole toolbox. Perhaps, Guillermo Rigondeaux?
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    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Thread topic is right jab, not left jab.
     
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    FastHands(beeb) Well-Known Member Full Member

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    LG - George Feeney might not agree!!!
     
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    Besides Hagler and Pernell I think Winky Wright and Too Sharp had great southpaw jabs. Wright's jab was masterful against Trinidad.
     
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    Excellent
     
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    Michael Moorer, Michael Nunn, Sweet Pea, Joe Calzaghe, Henry Maske, Winky and Hagler are the standouts in my time of following boxing. Basically all the standout southpaws. The jab seems to be even more important to a southpaw.
     
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    LoadedGlove Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Indeed FastHands. I'd say Tony was ahead on points before the first knockdown though !
     
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    Claw4075 Ezzard Charles GOAT Full Member

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    Michael Second To Nunn and Marvin Hagler had really good right jabs.
     
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    In the heavyweight division, it would be Sonny Liston. His “jab” was a power punch.
     
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    Winky hands down. Thread over. He literally dominated hall of farmers with that punch alone. Well, the jab and an impenetrable defense.
     
    AwardedSteak863, Mar 4, 2022
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