Wilder working on his jab

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  1. GotchaHat

    GotchaHat Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Beautiful jab from Wilder, could be light outs for the man from Crimea if he faces him next
     
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  2. miniq

    miniq Tyson Fury Undisputed HW Champion 18/5/24 Full Member

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  3. Jacques81

    Jacques81 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I am glad that after 17 years in the sport, Windmill is working on the Jab!

    He might beat Nichols someday if they ever grant him a rematch
     
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  4. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Wilder always had a good jab, hit Fury with a lot of counter jabs in their first fight.
     
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  5. Kiwi Casual

    Kiwi Casual Active Member Full Member

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    Wilder has always had a good jab, his issue is maintaining the discipline to use it instead of falling back on his right hand by default. If Wilder fought Fury a 4th time with a consistent jab, I'd actually favour Wilder to win.
     
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  6. jmb1356

    jmb1356 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Every time he threw it in their last fight, he immediately threw a right hand. He should have come in lighter, not heavier.
     
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  7. blackfella96

    blackfella96 Active Member Full Member

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    I wonder if a loss earlier in his career would've changed his trajectory, may of took time to get the fundamentals right had he fought the more skilled fighters in the division after Stiverne 1. He showed his jab in that fight but never used it of that nature again. I don't think Jay Deas did enough to develop skill and let Wilder dictate his own training
     
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  8. MixedMartialLaw

    MixedMartialLaw combat sports enthusiast Full Member

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    Probably but most of his fights were against subpar competition. He could get by with only his powerful right against that quality of opponent he faced.
     
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  9. SquaredCircle

    SquaredCircle Active Member Full Member

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    I've been watching boxing religiously for several decades. Wilder is the most skilled fighter from Tuscaloosa I've ever seen.
     
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  10. BCS8

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    Should have done this years ago. It's probably too late now. If Wilder had had a Larry Holmes type jab he could have been great on just two punches.
     
  11. ashishwarrior

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    Lewis disagrees
     
  12. blackfella96

    blackfella96 Active Member Full Member

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    Agree with the competition, a real shame that Wilder V Povetkin fell through, would've been a great scrap
     
  13. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Should be noted it didn't "fall through." Wilder claimed PEDs use based on the fact that trace elements of a recently banned substance were found in Povetkin's system. Povetkin reasonably claimed that the trace amounts were from when the substance was legal. The WBC agreed, but Wilder would not go through with the fight. Povetkin sued and won millions.

    It was a blatant and cowardly duck.
     
  14. bandeedo

    bandeedo VIP Member Full Member

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    he doesnt turn it over nor does he put any shoulder into it. the only thing that jab is good for is to blind the opponent to the right hand behind it in a 1-2.
     
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  15. MAD_PIGE0N

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    The jab is what you start with in boxing, not how you exit your career, especially when you're tall and the jab is what you must dominate with. But working on pads is always better than what you do in the ring. He was never that fast with and he's throwing it with his hand a bit down, which in most cases he can allow being usually the taller, but in his case the hand is too low and his body moves the way it's obvious he's throwing a jab. His right hand is the great tool he has, the video is just another proof.


    I think so as well. Povetkin was a monster back then, Wilder was and is still a dosser.