Other than RJJ and Pacquiao, name ATGs that didn't utilize a strong jab?

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by horst, Feb 22, 2010.


  1. horst

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    Most great fighters seem to have based their style round a jab, even many great swarmers/infighters used one as a starting point.

    Off the top of my head, I can think of Roy Jones Jr and Manny Pacquiao who either didn't place importance on the jab or simply did not possess a good/great jab.

    Other great fighters who didn't? :bbb
     
  2. itrymariti

    itrymariti CaƱas! Full Member

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    Roy Jones did possess a good jab, he just didn't need to bother with it much. I'm sure you've seen the Pazienza fight.
     
  3. ripcity

    ripcity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The Sugars Robinson, Leonard and Mosley.
     
  4. lefthook31

    lefthook31 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Both Hopkins and your boy Mayweather prefer leads rather than working off a good jab even though both have good ones.
     
  5. Sweet Pea

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  6. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    personally, that's probably the best jab i've ever seen

    other names: joe frazier, charly burley (from reports anyway), galaxy, mosley
     
  7. KOTF

    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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    The Brockton Blockbuster
     
  8. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    IF you are being strict on who you classify as great for the sake of the thread it's a tough one to think of many offhand.

    I don't agree with Robinson and Leonard.Hopkins jab is nothing particularly special, but he still has an educated one, same with Mayweather though he is a good enough call.

    Duran, Locche, Galindez, Zapata, Chang, Toney, Olivares all were guilty of neglecting it as a primary pointscoring weapon, but they all still made educated use of it either on the way in or as a disruptive tool.

    A lot of the asian borderline greats didn't make much use of one.The Galaxy brothers, Ebihara...Moon just liked his clubbing bombs.Even sophisticatd boxer-punchers like Gushiken and especially Watanabe mostly used it as a range-finder.
     
  9. horst

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  10. Tony_Jones

    Tony_Jones New Member Full Member

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    yeah, the Pazienza fight is the first one that comes to mind when considering Jones is jab. But in general it wasnt a punch he utilized. He simply never needed to. All leaping left hooks and lead rights.
     
  11. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Joe Frazier jabbed proficiently (i think he out-jabbed Foster in round 1), Burley had a world class jab as I understand it.
     
  12. horst

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    I wouldn't put forward either of these names for this thread then. It wasn't a primary weapon for either, but they do possess decent jabs. I wouldn't say the jab is as absent from their performances as it is from the usual displays from Jones and Pacquiao.
     
  13. horst

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    I disagree about SRR and SRL. Mosley is a fair enough call.
     
  14. Tony_Jones

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    Mayweathers best use of the jab is too the body. One of his best weapons in my humble opinion.
     
  15. Sweet Pea

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    It wasn't exactly difficult for Roy to utilize an effective jab against a technically inept midget like Pazienza. When did he ever use one on a note-worthy opponent of similar size? The most I ever saw him throw one otherwise was in the first Griffin fight, in which he landed what seemed about 5%. I don't think a consistent jab would've worked for his style, which is why he tended to just pot-shot with it when the openings came.