Proper definition of a rangefinding jab

So is there a complete lack of commitment behind a rangefinder jab? Or is there enough to brush a guy back?

 

It can still technically land, but there's very little force behind it. Most of the time, a right hand or left hook is coming off of it.

 

Wouldn't say it pushes them back but holds them in place to set something up with the back hand

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good tool for distracting opponents. can be like a feint in that way

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uses it above to set up his check hook

 

Sparred a guy in the gym who mimicked Floyd's every move and stuck that jab out their damn well. It was such a ***** to get past, even though it wasn't even being really "thrown". From that position, you can see practically everything coming. Though I'm a fan of refs allowing it to stay out there a bit, no need to limit the use of tactics a fighter has at his disposal.

 

nice. was he a rangy southpaw?

 

pac is the epitome of a boxer who uses a rangefinding jab before he got used to his right hook. he is always the smaller man and has shorter reach and he would use it to gauge his opponent's distance unleashing 2 or 3s without really trying to hit opponents but to tell their distance and following it up with his straight left once he knew that his target is within reach.

 

No, that was the other ****er, a heavyweight Pacquiao, don't get me started on him :-(

The guy I'm talking about was orthodox; even though I have crazy reach for my height, the way he always back-stepped defensively forced me to act like a shorter fighter so I wouldn't constantly lunge. Also made me realize that "dumb" fighters who "plod" and eat shots while coming forward aren't being dumb, they're being efficient; without a body and the know-how of Julio Cesar Chavez, why waste time trying to flinch and slip every shot when it only makes you more stuck in the mud and easier to hit against a more fleet-footed opponent?

 

I never thought of it as a "rangefinder" ... but I usually throw out a quick jab as a distraction (it doesn’t even have to land) as I come in with my overhand right.

I especially like to use the overhand right against a southpaw!

Pac (a smaller guy like myself) also seems to do this with his jab (as you pointed out) against his orthodox opponents.

Didn't he set Hatton up (for a left hand KO) this way?

 

So this is still up on Wikipedia.

:rofl:rofl

 

He was a left handed orthodox fighter, wasnt he?

 

I think so, he writes with his left if I remember well.

 

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FINITO LOPEZ bitches, end thread.

 

Great thread.

 

lmao