Michael Spinx claims he had the best jab in his era

He isn't wrong. Holmes did get outjabbed by Spinks despite having a 5" reach advantage.

 

I dont have a problem with him saying that. Not only did he outjab Holmes but Spinx exhibited his jab against a much higher level of competition more consistently than Holmes did.

 

He had a great jab. I'm not convinced he would outjab a younger Holmes.

There were some great jabs around at that time and i'd take Hearns over his and maybe Hagler's as well. I recall EMM slickly outboxing Spinks for the first 6 or 7 rounds before the weight drain caught him up. Might take another look.

 

He isn’t lying. When Spinks was still healthy he had an excellent jab.

 

He beat a HoF-level Qawi just with the jab. Not to mention Holmes. And that punch played a big part in beating EMM.

But you really want to see something, check out his fight with Ramon Ranquillo, who was coming off a KO of a still-very-viable Mike Rossman. He absolutely destroyed the guy just with his jab.

 

He's right.

 

Agreed. When it came to ring results, his jab did very, very well. At the same time, it wasn't his jab that truly got him the decisions over Larry. It was his flurries and moving away that did it...not so much his jab. Spinks fights aside, Hearns, Hagler, and Leonard all had very good jabs at the same time as prime Spinks and even prime Holmes.

When prime, Holmes and Hearns were the standouts with Hagler being a closer runner up. Spinks and Leonard pulled up the rear when it came to jabs during the late 70s through 83/84.

 

He won when he wasn't supposed to based on the 'experts.'

Aptly titled: The Spinks Jinx.

 

Uhhh, Larry Holmes 1977-1982 smokes you out of the water, Spinks. And everyone else besides maybe Thomas and Ray (Marvin had a heck of a nice right jab).

Spinks was light heavy contender and champ (with a very good jab) in the latter part of those stated years so, no way Michael.

 

Spinks barely beat Holmes in their first fight, then "won" the second despite getting hurt several times (Holmes never even once got hurt in either fight). So, on paper yeah he beat Larry.

Watch the fights again and tell me how great a jab Michael had. He didn't have a great anything at heavyweight, imo. He just knew when the time was right. A past-it, never-that-good-to-begin-with Cooney doesn't count, baby.

Great light heavy though.

 

He had a very good jab.I did not see Spinks outjabbing Holmes in either fight.And Spinks sure lost the 2nd fight where Holmes was fully motivated and in better shape

 

A reasonable and plausible suggestion on his part.

 

LOL his jab isnt even in the same zip code as Holmes

 

mike never made it to the big leagues despite winning the heavyweight title.

but the best jab of the era was hagler and Camacho. they busted people up. that's how you measure jab effectiveness