Great Fighters without great jabs

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  1. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Who are some great boxers that didnt have great jabs
     
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    mono Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Rocky Balboa.
     
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    sasto Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Joe Frazier
     
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    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Marciano, LaMotta. Frazier, Tyson...there are many more.
     
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    mirexxa Heavyweight Champ Full Member

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    Tyson had a good jab
     
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    So, a Dick Tiger thread
     
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    I don't think Roy Jones had a good jab. He used it to set his left hooks and right hands. I don't recall seeing one single opponent of Jones having their head bounce back due to a jab. I think he connected more left hooks than jabs during his career.
     
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    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council Full Member

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    Smoking Joe Frazier had an underrated jab which set up that tremendous left hook.
     
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    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    He used his right hand as more of a traditional jab than his left. Crazy.
     
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    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    Orlando Salido wasn´t a great fighter per say, but I always admired how far he got with mainly looping hooks.
     
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    mosley
     
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    JMM
     
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    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council Full Member

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    Great call.
     
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    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    It's quite interesting to watch JMM and notice how offensively flawed he was. An amazing counter puncher for sure, legendary counter skills. But not the most multidimensional fighter around.
     
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    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    You never saw Wilfredo Gomez throw that many jabs which if you ask me, against Salvador Sanchez was part of why he lost. Jose Luis Ramirez also didn't throw that many jabs.
     
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