Best at slipping the jab

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  1. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm spamming the forum. Shhh, don't tell anyone.

    You have some obvious choices like Tyson and Frazier. But there are a host of other fighters, like Armstrong and a young Duran who just weren't there to be tagged.

    How about Whitaker? I can't remember anyone really outjabbing him in a meaningful way, and he was giving up height a lot past 135.
     
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    pablod Active Member Full Member

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    benitez knew the jab was coming before you knew you were going to throw it
     
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    Chris Eubank deserves a mention, he would evade 95% of left jabs by moving his head just a fraction of an inch while poker-faced.
     
  4. Son of Gaul

    Son of Gaul Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Spoon
    Patterson
     
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    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I appreciate slipping the jab because I was never very good at it.Duran was a master at slipping the jab, tyson liked to slip outside the jab and land his own to set up his attack.
    Mike mccallum could do everything including this skill.
     
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    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    On the back foot - Eubank, Ali. On the front foot - Duran. Statically - Toney.
     
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    Rid**** Bowe.......was the worst
     
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    Toney & McCallum. Nunn deserves a mention as well.
     
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    impacted Well-Known Member Full Member

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    All great picks. Aaron Pryor really impressed too in the second half of Arguello 1.
     
  10. zadfrak

    zadfrak Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jimmy Young. He did it the Eubank style by making a guy miss by millimeters with that great boxing radar of his.

    Too bad it's a skill you can't train guys for--a ton of guys sure could have used some radar to cover up the sloppy defense in front of it.
     
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    Jack Johnson was very special at slipping the jab to counter with his own.
     
  12. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    :dealThe perfect Benitez quote!! How true.
     
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    My man Jimmy Young was a genius!!
     
  14. salsanchezfan

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    Witherspoon didn't slip the jab so much as block it with his right hand.
     
  15. Drew101

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    Chavez Sr. was very good at this, too. So was Sugar Ray Leonard.