Best boxer with a poor jab?

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  1. 2piece

    2piece Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Pretty self explanatory I'm not going to say no jab, but who was able to succeed despite having a poor jab.
     
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  2. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Plenty of early heavyweights from the "plan, pounce, and grab" era...I assume you're looking for more modern names?
     
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  3. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Manny Pacquiao?
     
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  4. Slavic Fighter

    Slavic Fighter Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Roy Jones Jr
     
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  5. red cobra

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    Jones Jr comes to mind....either a poor jab, or he just didn't like using it.
     
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  6. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Do you mean boxer as in fighter?
    If so Marciano, Frazier,Armstrong, Graziano.
     
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  7. Hookie

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    Didn't like using it... I'm pretty sure he used it vs. Ruiz.
     
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  8. Hookie

    Hookie Affeldt... Referee, Judge, and Timekeeper Full Member

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    Mike Tyson and sometimes Holyfield. It wasn't that their jabs were bad, but when you are fighting 6'5" guys with 80" plus reaches... what are you gonna do?
     
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  9. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    He also used it some vs Vinnie Pazienza,...but I guess you're right...he just didn't like using it.
     
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  10. DrMo

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  11. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Good one. The only decent fighter to ever be outjabbed by Miguel Cotto?
     
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  12. ribtickler68

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    Frazier didn't have a poor jab at all. He maybe didn't use it enough but it's quality was there.
     
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  13. scarecrow

    scarecrow Boxing Addict Full Member

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    How can you have a poor jab if you're signature punch is a 1-2?

    The first part of that combo is the jab.
     
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  14. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    His signature punch was the 2. His jab was more of a weight-shifter, stay-busy punch that he threw while gathering himself to throw his big straight punch. It was a non-factor really and he had an abyssal connect percentage with it.
     
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  15. 2piece

    2piece Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I call them boxers because they competed in boxing. Fighters do MMa and other things of that nature.
     
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