Did Wladimir Klitschko have an UNDERRATED jab?

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Did Wladimir Klitschko have an UNDERRATED jab?

Poll closed Jul 1, 2024.
  1. YES!

    22.2%
  2. NO.

    77.8%
  1. Power_tek

    Power_tek Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I can’t think of a single heavyweight champion who was more reliant on his jab, I can’t believe this is a real question? He literally sat behind his jab his whole career
    Nonsense this
     
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  2. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I was going to say, not sure who is underrating it. Manny Stewart did the Manny Stewart things and taught him to jab'n'grab. The actual boxing part of that is jab, so...
     
  3. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    As far as I can recall, almost universally Wlad's jab is considered top 10 if not top 5 in the HW division ever.

    Like: Holmes, Liston, Ali, Lennox......Wlad, or Foreman etc.....

    Who underrating it?
     
  4. Absolutely!

    Absolutely! Fabulous, darling! Full Member

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    His jab was one of the best eva. Up there with Holmes, Ali, Liston, Foreman all them greats. It's only underrated if you don't put him in that company like a lot of classic posters refuse to do. But eff those guys. They don't know what they're talking about and stuck in the past where Max Baer is some sort of atg puncher that would beat every heavy weight today.
     
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  5. Ph33rknot

    Ph33rknot Live as if you were to die tomorrow Full Member

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    Wasn't his whole game jab and grab
     
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  6. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Second half of his career.
     
  7. Power_tek

    Power_tek Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Exactly his whole career
     
  8. Mordechai

    Mordechai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wlads jab, left hook and right cross are each top five all time
     
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  9. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No, his jab was well known and talked about by commentators and pundits.
     
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  10. The Long Count

    The Long Count Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Top 5 jab and best Jab in division since Holmes
     
  11. BCS8

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    You could make the argument that it's the best jab in heavyweight history. Can't see how it's underrated.
     
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  12. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No, because everyone knew it was a solid, stiff jab.