Fighters good at hooking off the jab?

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  1. MagnificentMatt

    MagnificentMatt Beterbiev literally kills Plant and McCumby 2v1 Full Member

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    This is a fairly rare move, especially to be used often and well, who are some fighters who were proficient with it? It is beautiful when executed well.
     
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  2. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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  3. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Beat me to Arguello. This is kind of a lost art and Arguello was the best at it. I've seen Ezzard Charles do it on film. Virgil Hill did this. Hill didn't have much of a right hand.
     
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  4. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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  5. spion

    spion Active Member Full Member

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    Michael Spinks used it very effectively unifying the light heavyweight title against Dwight Braxton (Qawi).
     
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  6. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    John Conteh comes to mind, especially when he lost the right hand due to injuries. One of the best left hands the Light Heavyweight division's ever seen.
     
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  7. itrymariti

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    Ezzard Charles.

    Arguello, though he did it too much early on in his career. Looks like the Arguello/Escalera KO has been removed from YouTube. I might upload that later.
     
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  8. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Wlad is capable of hooking very well off the jab.

    Sometimes he does often throughout the course of a fight, other times he doesn't do it at all--but when he does it, I've seen him be very effective with that. His motion is quick and deceptive.
     
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  9. Osceola

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    Floyd at super feather and lightweight
     
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  10. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    A guy named Sugar Ray Robinson. You may have heard of him.
     
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  11. Boilermaker

    Boilermaker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I agree that Wlad can be very good at this, and to go to the ultra extreme, I understand that Bob Fitzsimmons was absolutely lethal with this combination, although it was often a jab to the solar plexus from what i can gather.
     
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  12. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  13. ricardinho

    ricardinho Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Zarate....
     
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  14. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  15. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    SRR did it excellently in every fight ive ever seen of him
     
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