Him and Vernon Forrest had some of the most piston-like jabs in recent memory alongside Ike Quartey. Just how good was Jermain Taylors jab? I am one of the biggest JT fans on these boards, as most of you old timers know.. but I tend to agree with the fact that Jermain was never a smart fighter, had he been smart he could've really done great things in the sport of boxing (Beating Hopkins, Pavlik, Froch, possibly one of the other top SMWs like Kessler).
He had a good jab but i don't think it was anyting special. He seems to be emphasizing his jab a lot more since his return. I think coach Burns will make sure that's his bread and butter from here on out. Not just for offensive purposes but to improve his defense.
Lets hope he does. (Even though I think he's done) He has a very long jab and can extend it very well, as he did against Hopkins time and again.
Because he was a good athlete he had good snap and speed behind those jabs but it wasnt an awesome, he threw it from the hip on a consistant basis which bothered me.
His jab went well with his movement, as a punch on it's own it was good but not on Ike Quartey level, his jab and movement complimented each other and the combination of the two was very effective but he has bad stamina, loses steam in the championship rounds.
Quarteys jab declined quite a bit as he got older. When he was coming up, it was an incredible weapon. Forrest had a really great jab also, that was only hampered by injuries. Taylors jab was not on the level of either but it was strong and hard.
his jab was pretty quick, strong, but he dropped it when he brought it back and was inconsistent with it.
A Taylor now still has a GREAT JAB! Alot of Snap on it against That Nicklow dude he fought! It was sharp and fast! Sad to see the fight end the way it did!
Jermain Taylor was manufactured by HBO and some very powerful people in Boxing. Roy Jones has fallen. De La Hoya is a part time fighter who's just gone more seriously into promotion. Shane Mosley is aging. Bernard Hopkins is considered old. Floyd Mayweather wasn't yet the huge star he would become. America needed to create a new face, to keep/put Boxing into relevance in the United States. So they picked a guy who won an Olympic medal, had a good back story (his father walks out, he chooses Boxing over being in a gang etc.) Taylor had a certain charm, he's a nice guy. They match him VERY carefully, with guys like Joppy, and Edouard before putting him in the ring with the afformentioned aged Hopkins. (Bear in mind almost ALL of JT's fights have been on HBO, so he has started a following and gained mass publicity.) Regardless of how you scored the fights, he was given BOTH of them. Jim Lampley says something along the lines of 'We have a new star in Boxing.' Taylor fights Winky Wright, who was considered a smaller guy than JT. Winky was getting recognition after his domination of Tito who it must be noted was an even smaller guy than Wink. It looked like very good matchmaking by DiBella/HBO. Jermain Taylor does not impress and lost that fight in alot of peoples eyes. They cut the hype machine back a little and he defends against Spinks and Ouma, 2 fighters who he should of KO'd, thus restoring his aura of dominance, he looks poor in both fights. Jermain Taylor was a B+ Boxer who achived what he did through politics, IMO.
No offense... Whats that have to do with his Jab??? Being a B+ Fighter isnt bad at all seeing that if he had Cardio he would be able to compete with anyone at 160-168
His jab always went out quickly and with good power behind it. When he brought it back, though, it came back to his sternum before he did his forehead tap and brought it back into position. I always thought that could screw up a guys timing in a faced paced fight and/or make him vulnerable for a split second. He was a world class fighter and undisputed chamion, though, so it obviously worked for him.
i like vernon jab better, larry holmes and oscar. taylor to me had a jab that was fast and stiff and it hurt like a shity right hand.taylor not a technical boxer and hes jab would be used more if it was a more technical boxer.great jab when he uses it.
