Is the lazy jab an effective weapon?

It is effective if the fighter knows what he's doing and in that case, I wouldn't call it lazy. Like Rigondeaux, you could call his lazy, but I'd describe it as something different

 

Rigo is a weird ass fighter. He probes with his non-lead (left hand) and actually throws the straight pretty stiff. He throws a standing jab. No back foot stiffness to it.

 

a lazy jab can be a great weapon of the other hand unleashes a KO shot. can be a jabtraction

 

Yeah, like BBall said, there's a difference between a lazy jab and a range-finder jab. A lazy jab is one that you throw crooked and slow or bring back dangerously low or constantly leave floating aimlessly after you throw it. A range-finder jab is purposefully outstretched with a conscious measurement of the distance and awareness of the risks.

 

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Not a lazy jab, like with Roberto Duran and Roy jones(along with Rigondeaux) it is usually used as a bait, but it also keeps your opponent busy.
Rigondeaux sometimes messes it up though, he loses focus and just throws it out there consistently, im not sure if he realises this, and it's not a common occurence, but i've seen him do it twice and onboth occasions that i noticed this(vs Marroquin & Donaire) he got cracked with a lead left hook.

 

Lennox Lewis.

 

Misunderstood the question, if you meant a jab just stretched out then yea, Bogotazo got it, a range-finder.

 

wasnt for danny jacoobs against pirog



it dont work for zab either

 

Only as a range finder like Rigondeaux

Trouts jab is good when effective, but Canelo rendered it innefective

 

It can hide a right hand, so yes.

 

No, you can tell by the way they position their bodies. A lazy jab is like Bradley's. It's sharp but he brings it back low or throws it not quite at shoulder level (to protect his chin) and he pays for it.

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Someone using it as a range-finder, like Mosley or Floyd or Ward or Rigondeaux, arch their back and bring their whole body behind their jab, sort of like a fencer with his foil.

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I guess the in-between is when a fighter always brings it back low but usually "gets away with it" and then gets clocked. In that case they are used to calculating the risks, but may have also forgotten how to operate any other way and become vulnerable when the risk is greater.

Ultimately, a lazy jab is a jab that wants to land but is thrown improperly and creates risks. A range-finder jab isn't fully committed until the fighter decides to throw it stiff, or throw something else behind it.