Roy Jones and his use of the jab.

I haven't seen this fight but those punch stats indicate a relatively close fight. 209 punches landed for Mike? Surprising.

 

He used it better against Ruiz, but he showed he can definitely use it as a weapon. He can come up short with it a lot, but when it lands it has enough speed and pop to stop someone from coming in or set up a combination effectively.

 

when i just saw the title of this thread, i was actually going to mention the McCallum fight as a good indicator that Jones jab really wasn't anything special.As opposed to the idea his performance against Paz shows he really had an awesome one when he used it.

No need for that though, i see.

it was ok.hard for a fighter with that sort of handspeed to have an outright poor jab really.

 

i agree. jones won the fight vs ruiz with the jab. had never seen him throw it like that before. the first jones-bhop fight is where both fighters came up short time and time again with the jab. both trying to get the other to commit and you ended up having a boring fight.

 

He did is as more of a statement, but he used his jab to peck Pazienza to pieces.

 

Jones knew the mechanics of boxing. It's obvious in his excellent commentary, but with the speed he possessed the jab was simply a decoy to establish range and setup his leads which were much more effective.
You can believe Jones when he said he carried Mcallum in the fight because of his enormous respect for him. Mcallum was slow as a sloth compared to jones and jones simply toyed with him the entire fight.

 

paz is where that jab is at baby! his jab was SPECTACULAR there. was paz a natural 168 pounder? no. was paz at his prime? no. was jones' among the best jabs that night in the entire decade? yes!!

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pJlNvkSf1s[/ame]

watch as he slices a decent ****ing fighter to ribbons

 

Roy rarely uses his jab, but if he does, then his opponent should be honored, because it means that fight is harder or his opponents is harder to hit than Roy expected

 

Jones is short with quite a small reach, he's never going to be able to outjab a rangy ATG jabber like McCallum, so the jab wasn't effective and he had to step in to land it effectively and he changed it to a long hook when he did that. He's fast enough to lead with left hooks or rights throwing the jab out the window

Against Pazienza who doesn't have the range he starts pumping it to control a smaller opponent. I could see him doing that if he faced Duran or Benn too. He tried to use his jab against Toney but Toney was slipping it

 

Anyone remember what roids Roy was on?

His physique was very impressive there.

 

I agree with Lora, Roy didn't have an ATG jab by any means. Not even close. It's very fast and reasonably acccurate, but even at the best of times you can see that he's a bit tense when throwing it and doesn't commit as he should. He almost always pulls his head back a little bit while throwing it, which he would be punished for if not for his speed. Probably the worst punch in his arsenal by a fair margin.