Who has a better jab, Terence Crawford or Dmitry Bivol?

Yes but even if you're of the opinion Crawford's is better you do have to factor in size too.

Crawford at 147, despite it being his third division, is fighting opponents roughly his size (weight) at that weight and he has never been at a reach disadvantage in any of his world title fights, whereas, conversely, Bivol is routinely facing bigger or much bigger guys than him at 175 and he's been at a reach disadvantage many times

Bivol at 168 = Crawford at 147 albeit Crawford still has a long reach for that weight class as evidenced by the fact he even has a 2'' longer reach than LHW Bivol

Bivol weighs between 180-184 max at 175, the likes of Zurdo have come in as high as 205lbs and would've bare minimum weighed at least 12lbs more than Bivol if not significantly more and he has a 75'' reach. Crawford is never having to contend with such physical disadvantages. You can still believe Crawford's is better but we should factor in size

Many would agree that Crawford with his KO 100% at 147 hits harder P4P than Bivol who hasn't scored a stoppage in many years but, as said, Bivol is fighting bigger or much bigger guys than him and he's fought a lot of durable or extremely durable guys who never or rarely get stopped.


Clenelo, who is on more PEDs than the winner's rostrum of Mr Universe, has never been dropped, and Zurdo, Richards, and Salamov AFAIA have never even been dropped either, let alone stopped, and Pascal is crazy tough and has only been stopped x 2 and that was by a prime Kovalev who is one of the hardest punchers in LHW history and was one of the top 3 hardest punchers in the sport back then.

Joe Smith has only legitimately been stopped and floored by Beterbiev, who again is one of the hardest punchers ever and is arguably the #1 hardest puncher in the sport right now.

Chilemba is also very durable. He's only been stopped once - on an arm injury by Gvozdyk

So, whilst I think Crawford has more P4P power than Bivol, people will just look at Crawford's KO 100% at 147 and the fact that Bivol has a low KO% in title fights whilst ignoring context. Benavidez, who Clenelo is petrified of like he is of rematching Bivol, said Bivol has one of the strongest right hands he's ever felt

 

You mean Crawford is fighting opponents his own size and he dropped the soft-chinned Spence who despite the fact he has barely fought any legit punchers, let alone ones his size, has been hurt numerous times and had to spit out his gum shield to buy himself time by light to average punchers at best. Who else has Crawford dropped with a jab?

Bivol is fighting opponents bigger, much or way bigger than him and he's fought a lot of very tough or iron-jawed opponents