Who had the best jab out of all of the heavyweights?

[bill1234]

Who had the best jab out of all of the heavyweights? I said Holmes. His jab didn't set things up, it was the punch. Who do you think had the best jab though, because that was only my opinion.

[BrooklynBomber]

Its a split up between Louis, Lewis and Holmes.

[bill1234]

In order, I would rate jabs as
1. Larry Holmes
2. Muhammad Ali (very close to Holmes)
3. Lennox Lewis
4. Sonny Liston
5. Joe Louis
6. Floyd Patterson

[Brassangel]

Believe it or not, I felt as though Donavan "Razor" Ruddock had an amazing jab before he became obsessed with "the Smash!". Watch the sparring footage of Ruddock and Holmes; he gave Larry fits.

[bill1234]

Believe it or not, I felt as though Donavan "Razor" Ruddock had an amazing jab before he became obsessed with "the Smash!". Watch the sparring footage of Ruddock and Holmes; he gave Larry fits.

That was just sparring though, in a real fight Larry would throw more, and harder/faster punches.

[Rudyo]

I would actually go with Liston, he had huge arms and a piston like jab which could hurt a fighter on the jab alone. It was a piston like jab and very sharp.

1. Liston
2. Lewis
3. Holmes
4. Ali
5. Louis
6. Patterson

[butterfly1964]

1. Liston
2. Ali
3. Holmes
4. Louis
5. Foreman

[The Raging Bull]

1) Louis
2) Holmes
3) Ali
4) Liston
5) Lewis

[hemichromis]

power: Liston, foreman or bruno

all round versatilty has to go to holmes. HIs jab was almost as powerful as the above but it was also very quick and accurate

[bill1234]

Something that very few fighters has done is KO an oppent with a jab, and Holmes did that earlier in his career, and he knocked a guy down with a jab. Very few have done this.