The best left jabs in Heavyweight History

[The Jackal]

Larry Homes best jab in boxing & Ali go down to middleweight Carlos Monzon

[princemanspoper]

Yea Norton's jab was good, tricky style. Not incredibly fast or powerful, but hell, he used it well.

I cant see Norton beating Lewis though even if he could out jab him for a while, I think Lewis would do a Foreman, Cooney or Shavers on him.

Lewis isn't foreman,shavers or cooney.Nortons tactics of staying on the ropes cost him against shavers and cooney,Lewis who had a hell of a right hand was a boxer first and foremost.Lennox Lewis like many other outside fighters didn't like pressure and as seen against ray mercer struggled against a pressure fighter with a good jab,something norton was and had


I wouldn't make a prediction as the example I used in Ray Mercer lost a close decision but I'd be very confident in that lewis wouldn't knock him out

[Sugarj]

I honestly dont think that Norton had the chin to absorb Lewis's punches even though he would have been a stylistic nightmare for Lewis.

Lewis was a big, heavy handed guy with good speed that would make the seventies Foreman and Shavers look small! The 205Lbs Norton would look tiny in comparison. Lewis's uppercut and straight right would find their targets enough I'm sure to force a mid rounds stoppage if not earlier.

[mrswong]

muhammad ali's jab, no doubt the best

[sonnyboyx2]

Holmes wins this hands down for me

Holmes could not out-jab Michael Spinks over 30rds, Holmes also failed to master Bonecrusher Smith & Carl"the truth"Williams, he also struggled with Tim Witherspoon... Muhammad Ali had the fastest and best jab in boxing history even better than Sonny Liston

[sonnyboyx2]

Lennox Lewis deserved to be mentioned.

Frank Bruno gave Lewis a lesson in how to jab

[sonnyboyx2]

Yea Norton's jab was good, tricky style. Not incredibly fast or powerful, but hell, he used it well.

I cant see Norton beating Lewis though even if he could out jab him for a while, I think Lewis would do a Foreman, Cooney or Shavers on him.

Norton would slaughter Lewis... Norton beat Muhammad Ali lost a split decision to Holmes, beat Quarry yet your saying he would get destroyed by china-chin Lennox Lewis ... bazarre

[sonnyboyx2]

I honestly dont think that Norton had the chin to absorb Lewis's punches even though he would have been a stylistic nightmare for Lewis.

Lewis was a big, heavy handed guy with good speed that would make the seventies Foreman and Shavers look small! The 205Lbs Norton would look tiny in comparison. Lewis's uppercut and straight right would find their targets enough I'm sure to force a mid rounds stoppage if not earlier.

you may as well say Primo Carnera would beat Norton as Lou Duva described Lewis as another Carnera and over-rated

[mickey malone]

Norton would slaughter Lewis... Norton beat Muhammad Ali lost a split decision to Holmes, beat Quarry yet your saying he would get destroyed by china-chin Lennox Lewis ... bazarre

You're right on one thing.. Bruno did outjab Lewis that night.. You may have noticed I was also the only poster who put him on my list, but hating on Lewis is a pointless waste of time.. And to say he'd get owned by Norton is simply preposterous.. Is it the Canadian thing that's bugging you.. If you're a 90's fan from the UK, this would explain a lot...

[them_apples]

Lewis isn't foreman,shavers or cooney.Nortons tactics of staying on the ropes cost him against shavers and cooney,Lewis who had a hell of a right hand was a boxer first and foremost.Lennox Lewis like many other outside fighters didn't like pressure and as seen against ray mercer struggled against a pressure fighter with a good jab,something norton was and had


I wouldn't make a prediction as the example I used in Ray Mercer lost a close decision but I'd be very confident in that lewis wouldn't knock him out

I agree, Lewis isn't a destructive knock out artist like those guys mentioned, he's a boxer with good power at times.