Bernard hopkins has got the worst jab for an elite fighter ever lol

[Bushidō]

A lot of those numbers aren't accurate. The jab doesn't have to land cleanly to be effective a lot of times.

yup. agree 100%

[freedom213]

Hopkins doesn't throw many shots period and he uses his left hand as a range finder and/or to confuse his opponents to set up his right hand and considering how defensive minded he is he probably doesn't want to use the jab because he can possibly be countered with right hands over the top. He has a pretty good jab when he actually uses it though.

A prime Hopkins had a great jab and used it all the time.

[Benny Leonard]

To be fair, you would have to look at a younger version of Hopkins....Pre-Tito.

[MGA HIGANTE]

Hopkins doesn't throw many shots period and he uses his left hand as a range finder and/or to confuse his opponents to set up his right hand and considering how defensive minded he is he probably doesn't want to use the jab because he can possibly be countered with right hands over the top. He has a pretty good jab when he actually uses it though.

/thread

[onedream722]

who cares...he handles his ****!!!111111

[street bully]

Hopkins actually has one of the best jabs in the business when he uses it. Also those numbers are way off.

[Sutekh uvdabrix]

I was gonna say, who needs a jab when you have the WWE launch off the ropes with an overhand right, with a headbutt right behind it in case the right misses?

LMAO

I know I wasnt the only one who peeps that off the ropes headbutt/right hand combo lol

holyfield mastered the headbutt/righthand combo, hopkins took it to the next level with off the ropes headbutt right hand

[MANGLER]

Who cares? He still wins.

[ИATAS]

Notice the stats listed are against fighter with GREAT jabs. And look at how ****ty their percentages are.

Hopkins TAKES AWAY his opponents jab better than anyone I've ever seen that I can think of.

It's funny this is posted, the latest issue of The Ring magazine Hopkins has his usual training tips **** and he talks about how to defend against the jab and take it away. He says your best weapon is the jab, but so is your opponents. The key is taking away your opponents jab thus they cant set up any shots. Thats why Tarver and Pavlik both looked like ****, like they had nothing on their punches because hopkins TOOK AWAY their jab and when that was gone, tarver & pavlik are worthless, they don't know how to set up punches without it. Calzaghe is a bit more versatile which is why he did better but even he looked the worst he's ever looked in his entire career.

[RisAri0]

if anything b-hop uses his jab to measure his opponents' distance.. not to do any damage or points...he'll just throw it out there just to do so