Taking away opponent's jab.

[Greed.]

Freaking great minds think alike. This was the exact fight that popped into my mind when I read the thread title. Williams counters jabs as well as anyone in the game right now.

Haha my man. I've been high on Williams for a while. Love his approach to the sport and I believe he is the best LMW that Haymon has after Lara. Was doing a good job on Centeno before he basically quit.







All were within a minute of the first round. Picked up the timing and range straight away.

[Larry the boss]

Watch Floyd and Pacman for current examples

[Larry the boss]

KOvalev destroyed HOpkins with a jab.

Jesus man he is 50

[Larry the boss]

Pavlik vs B-Hop

"Double the ****ing jab"

[LoadedWraps]

Mayweather taking away De La Hoya's jab is an obvious answer.

No it isn't. Oscar abandoned his jab early, and not because of counters or damage. Not the same thing at all.

[b00g13man]

No it isn't. Oscar abandoned his jab early, and not because of counters or damage. Not the same thing at all.

Looooool. "Abandoned the jab". People don't just do that.

[HitBattousai]

Looooool. "Abandoned the jab". People don't just do that.

He did. Oscar pulled his typical fade job as the fight went on, the punch output slowed down, and though Floyd never established anything that troubled the De La Hoya jab he was able to potshot a gassing, plodding DLH to eek out the win. Make no mistake though, Floyd was having problems with that jab and did not take it away.

The best quasi-recent example imo is Ward vs Froch. Froch's jab(typically one of his best punches) was basically nothing but counter fodder for Ward.

[2shameless]

Five or six ago I remember Eddie Chambers taking away Dimitrnko's jab even though he was like half a foot taller 50 lbs heavier. Dimi tried pawing with the jab and Chambers hit him with a left hook to the bicep. Totally demoralized him.

[Reloaded]

What were some fights where a fighter took away his opponent's jab?

I'm primarily looking for fights where a fighter kept countering his opponent's jab.

Watch some of Floyds fights he takes it away by controlling the distance, you can crowd the jab a little or make it reach, its much easier to counter jabs that are not quite right while its very hard to counter jabs that are spot on crackers , distance control is a powerful weapon against most shots .

[b00g13man]

He did. Oscar pulled his typical fade job as the fight went on, the punch output slowed down, and though Floyd never established anything that troubled the De La Hoya jab he was able to potshot a gassing, plodding DLH to eek out the win. Make no mistake though, Floyd was having problems with that jab and did not take it away.

The punch output somehow always manages to drop significantly when boxers face Floyd. It never actually has anything to do with what he does in the ring. Yeah, right.