Who Had/Has a Better Jab than Larry Holmes?

[baya]

if someone mentioned barreras jab, i'm obligated to mention miguel cotto's yab.

[soul_survivor]

C'mon bro, Wlad put enough in his jab.. And he always jabs before setting up right hand.. He used to mark the faces up with his jabs alone.. Lennox did have a good jab but not as good as Holmes, I agree that's why I said they come close..
Coming to Ali, I always feel during his initial fights he had a very good jab and power shots that followed it but after his first title reign he changed his style a bit and used jabs more for decoy and more a positioning reference for his right hooks, straights, upper cuts.
Big George was generally heavy handed, his jabs had to have enough venom in them..
I'm sorry but Tyson doesn't qualify to me as a good jabber.. I have barely seen him put it out to good affect. That's also because of his height disadvantage and the guys he fought.
Now Holmes was the best known jabber to that date, yes We had better boxers but not the best jabs.. His Jab, much like Wlad had enough power, kept the opponents at distance, stop them in their tracks and start marking them up good. And most important it was non-stop, like always in your face type..

Man watch tyson from the mid to late 80s, he jabbed upwards from a crouched stand.

Btw I thought we were only talking about heavies, I feel Robinson, Leonard and a few others had better jabs than Holmes.

In terms of Wlad, I mentioned he could certainly be heavy handed with it but he pawed out too often ,especially against better opponents (Haye and Fury come to mind). It was more of a defensive weapon than anything, a shield if you may.

[soul_survivor]

if someone mentioned barreras jab, i'm obligated to mention miguel cotto's yab.

damn good shout!

[12TRIBEsRiSe]

lennox n wlad come close but nobody else, mines was really good but I didn't do much outside of it smh

[BoxingFan85]

Man watch tyson from the mid to late 80s, he jabbed upwards from a crouched stand.

Btw I thought we were only talking about heavies, I feel Robinson, Leonard and a few others had better jabs than Holmes.

In terms of Wlad, I mentioned he could certainly be heavy handed with it but he pawed out too often ,especially against better opponents (Haye and Fury come to mind). It was more of a defensive weapon than anything, a shield if you may.

I grew up during Tysons decline, rise of Holyfield & Lennox era.. But I caught up with most of the tapes I could get from fans/local historians/ etc.. May be I could have missed a few Tyson fights but I am going by what I saw..

As it was Holmes I referenced only HWs..

But bro Wlad's jab is underrated.. I have heard a lot of boxing experts(Non HBO guys too) talking about how effective he uses his jab.. I am not saying he is better or best.. I am saying he is up there among the best jabbers..