Best HW jab: Louis, Liston, Ali, Holmes, Foreman, Lewis, Bruno, Douglas, Thomas, Bowe, Klitschko

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  1. Flo-Raiden

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    From Best to Worst where would you rank these HW jabs? You can rank them based on power, speed, versatility, or overall effectiveness as a dangerous weapon.

    Joe Louis
    Sonny Liston
    Muhammad Ali
    Larry Holmes
    George Foreman
    Lennox Lewis
    Frank Bruno
    Buster Douglas
    Pinklon Thomas
    Riddick Bowe
    Wladimir Klitschko
     
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    What about larry Donald and malik Scott
     
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    I don't really like doing the ranking thing as it's impossible to compare, but that's clearly a great list of names.

    I might have Ali or Holmes at the top because it seemed they could win fights with the jab alone.
     
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    I'm too lazy to do a full ranking but Holmes had the GOAT jab -- which is general consensus.

    I'd have Ali at 2.

    Bruno would be at the bottom because he had by far the slowest jab of all those guys.
     
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    A full list is with data analytics is required.
     
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    Before the concussions Lindros had a better jab than Holmes even when switched to southpaw!
     
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    Louis has the best jab imo.
     
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    Best is rrally hard to tell, but Holmes definitively had the more unique and distinctive jab
     
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