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    1. Roy jones.
    2. Roy jones.
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    5. Meldrick taylor.

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    Prime Floyd Mayweather?
    Muhammad Ali?
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    Surprised I had to read that long before seeing Ali's name on someones's list..

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    Are we talking about fast hands only?
    Or just overall fast?

    Fighters like Holmes, Casamayor, Hearns didn't have fast feet.


    Hands only: Meldrick, RJJ, SRL, Pernell, Ali...

    Overall: Meldrick, RJJ, SRL, Ali, SRR...

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    Dunno really, depends on a guys definition. Being fast doesn't translate to good. I mean honestly Eddie Hopson was one of the quickest I've ever seen...but at the end of the day, and or career...who cares. Fast of feet and quality punch selection is another thing. With repsect I'd put Camacho in that class in full hindsight. Tremendous hands but his legs and mind were all self preservation. Thank you El Chapo. If I say Hopson I have to include a Mark Johnson. Absolutley a world class whirlwind with the qickest hands and feet until he fancied himself a slugger.

    Taylor until until his warriors code came in, seeing him get hit clean by Ramos was something. Leonard was a beast in both. Jones jr was the clinical definition of pure reflex and handspeed...something that you cannot teach. Raw and natural. Ali early on. Robinson. Guys who set traps with the feet and capitalized with hands. On constant speed...energy shit I'd throw in Johnny Tapia. Always moving, shifting, popping in and out with solid hand speed. Whitaker was that too, he would literally leave guys looking stupid off of fast shifts and turns and swinging at the air but his mentality was box first...and box and box. Running on here
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    Default Re: What are the top 5 fastest boxers of all time?

    Roy Jones and Meldrick taylor .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spicoli View Post
    Dunno really, depends on a guys definition. Being fast doesn't translate to good. I mean honestly Eddie Hopson was one of the quickest I've ever seen...but at the end of the day, and or career...who cares. Fast of feet and quality punch selection is another thing. With repsect I'd put Camacho in that class in full hindsight. Tremendous hands but his legs and mind were all self preservation. Thank you El Chapo. If I say Hopson I have to include a Mark Johnson. Absolutley a world class whirlwind with the qickest hands and feet until he fancied himself a slugger.

    Taylor until until his warriors code came in, seeing him get hit clean by Ramos was something. Leonard was a beast in both. Jones jr was the clinical definition of pure reflex and handspeed...something that you cannot teach. Raw and natural. Ali early on. Robinson. Guys who set traps with the feet and capitalized with hands. On constant speed...energy shit I'd throw in Johnny Tapia. Always moving, shifting, popping in and out with solid hand speed. Whitaker was that too, he would literally leave guys looking stupid off of fast shifts and turns and swinging at the air but his mentality was box first...and box and box. Running on here
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    Great assesment as usual... Too Sharp was a baaaaad man with them hands.
    Mi Vida Loca as well.
    Let's not forget how quick Paez Sr was as well with his hands and for me one of the best waist movements the sport has ever seen.

    Other names that come to mind Kid Chocolate & Ike Williams.

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    Amir Khan has very fast hands of the current fighters.
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    Yes amir khan in todays batch is definately one of the top guns in hand speed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CutMeMick View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Spicoli View Post
    Dunno really, depends on a guys definition. Being fast doesn't translate to good. I mean honestly Eddie Hopson was one of the quickest I've ever seen...but at the end of the day, and or career...who cares. Fast of feet and quality punch selection is another thing. With repsect I'd put Camacho in that class in full hindsight. Tremendous hands but his legs and mind were all self preservation. Thank you El Chapo. If I say Hopson I have to include a Mark Johnson. Absolutley a world class whirlwind with the qickest hands and feet until he fancied himself a slugger.

    Taylor until until his warriors code came in, seeing him get hit clean by Ramos was something. Leonard was a beast in both. Jones jr was the clinical definition of pure reflex and handspeed...something that you cannot teach. Raw and natural. Ali early on. Robinson. Guys who set traps with the feet and capitalized with hands. On constant speed...energy shit I'd throw in Johnny Tapia. Always moving, shifting, popping in and out with solid hand speed. Whitaker was that too, he would literally leave guys looking stupid off of fast shifts and turns and swinging at the air but his mentality was box first...and box and box. Running on here
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    Great assesment as usual... Too Sharp was a baaaaad man with them hands.
    Mi Vida Loca as well.
    Let's not forget how quick Paez Sr was as well with his hands and for me one of the best waist movements the sport has ever seen.

    Other names that come to mind Kid Chocolate & Ike Williams.
    Williams was as quality well rounded as they came from what I've seen. Great call on Paez. Underneath all that show time was some excellent flurries, and skill.

    There was a window, maybe a small window, where at the risk of being called off my meds I saw Johnson every bit as quick of hand and relfex as a Roy Jones jr. One of THE biggest matches we missed out on I believe was Johnson vs Tapia! Talk about a pure clash of absolute quality.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CutMeMick View Post
    Are we talking about fast hands only?
    Or just overall fast?

    Fighters like Holmes, Casamayor, Hearns didn't have fast feet.


    Hands only: Meldrick, RJJ, SRL, Pernell, Ali...

    Overall: Meldrick, RJJ, SRL, Ali, SRR...
    Dokes had very fast hands as well.
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    Speed for me encompases more than how many punches you can throw a second. There are lame karate guys who can touch their knuckles off a heavy bag 10 times in a second with "punches" that wouldn't crack an egg.

    When you factor in everything: 1 punch speed, combination speed, fluidity, ect, I'd have to say p4p Roy Jones was the fastest fighter ever.

    Floyd, Ray Leonard, Gamboa, Meldrick Taylor spring to mind too, but who knows what order.

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