What are the top 5 fastest boxers of all time?

[JonnyFolds]

Surprised I had to read that long before seeing Ali's name on someones's list..

Ali
Meldrick Taylor
RJones
Nonito Donaire
Sweet pea
PBF

[CutMeMick]

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...

[Spicoli]

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

[Dark Lord Al]

Roy Jones and Meldrick taylor .

[CutMeMick]

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

@Spicoli

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.

[Master]

Amir Khan has very fast hands of the current fighters.

[imp]

Yes amir khan in todays batch is definately one of the top guns in hand speed.

[Master]

Yes amir khan in todays batch is definately one of the top guns in hand speed.

I would also add Paulie Maliggnagi

[Pavlik]

Yuriorkis Gamboa
Andre Berto

[Beanz]

Willie Pep
Benny Leonard
Aaron Pryor
Ali
Jones Jr

Naz was pretty fast
as are Manny and Floyd

[DavilaJones]

Willie Pep
Benny Leonard
Aaron Pryor
Ali
Jones Jr

Naz was pretty fast
as are Manny and Floyd

I think Tyson would be faster than Ali but yeah Ali was one fast dude.

I'd say Medrick Taylor is perhaps the fastest dude I've seen, SRL SRR and Jones behind him,

[Spicoli]

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

@Spicoli

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.

[Gandalf]

I don't think you can really say with any surety regarding who is the fastest puncher. A fast puncher is a fast puncher and you are clutching at straws unless you have a Grand Prix stopwatch and get your You Tube videos together. Otherwise, it really is all just guess work and opinions.

Jones Jr, Ali, Taylor, Whitaker spring to mind, but the fastest of all time? It's just guess work. I'm sure there are plenty who have had that speed in the last 100 years.

[Memphis]

Guess work and opinion is what makes the forum world go around Miles.

For me Floyd is as quick as it gets. His boxing brain is a beat ahead of anyone else, each punch is calculated, each hole exploited, he only throws if he has a target.

Someone like Amir is fast as fook but his hands work faster than his brain can cope with so its almost a handicap. This will be lost on most people but he reminds me of someone like Aaron Lennon (Spurs footballer) His legs work too quickly for the rest of his body and his brain, they cant function in sync.

[Master]

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.