Re: Top 10 best athletes in boxing ever

Originally Posted by
Taeth

Originally Posted by
BoomBoom

Originally Posted by
Taeth

Originally Posted by
BoomBoom
Hopkins would be in the top 10 for me. Not so sure about Foreman in the top 10.
Hopkins? He isn't exceptionally fast or strong.
He had real fast hands in his prime. One of the fastest Middleweights of all time, maybe the fastest. Even in his 40s hes still a tremendous athlete and is always in top shape.
I don't mean disrespect, but Hopkins doesn't even have close to the fastest at middleweight all time... watch his fight with Roy and you will see that he is way slower than Roy, and Jones was holding back from throwing combinations in that fight. Don't get me wrong Hopkins had good speed but he fought a few guys who were clearly faster than him, the one thing nobody except Roy had better than him was timing... Hopkins had that 6th sense in there that negated the speed of almost everyone he faced.
youre right, Maybe not the fastest of all time, i exagerated a little, and Jones was a little faster in their middleweight fight but watch when he fought Aguino or lipsey or some of his early fights he had great speed and threw fast combinations. I stand corrected that he wasnt the fastest of all time but he was faster imo than Hagler and a lot of the great middleweights. But as far as athleticism he is and was a hell of an athlete.
Psalm 144: Blessed be the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle
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