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The lighter you go, the faster they get.

Roy had way faster hands than Joe. Meldrick Taylor and Hector Camacho Sr (before he was ruined by Edwin Rosario) were both faster. Ray Leonard had unbelievably fast hands when he was coming up through the welterweight ranks after the Olympics. Hell, I remember Ricardo Lopez as having incredibly fast hands and reaction time in his prime, and Roy was about as fast.

The 1-2 that Roy dropped Reggie Johnson with was one of the fastest two-punch combinations I have ever seen. Roy was way faster than Joe, but Roy was not as fast as prime Meldrick Taylor.

The only person who I can think of as being definitely faster than Taylor was Eddie Cook. He was fighting Israel Contreras for the WBA bantamweight title and his hands were so fast I almost couldn't see them land. The guy was unbelievable.
Eddie Cook did have fast hands. But the fastest hands i ever seen belong to Ed Hopson. Nobody could match his hand speed.
Very true but Jones' were all power punches which was what made his speed so unique.

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mosley in his early days could easily throw 20-25 punches in a matter of seconds

obviously the lighter guys are gonna have faster hands than the middle, heavy fighters - but if your talking all round in general id still have to say mosley has the fastest ive seen
There is a video clip of Jones in training throwing about 25 hard shots in 5 seconds on a floor to ceiling bag. If I can find it I'll post it. It's amazing!

To get back to the point of the thread, Jones' handspeed is p4p the fastest I've ever seen so obviously far faster than Calzaghe.
And that was an old Roy Jones too

YouTube - Roy Jones Jr. Training

Does the combo at the 6:10 mark
I know it was an oldish Jones. Thats why I'd love to see just how fast he could have punched around his MW and SMW days. For me he seemed (strange as it seems) to get faster when he moved up from LMW.

Thats it I'm off to watch his career box set again!