Fastest Boxer's In History

[ICB]

Heavyweight = Muhammad Ali
Cruiserweight = Evander Holyfield
Lightheavyweight = Floyd Patterson
SuperMiddleweight = Roy Jones Jr
Middleweight = Sugar Ray Robinson
Lightmiddleweight = Terry Norris
Welterweight = Sugar Ray Leonard
Jr Welterweight = Meldrick Taylor
Lightweight = Shane Mosley
Superfeathweight = Floyd Mayweather Jr
Featherweight = Willie Pep
Superbantamweight = Manny Pacquiao
Bantamweight = Rafael Marquez

Im struggling here so i'll just leave it at that for now and try and do rest later.

To be fair handspeed Floyd Patterson was arguably faster than Ali
apart from that your not to fair of Buddy

I just changed my list i put Patterson as Cruiserweight and Spinks at Lightheavyweight.

HEHE weight wise yes but technically he did not fight there its a bit like saying Marciano was the hardest hitting Cruiser well you see my point ICEMAN but we will let it go

actually Tyson would have been the hardest cruiserweight puncher... or Shavers

How ??

[Beanflicker]

If we are talking handspeed, I'd probably give Prince Naseem the nod over Willie Pep, althought it would be close

[Spicoli]

Respect to life time soldier and top fighter Johnny Tapia ,Had some very Taxing and fast hands at peak..."Mi Vida Loca"...

[Lords Gym]

funny, i think he is fighting in this era. Paul Williams... i never seen so many punches thrown in a flash.. for a man his size he lets them go .. freezes the opposition with speed and accurate

[Mr140]

Thing i can not believe is the reach of Paul i mean 82 for a welterweight is unheard of like a heavyweights reach

[Lords Gym]

Thing i can not believe is the reach of Paul i mean 82 for a welterweight is unheard of like a heavyweights reach

that along with his ability to fight on the inside with that reach. He will spark them all who set foot at 147 would be my guess. time will tell.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Yeah i liked Williams the moment i saw him. Compensates for lack of power with pure volume.

[Taeth]

You may not like this but imo Tyson punched faster than Ali.

Its no true.. He had faster combinations to a degree, but Ali had a lot faster hands when you watch him plant his feet against Frazier in their fights his hands are as fast as anyones, and his footspeed when he was young is incomparable.

[Preme]

SRR wasn't that fast at middleweight tbh... i would of thought roy or toney were faster than him..

SRR was fastest at WW, and was SRL faster than judah at WW? shit judah has amazing hand speed...

[Taeth]

Also Michael Nunn at middleweight is a contender.

[Mr140]

I would say that SRL has better speed then Zab and not give it a second thought to be honest

[Trainer Monkey]

Nobody can get to the post weigh in buffet faster then James Toney,thats for sure

[Tito BHB]

Its a difficult topic..

There are a few things i ponder on when thinking of my answer and looking at others answers

One is things like how to define speed like a roy jones compared to a james toney and a Tapia

Toney and tapia are more likely to appear to be fast.. They both tend to flurry, Tapia would sometimes come forward with continuous straits.. and both flurry to the body and come up to the head..Its like three down stairs and come up with hooks and uppercuts..while roy was just crazy fast and snappy popping out fast punches one two three at a time with ease and the way in which he throws is different..#

Another matter i think of is this..

Rafael Marquez..Yes fast im sure.. But not of that style.. I suppose style aids speed..

If you were to put a R Marquez and An Andre Berto in front of me i bvelieve most would favour berto..

Its just the strange way in which the style of punching and pop favours the speed

[Taeth]

I would say that SRL has better speed then Zab and not give it a second thought to be honest

I would disagree. I don't think anybody is faster than Zab at 140+, there are a few guys at that top speed that are pretty close to even him, Mayweather, Leonard, Mosley, probably Robinson though the cameras back then make it hard to tell. Mayweather at 130-135 was faster than any of them except Mosely, but he had much faster feet than Mosley.

THe speed difference between these guys is pretty much non-existent, but what makes people believe one guy is faster is more of things like skill and reach which have no direct relevence to handspeed.

[Mr140]

Good point I going on Ray i could be wrong just my opinion i have seen a lot of SRL and i think he looks faster then Zab but to be honest i am bias because i am a huge SRL and i hate Zabs so much it is not even funny so i probably wrong i guess you could say teath