I had an arguement at the boxing club the other day with a lad who thought calzaghe had faster hands than roy jones, in their prime. I would say jones just wanted other peoples views.
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I had an arguement at the boxing club the other day with a lad who thought calzaghe had faster hands than roy jones, in their prime. I would say jones just wanted other peoples views.
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Prime Jones has much faster hands than Calzaghe, if he didnt he couldnt hav fought the way he did. Calzaghe has fast hands, but not on the level of RJJ, I'm guessin the guy must not have seen any of Jones prior to the Calzaghe fight. His handspeed was just too much bak in da day. Can't think of too many guys whose handspeed is comparable P4P with Jones to be honest
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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
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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.
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Meldrick Taylor was fast, but p4p he wasn't as quick as RJJ. I think his combinations were more impressive than his potshotting quickness, and that there are few guys who can match his individual punch speed. SHane Mosley, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Mayweather(at 130), Andre Berto could throw a punch as fast as Meldrick Taylor. But honestly RJJ could compete with any of these guys in speed and he was 30+ pounds heavier than them in his prime.Originally Posted by Formerly D@vid Leeder
There are a few guys coming up in the amateurs and going pro that don't throw the same type of combinations but their individual punches are IMO faster than Meldrick Taylor or Guillermo Rigondeaux, Rau'Shee Warren, and the Gary Russell crew.
I think Manny also has elite level handspeed, but he loaded up so much on punches at 130-, and he is one of the easier guys to hit with elite speed that he seemed slower than he actually was.
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Eddie Cook did have fast hands. But the fastest hands i ever seen belong to Ed Hopson. Nobody could match his hand speed.
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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.
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And that was an old Roy Jones tooThere 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.
YouTube - Roy Jones Jr. Training
Does the combo at the 6:10 mark
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Jones punches, Calzaghe slaps. There's no comparison there.
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Chris Byrd could be fast. Sugar Ray Robinson also
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Yeah, I have no problem going along with this statement.
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Roy Jones has the fastest hands for sure. Do not underestimate Pretty boy Floyd either he has lightning fast hands too.
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I would confidently say that Roy Jones has the fastest hands and by far. As much as I appreciate Mighty Joe, a prime Joe vs a Prime Roy = Joe that sees a flurry of white flashes popped out of nowhere.
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