Fastest Boxers with Tremendous Balance

[Nightcrawler]

Originally Posted by atberry

Jones was often off-balance

that was my first thought but can you think of any examples? i had trouble

[Nightcrawler]

Originally Posted by orriray59

Meldrick Taylor? Floyd Mayweather?

good shout out on meldrick. he was rarely off balance...when he got knocked down it's cause he was ****ing hurt

[OneMic]

Whitaker? Guys sense of balance was freakish.

[MagnaNasakki]

Originally Posted by OneMic

Whitaker? Guys sense of balance was freakish.

Not really a speedster, though. The best footwork of all time, though, definitely. Broke all the rules, still seemed surefooted.

[lora]

watch Duran vs Buchanan, how quickly he's charging in and closing the distance, but still able to punch effectively.

Exceptional natural balance and footspeed.

Early Chang too, though certainly not textbook either.

Laguna, Marcel, Luis Rodriguez with their bouncing, in-out mid-range movement would be worthy picks, though i don't think Rodriguez hands were overly quick for single shots, he still had a fast way of fighting.

[Theron]

Originally Posted by MagnaNasakki

Not really a speedster, though. The best footwork of all time,

Nah that has to go to Pep best footwork ever

[MagnaNasakki]

Originally Posted by Theron

Nah that has to go to Pep best footwork ever

Two sides of the same coin, honestly.

Pep flowed laterally better than anybody, but Pea had better pivots and retreats. Which do you prefer?

I'll call Pea's footwork better, personally. Pep, movement.

[Nightcrawler]

not a pure speedster but willie pastrano was very quick and stable when i've watched him

[Daruf]

Hearns deserves a shout out i think although his hands were faster than his feet, his balance was always perfect.

Most fighters under the late Steward shared this though.

[Theron]

Originally Posted by MagnaNasakki

Two sides of the same coin, honestly.

Pep flowed laterally better than anybody, but Pea had better pivots and retreats. Which do you prefer?

I'll call Pea's footwork better, personally. Pep, movement.

When i watch Pep i prefer him but then when i see Whitaker i say wow how did i pick Pep and same goes over and over, i seem to prefer Pep a little more though

[albinored]

..willie pep could move from side to side as noted, but he was brilliant at going straight in, throwing punches in bunches and getting out again without being hit.

[dyna]

Maybe Wlad?
He is very fast for a hw, and especially for such a big man.
His speed is pretty equal to Haye's, he also seems to stay in balance almost all the time.

Sure he isn't like Pep or the other "small" men, but for a hw he's very balanced.

[ThinBlack]

Greg Page, Hector Camacho, and Larry Holmes.

[Bill Butcher]

Ali & Leonard had great balance.

[Bill Butcher]

And as mentioned, Willie Pep.