P4P fastest hands ever?

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  1. Primadonna Kool

    Primadonna Kool Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Roy Jones...

    Amir Khan probably has the fastest hand speed.

    It annoys me the way everyone assumes being lighter will make you faster. David Haye is faster than 99.9% of Super Middle Weights.....

    Is Timothy Bradley faster than David Haye...? Does not look like visually.
     
  2. eazym1979

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    Roy Jones Jr
     
  3. KidPerat

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    Top 5

    1) Sugar Ray Leonard
    2) Meldrick Taylor
    3) Roy Jones Jr.
    4) Floyd Patterson
    5) Pernell Whitaker
     
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    Roy Jones
    Meldrick Taylor
    Manny Pacquiao
    Zab Judah
    Shane Mosley
    Ray Leonard
    Floyd Mayweather
    Maybe premature, but I'll put Gamboa in there too

    Hard to pick just one.
     
  5. pistal47

    pistal47 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    P4P fastest hands in boxing today has to be Andre Dirrell. Legit 6'2 with very long arms and fights at 168 and could easily fight at 175. When he lets his hands go he has absolutely blinding speed and very sharp punches. It's a beautiful thing to watch. I really hope he doesn't go to waste.
     
  6. Imperial1

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    SRL

    RJJ

    Meldrick Taylor

    Hector Comacho

    Shane Mosley
     
  7. dyna

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    Rjj, heavier than Money, also faster.

    SNV deserves a mention.

    Haye and Wlad are very fast too.
     
  8. Saintpat

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    RJJ P4P

    Just straight fastest period, Howard Davis Jr
     
  9. Imperial1

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    ^ This


    There is SNV and then the rest ! The man can break the sound barrier with his speed !
     
  10. dyna

    dyna Boxing Junkie banned

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    for his weight he certainly has very quick hands...
    He certainly ranks high on p4p.
     
  11. DJAdAmS

    DJAdAmS Ex-Army Middleweight Full Member

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    SRL, Jones Jnr, Hamed and Tyson p4p that i have seen.
     
  12. dyna

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    [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_MwQpOu6_lQ[/url]


    Now tell me, with 400 pounds how doesn't he rank at the top.
    I don't mean to say he's good or the fastest, but he's fast and he's very heavy.
     
  13. Imperial1

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    Larry Holmes begs to differ

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRotpnkhvtk[/ame]
     
  14. dyna

    dyna Boxing Junkie banned

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    Against any boxer who knows what he is doing can defeat Butterbean.
    No matter how old.

    Just don't get hit clean by a hayemaker like that WWE wrestler.
    But wrestlers are stupid in their first fight by thinking they can take those hits.
     
  15. KidPerat

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    Holmes' speed is severely underrated (just like his entire career).