Best combination of speed and power per division.....

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  1. JohnThomas1

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    Feel free to name some honorable mentions but try to name a top dog just the same.

    The criteria is hand speed and power not effectiveness or greatness of punching tho that will obviously overlap quite heavily.
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    HW: Tyson
    CW: Holyfield
    LHW: Spinks
    SMW: Jones Jr.
    MW: Jackson
    JMW: Hearns
    WW: Robinson
    LWW: De La Hoya
    LW: Williams
    SFW: Pacquiao
    FW: Hamed
    SBW: Rigo
    BW: Olivares
    SFly: Inoue
    Fly: Ebihara
    LFly: Chocolatito
    Min: Lopez?

    I only included one guy per weight, but Roy Jones would be my picks at 160 & 175 too. Same with Pac at 140, 126 & 122 and Hearns at 147.
     
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  3. Blaxx

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    I'd probably only change Tyson for Joe Louis in George's list.
     
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  4. escudo

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    Change Inoue for Donaire and same.
     
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  5. George Crowcroft

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    I thought exactly the same, but it's about speed and power, not abilities as a puncher and I figured that Tyson was both quicker and hit harder.
     
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  7. George Crowcroft

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    I thought similar, but his stay at 115 was extremely brief. Nana Konadu could also make the list.
     
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  8. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    There is no way some of those guys were quicker than the ones I mentioned. And I don't like calling guys like Dempsey a cruiserweight as he wasn't. He was a heavyweight.
     
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  9. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Middle is hard - McClellan, Jones, Julian, Tommy, maybe Nigel
     
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  10. escudo

    escudo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think the real difference was Nonito's feet. Inoue has good functional footwork. Donaire could do some outrageously athletic **** with his.
     
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  11. Xplosive

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    Tyson had both faster hands than Louis and was a bigger puncher.
     
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    Only thing I'd change on George's list is switch out Spinks and add in Foster at 175.

    Foster had wickedly fast hands to go with his great power.
     
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  13. George Crowcroft

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    Another choice which I contemplated. I tend to think of Spinks a bit quicker, and Foster a bit more powerful. You could really have either.
     
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  14. Bulldog24

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    Louis had quicker hands and crisper technique.
     
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    Patterson or Tubbs had the fastest hands I've ever seen above lhw, but lacked concussiveness
     
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