Fastest Heavyweight Handspeed?

1. Floyd Patterson
2. Muhammad Ali
3. Michael Dokes
4. Evander Holyfield
5. Mike Tyson

Honorable Mentions:
- Bert Cooper
- Jersey Joe Walcott
- Andy Ruiz Jr.
- Tony Tubbs
- Corrie Sanders

 

Remember, handspeed only

 

Sorry, I thought it's still debatable though...

 

Here are fastest hands quotes for Tyson:

Tony Tubbs: I think I had the best hand speed, but Tyson had hand speed too. He had power and speed.

Frank Bruno: Tyson had the fastest hands. He was a good all-rounder and brilliant attacker. He was able to multi-task by reading my moves and punch at the same time as well as dodge. His punches came very quick given his size. He was definitely an animal in the ring, he knew what he want. He had good hand speed. That was one of his biggest assets. He had power and hand speed and that was hard to beat.

Tyrell Biggs: He would swing those hooks and you wouldn’t see them coming. He was very quick.

James Smith: Tony Tubbs had real good handspeed. He was real fast, but Tyson had good handspeed as well. They were different fighters. Tubbs was more of a boxer, Tyson was more of a puncher. I’d probably pick Tyson.

Michael Spinks: He had good hand speed. That was one of his biggest assets. He had power and hand speed and that was hard to beat.

Holyfield:

Pinklon Thomas: I would probably have to say Holyfield because he was moving from cruiserweight to heavyweight. He had fought James Tillis and I was his second heavyweight fight. He had good handspeed at that time.

Riddick Bowe: I’ve got to go with the “Real Deal” again. Evander had not only great hand speed but he put something on it. In the third fight he knocked me down. What he did was throw a [relatively light] left hook and I was thinking, “ C ’mon man.” He threw another [weak] left hook and I was like, “ Really?” I didn’t realise that he was setting me up to relax. The third one he hit me with I seen the lights and the count. I’m like, “ Damn, he fooled me again !” I got up and shook it off. I think at that point he shot his load. He really couldn’t take me out like he wanted to. I [went] back to the corner, and I switched up on him and knocked him out.

Ray Mercer: He was just fast. Before you know it the jab is coming back. He was a smaller guy, so he was obviously faster than the big guys.