Fastest moving heavyweights of all time

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  1. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    What say you?

    1. Ali - 1967 version
    2. Tyson - 1988 version
    3. ??

    I wonder where Tunney, Walcott and Usyk would rank.
     
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  2. Shay Sonya

    Shay Sonya The REAL Wonder Woman! Full Member

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    Prime Muhammad Ali, for pure moving, is so far above any other Heavyweight I have ever seen, that my thoughts end with him on that score. Nobody was even close to him, in my view.
     
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    cslb Puerto Rican Uppercut Full Member

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    Patterson was pretty fast also.
     
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  5. MASLEHMH

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    Another fast man Michael Dokes
     
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    In his absolute prime, per vision and literature, Dempsey was very fast on his feet.
     
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  7. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Good pick but this is footspeed only.
     
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    I don’t think fast feet is a compliment, I believe IMO it’s often just a compensation? for bad footwork. All the best guys took small thoughtful steps. Louis, Napoles, Moore, Burley,Toney and Charles weren’t hoppy rabbits from what I can see.

    Jack Dempsey was overall very fast but pretty thoughtful, there is a right time to take large steps and bound about but the issue is in guys like Muhammad Ali - consistently his footwork just took him out of range to do anything, he was safe and to me it looked impressive but at what cost?
     
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    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Pound for Pound, Tyson....

    Fury deserves a mention. At his prime he had bizarrely light feet for a guy his size.
     
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    Greg Page was fast for his size when motivated.
     
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    If we can count people who were light Heavies but fought at heavy, Billy Conn, Tommy Loughran and Ezzard Charles.
     
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    Besides all those listed, only David Haye comes to mind.
     
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    It was only for one fight, but how about Roy Jones...
     
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    richdanahuff Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Foreman had fast feet

    Dempsey, Tunney, Charles, Patterson, Ali, Dokes, Tyson, Holyfield were all fairly fast
     
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    Andy Ruiz Jr. takes the cake.. literally and figuratively.
     
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