Fastest Fighters you ever saw....

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  1. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Middleweight +

    > Featherweight up to Middle

    Featherweight and down


    Overall, hand or foot...Whatever you want to put.

    My list is pretty much handspeed..
    I would say

    Middy +...Roy Jones Jr


    Feather to Middle.....Howard Davis Jnr or Meldrick Taylor..maybe even Camacho not much between them.


    Featherweight down...Benny Leonard, Pep. If there are faster its probably because I havent seen much of them yet so please list away fellas.
     
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  2. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Hands - RJJ... Taylor... Ali

    Feet - Ali... Pep
     
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  3. jowcol

    jowcol Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mexican Bantam Rafael Herrera's triple left hooks always blew me away.
     
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  4. Quickhands21

    Quickhands21 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Taylor,Judah,Jones.
     
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  5. tommy the hat

    tommy the hat Active Member Full Member

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    To me, the fastest guys I witnessed live on TV that made the biggest impression on me were Hector "Macho" Camacho, Roy Jones, and Mike Tyson, all of course in their respective primes. With Tyson, it was his handspeed, unbelievable for a heavyweight.
    I am only counting guys I saw live. For example, I have seen tapes of a prime Ali, but I wasn't even born yet.
     
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  6. Woller

    Woller Active Member Full Member

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    Ismael Laguna in the first Carlos Ortiz fight.

    Woller
     
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  7. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    God, this pains me to say it...

    Hector Camacho, a true douchebag but blindingly fast.

    Never saw Meldrick Taylor live but hear he was close.
     
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  8. Bad_Intentions

    Bad_Intentions Boxing Addict Full Member

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    ray leonard
    meldrick taylor
    ali
    rjjr
    zab judah
     
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  9. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You read my mind, lol.
     
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  10. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    im surprised you didnt say Morales.
     
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  11. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    Roy Jones.



    The rest. Taylor, Ali, Leonard, Judah, Hearns, Camacho, Tyson, etc.
     
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  12. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    the fastest fighter i ever saw was prime welterweight Shane Mosley.
     
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  13. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    "Hector Camacho vs. Bazooka Limon" back in '83... Camacho appeared so fast, it freaked me out.... However, Limon was actually kinda' slow..

    Runner up: Bruce Lee's hands and feet in "Enter the Dragon" were insane...

    MR.BILL
     
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  14. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    Smart choice. I forgot him.
     
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  15. MRBILL

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    A young Howard Davis prior to 1983??
     
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