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Meldrick Taylor. He had the type of hanspeed that was still very effective and could wear you out over the course of the fight. Just look at him against Buddy Mgirt. It was unreal.
My choice as well. He was identified as the fastest man in boxing by reporters who were ringside at the Montreal Olympics, many of whom would go on to cover the professional careers of all the USA graduates from those games. (Some of those reporters had also seen Patterson and Ali at their peaks.) Howard was 30 years old by the time of his draw with Meldrick Taylor, no longer quite the 20 year old Gold Medal speed demon who won the Val Barker Cup in Canada. His peak was likely sometime during the four year 13 fight win streak between Watt and Rosario, when he dominated Noel (recent WBA LW Champion), Julio Valdez and Johnny Lira (both fellow former title challengers), handed Tony Baltazar his first loss (lucky for Howard though it was scored by rounds, as he was dropped twice), and retired Greg Coverson (if there was one performance where Davis might have peaked his highest, Coverson could be it).
Camacho up to around '85 and Jones Jr. up until the mid 90's are the fastest I've ever seen, probably. Laguna was cat quick in his prime as well.