Great fighters that lacked handspeed

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  1. damian38

    damian38 BigDramaShow Full Member

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    Kovalev doesn't have fast hands, but he makes up for it with excellent timing
     
  2. wylan911

    wylan911 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Marvin Hagler wasn't particularly fast, Roberto Duran, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Felix "Tito" Trinidad, Bernard Hopkins. To name a few
     
  3. Shanemc

    Shanemc Member Full Member

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    Not a great fighter but Angulo hasn't done to bad with having very little handspeed
     
  4. cryptic

    cryptic Active Member Full Member

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    how could you be a great fighter without hand speed doesn't make much sense
     
  5. kk17

    kk17 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Golovkin, Froch, Maidana
     
  6. Rafaman

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  7. latineg

    latineg user of dude wipes Full Member

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    There was slow foot Johnson back in 1842
     
  8. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The winner:good
     
  9. Rafaman

    Rafaman Active Member Full Member

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    Kelly Pavlik (not an Atg though) comes to mind. His power and willingness to trade got him through.
     
  10. Rafaman

    Rafaman Active Member Full Member

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    Good fighters like Brandon Rios and Danny Garcia arent fast. Their jabs are also average and they tend to load up too much. Instead they rely on timing, throwing exactly when the other guy throws. Garcia favours his left hook and Rios the overhand right. Not too mention both have elite level chins so they don't mind taking chances trading.
     
  11. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    Yeah, Meldrick must have been one of the slowest boxers in history. :lol:
     
  12. zetsui

    zetsui Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Cotto and Holmes
    They both lacked handspeed but had VERY well timed stiff jabs that would throw off their opponents game
     
  13. jesse

    jesse Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Holmes had good hand speed.
     
  14. SteelShoulders

    SteelShoulders Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Easy. Timing+Accuracy+Power>>>>Speed

    Punching is about timing and accuracy sir not speed. Boxing drills sure. Fancy for the camera okay. But remember Amir Khan got ktfo by DSG who isn't swift with the hands at all.
     
  15. glovesofcrimson

    glovesofcrimson Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Vitali... Cotto isn't exactly swift, was gonna say Canelo but that's his footspeed, his hands are respectable. Hopkins I'm tempted to say but he's been ''out of prime'' for yonks and wasn't particularly snail-like in his early days so probably unfair.