Camacho and Taylor's handspeed *Video*

Leonard is slapping a lot in those clips.

 

Howard was noted as the fastest man in boxing by professional ringsiders who also witnessed SRL at his fastest.

Where Camacho is concerned, I thought he flashed his best speed in his nationally televised debut against Louis Loy. To me, he seemed ever so slightly slower after leaving 130. SRL was a huge fan of Camacho's, and loved the way Hector set up John Montes for the knockout in Anchorage. Ironic that Ray would be retired by Camacho over 14 years later.

 

Shane Mosley's early fights at welterweight are worth a mention. When he fought the likes of Wise, Rivera, De La Hoya, Diaz, and Taylor. His hanspeed actually got noticeably quicker after his move up from lightweight where he was quick but not as quick as his early WW days.

 

Camacho, the best pure boxer of the last 40 years. :good

 

One would have to rate the combination of speed and power a prime Ray Robinson possessed quite highly.

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Of course the film is sped up but it's still plenty fast in real time.

 

For a now mostly forgotten although at the time hyped boxer, Ed Hopson was pretty fast. Too bad he didn't have a chin.

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Laguna and Marcel had an awesome combination of hand and footspeed.

Harada was extremely fast as well.Great speed on single shots.

 

DLH isn't quite in the same leage, he was a fast flurrier but when he threw normal proper punches he wasnt that quick, although his left hook was quite quick and jab decent. Barrera was fast with his left hook at 122lbs and we all know he threw proper punches, again not quite in the same league. I'd say Ali has faster hands than both

Robinsons is underrated speed wise especially with the distance he'd cover jumping in with rights/lefts. Hearns has a raptor like jab and right too. In terms of power to speed ratio how can we not mention Tyson and Patterson?

 

Oscar is an odd one.He could look very fast in a lot of fights fights, then get beat to the punch and look slow against a plodding inactive version of Quartey that had Frank Bruno speed.

 

Sorry dude, its Roy Jones without question.

As fast as Leonard, Camacho and Taylor were, Jones, at his best, was on a different level and its not even close.

Just watch 6:04. None of those guys could quadruple hooks at lightning speed.

As they say God broke the mold on Roy Jones, but its not the talent he had that ultimately mattered its what he did with it.

 

Watch Leonard's fight with Andy Price if you wanna see a true display of handspeed. Ray sure as hell wasnt slapping there.

 

Fastest combo of all time bar none.