Dawson has quicker handspeed quite obviously, Kessler's is underrated and still pretty fast. Footspeed I don't think there is much difference. They differ in style here so it is hard to judge. Dawson just tends to move more, but Kessler has displayed fast and precise footwork too.
its close. voted Kessler though. I saw alot of people thought Kessler knocked out Haussler with a 3 punch combo but in fact it was 5 punches. Also, comparing Bute's handspeed to Kessler's agaist Andrade, Kessler's is faster. And Bute has fast hands. Dawson hasn't fought any good fast fighters yet. Kessler fought Calzaghe and his handpeed was holding up pretty good, although Calzaghe is faster.
JUst because Dawson hasn't faced a fighter with fast hands means his hands aren't fast??? I guess Calzaghe was slow until he fought Kessler too. And Meldrick Taylor wasn't fast until he fought Terry Norris. Hands down it's Dawson and he does it throwing more hooks and uppercuts then Kessler. If Dawson just threw straight shots in combo he would look like a young RJJ.
[YT]uS6lE89YqZM[/YT] This was the only highlight of Dawson I could fight and it's of the Tarver fight and it isn't the best because some of it's in slow mo but most isn't and you just see Dawson speed in his combos the way he mixs them up with uppercuts, hooks and straight lefts. Kessler is fast but Dawson is extremely fast.
Unfail And I'm sorry but I think just as a Calzaghe fan you are being bias here. Just cause Kessler isn't faster then Dawson doesn't mean he isn't better(not saying he is either).
Kessler isn't slow for a SMW, but Dawson is freakishly fast for a LHW. Dawson, and its not even close.
And it's hard to look good or fast vs Johnson even though Johnson himself is slow but Johnson keeps a high guard with his gloves over his face and just stays in you chest. Unlike a guy like Andrade who blocks punches with his face and doesn't know how to cut off the ring so it's easy to look good against him. I think if Librado stepped up and fought Chad his corner would have to stop the fight after the 9th or 10th round because of all the punishment he would be taking. Kessler and Bute throw mostly straight punches unlike Dawson who throws hooks, uppercuts and straight shots. With Bute and Kessler they are fast but you see there punches coming because they are throw straight down the pipe but Dawson will explode out of know where with an uppercut that you don't see and put you to sleep. How Eric Harding didn't go down from those 2 uppercuts from Dawson is behind me because **** me if the back of his head didn't touch his back.
if you read my post carefully, i said its close, and that Kessler has very fast hands. Therefore its clear that i consider Dawson has fast hands, orelse it wouldn't be close. I never said that Dawson is slow handed. I don't know where you read that, but i didn't say it. what i meant was Dawson hasn't fought fast handed fighters yet, so its easier to think he has very fast hands, since compared to his opponents, he's always had much faster hands. People might think Kessler doesn't have that much handspeed because Calzaghe was faster, but Calzaghe is one of the fastest fighters of his generation. Next time don't PMS on me.