Fastest moving heavyweights of all time

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  1. 20thCenturyBox

    20thCenturyBox Member Full Member

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    Ken Norton - he was such a good athlete they even invented a rule named after him to prevent one person from competing in too many events.
     
  2. yotam bing

    yotam bing Member Full Member

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    herbie hide was really fast
     
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  3. The Cryptkeeper

    The Cryptkeeper Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Tyson Fury is lightning quick.

    He’s been running from Usyk for years.
     
  4. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  5. Turnip mk3

    Turnip mk3 Active Member Full Member

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    Johnny Nelson was very fast on his feet.
     
  6. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hi Buddy.
    I will say Ali, wouldn't have thought their will be much dissent from this choice, for my part it's the slower footed HWs that I prefer as a straight shootout, Louis of course, might include Liston, and the Rock, in fact I prefer the stalking, flat footed ( sort of ) fighter all through the weights, not keen on all the running, back peddling , shifting side to side, tassels,skirts, that sometimes accompany the more fleet footed fighters, my taste is the likes of , Chavez, Arguello, Palomino, Saad, that sort of style, make sense ?
    stay safe dmt, chat soon amigo.
     
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  7. Niels Probst

    Niels Probst Member banned Full Member

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    I would say Mike Tyson, but Ali may have had the best reflexes.
     
  8. lone star

    lone star Active Member Full Member

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    Henry Tillman. Wasn’t too effective but damn he moved fast. Obviously not fast enough.
     
  9. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran Full Member

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    It has to be Ali for me but i am sure i heard Henry Cooper saying Patterson was faster
     
  10. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Forgetting the obvious ones Michael Dokes, Tony Tubbs, were pretty fast they actually had some of the quickest handspeed in Heavyweight history.
     
  11. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Bruce Seldon. End of thread
     
  12. JackSilver

    JackSilver Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ha, tony Tubbs says hold my beer to Ruiz
     
  13. Saintpat

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    Except for that one toe.

    I bet James Toney could waddle as fast as anyone when the buffet opened.
     
  14. JackSilver

    JackSilver Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Make sense. Cooper was able to catch up with Ali an tag him hard several times including putting him on his ass
     
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  15. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali

    Floyd Patterson was pretty fast too

    Gene Tunney

    Mike Tyson was fast

    Tony Tubbs had speed

    Lennox Lewis could be fast

    Joe Louis could move his fist when he wanted to.

    John Ruiz was fast. Its just that HBO made us watch his fights in super slow motion.

    Ok I had to throw a joke in there. LOL