Floyd Mayweather Jr is fast

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  1. MMJoe

    MMJoe Boxing Addict Full Member

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    ...but was he ever Roy Jones Jr or Sugar Ray Leonard fast?
     
  2. Jax

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  3. djmaso

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    Fast and Accurate
     
  4. irishny

    irishny Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    he never threw bunches in punches as fast as rjj.

    His single punch is like a torpedo though.
     
  5. Relentless

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    nope he has no skills, none.
     
  6. Boxmaster

    Boxmaster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hell no. Nor was he Calzaghe fast.
    I think for his weight his speed was slightly faster than average.

    Now take Roy Jones Jr, who weighted 175, or 168, and was literally faster than light weights. There is on comparison at all to Roy Jones or Sugar Ray Leonard in terms of speed and quickness.

    What Mayweather had was skill. He was fast like Bernard Hopkins was fast, it's his timing, his accuracy, his technique, not his athleticism.

    Plenty of people were as fast or faster than him. De La Hoya was faster in his prime than Floyd. Pacquiao was faster, and if anyone we should be comparing Pacquiao to Roy Jones and Sugar Ray Leonard.

    If you want to see who was fast, look at what Roy Jones did to a fast guy like Vinnie Pazienza who had similar handspeed to Floyd. Camacho also had handspeed like Floyds.

    I think a lot of people like to make Floyd out to be the fastest because they cannot explain how he beats faster fighters. He doesn't fight like Pacquiao throwing combinations and using speed, he uses angles, defense and he slows the fight down so that faster fighters look slower than him. He did it to Judah, he did it to De La Hoya, he did it to Mosley, he wasn't faster than them and he made them all afraid to punch so that they couldn't use their speed.

    Mayweather throws one punch at a time. And he lands at a very high percentage. A fast fighter throws 5, 6, maybe 10 punches at a time.
     
  7. Boxmaster

    Boxmaster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Exactly. He's more like a Bernard Hopkins fast, not a Roy.
     
  8. motorcity

    motorcity Boxing Addict Full Member

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    LOL. Floyd didn't even make the list. Speed wise alone, he doesn't hold a candle to these guys.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URyaqxK-1fI&feature=related[/ame]
     
  9. Boxing Fanatic

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    fast as those guys unlikely. roy was a juicer. sugar was quick as shite. but, floyd has good speed even for a guy who is close to 35
     
  10. HwSaviour

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    It's irrefutable. :deal
     
  11. h13vyy

    h13vyy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Calzaghe? No slaps don't count otherwise E Honda would be top
     
  12. MMJoe

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    well, since you are holding a contract, case closed.
     
  13. Bodyshot99

    Bodyshot99 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    good call:thumbsup:yep
     
  14. Imperial1

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    The master of fast timing !
     
  15. koko of phil

    koko of phil Ring of Fire Resident Full Member

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    He is too fast on thinking of taking any advantageous moves to win a fight.
    He showed it very well over Ortiz. :-(