Khan in the Maidana fight - fastest hands ever?

Damn... Amir's got some moves.

 

Nothing at all behind those punches.

 

Not sure myself. I haven't looked back on many older fighters to know, but I'm sure there maybe some or one's that have equivalent speed.

 

A fast handed boxer trying to score points by hitting his opponent shocker.:shock:

 

Where can I purchase this? :think I've been dropped quite a few times which has led me to believe my Chin is suspect.

The man isn't asking that though. He's talking about Speed alone.

 

Of course, but maybe if you actually realised what I was saying instead of trying to act like a smart-arse you'd understand.

Yes but what I'm saying is he isnt putting weight behind his shots. I think you have to rate how quick somebody is by how fast they are when they're throwing actual punches, as opposed to just puming your arms back and forth as Khan was there. Many fighters could look that fast if they put nothing behind they're punches.

 

Khan probably has the quickest hands in the sport today, but it's not by an overwhelming margin. All-time? I couldn't really say.

 

You were putting yourself in the mind of a boxer fighting in a world title fight. You then deduced he was being flashy by going for speed over power. Speed over power is a legitimate technique in boxing. Describing it as flashy is being disingenuous.

 

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Not at all. Look at his fights when he knocks people out and tell me he punches that fast. I was making an observation. Surely you have to rate handspeed based on when someone puts some kind of power behind their shots, otherwise there would be hundreds of fighters in with a shout of fastest hands because they're just pumping their arms back and forth.

 

Thanks for posting this. I've always found Patterson interesting -- it was particularly nice to see his signature leaping left. I had no idea he was so fast, though -- very quick hands indeed.

 

Joe Calzaghe

 

faster than jones v lacy anyone remember those

 

He's quick, but not extraordinarily so. There are prob at least half a dozen active elite fighters quicker than him today, not to mention historically.