I actually agree Marciano was a slow fighter, made up for with good timing and an effective, hard to anticipate unorthodox offensive approach.Limon was the same, albeit on a lower level of ability. slowest hands ever though? god knows.Carlos Maussa must be close.
If your talking `great` champions rather than any old bull**** belt holder... Monzon & Arguello come to mind 1st for me.
Among heavyweight champions, Carnera clearly had faster hands than Max Baer, while Marciano decimated Layne with vastly superior hand speed. I'd want to take a closer look at Braddock-Baer before casting a championship distance era heavyweight vote. Among alternate HW champions between Leon Spinks and Tyson, I might go with Bonecrusher or Coetzee.
Post championship round era, he's a solid candidate. The one thing which gives me pause for thought is that his jabbing accuracy sometimes hit 50% or more, unusual for an extremely slow fighter. But slowness is a relative term here. Even the slowest hands could be lightning fast by layman standards.
If we're talking any belt holder here then as far as heavyweights go, i think Frank bruno was pretty slow
It was accurate because he timed it well. As for slow great champions, I've always felt Sonny Liston's hands were pretty slow.
Sonny Liston was not quick, though he could snap a few when he had to. Eddie Gazo, WBA Light Middleweight Champion 1977/1978 was slower than a snail.