Speed vs. speed

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  1. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Greg Coverson v Camacho and Howard Davis
    Harold Weston v Hedgemon Lewis, Mamby, Benitez and Hearns
     
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  2. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I’d say Benitez had unnaturally quick reflexes in a read-and-react sense. I’d say he was swift of hand due to his ability to process counters and get them off in a blink of an eye.
     
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  3. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    One I overlooked (because it was so brief, but even in the short time it lasted your can see the hand speed of both):

    Ray Leonard vs. Andy “Hawk” Price.

    The Hawk couldn’t bust a grape but he did have fast hands.
     
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  4. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Exactly.
     
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  5. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Can’t believe no-one’s mentioned Norris vs Leonard
     
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  6. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Possibly because most knowledgeable fans know Leonard was a shell of himself. Add his fight vs Camacho to your post too if you like.
     
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  7. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Oh dear...
     
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  8. Jamal Perkins

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    Shane mosley-willy wise.....is a great sleeper match up between 2 blisteringly fast kids.

    Oscar de la hoya vs ike quartey in the 12th round was fast.

    Roy jones jnr - vinny paz both were so fast

    Overall hearns-srl 1 is my top fight..
     
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  9. Jamal Perkins

    Jamal Perkins Well-Known Member Full Member

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    In that fight almost all ray had left was hand speed and courage. At the end of the 1st round u see rays speed. Rays hands were much quicker than norris...but norris"s reflexes were fat faster than rays shot reflexes....thats why after terry smacked ray to the floor in round 2...sugar ray became gun shy...not cos terry had faster hands but because terrys reflexes and reactions were so much faster
     
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  10. Flo_Raiden

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  11. 88Chris05

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    Leslie Stewart against Virgil Hill is one I'd chuck in there. Two fighters with huge drawbacks (Stewart with a chin made of the finest porcelian, Hill with his propensity to bore the punters) but both of them were exceptionally quick for 175 pounders, Stewart especially. When he let his hands go he could fire off combinations which not many Light-Heavyweights could match.
     
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  12. Devon

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    He didn’t say they had to be in their primes
     
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    He didn’t say they had to be in their primes
     
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  14. Flash24

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    Ok if the fighters don't need to be prime, let's add Holmes vs Ali, how about Ali vs Patterson in 72. Lets also add Taylor vs Norris at Jr.middle. Tyson vs Holyfield. Holy field vs Byrd etc.
    In others words their's been thousands of fights between a fighter that used to be fast vs one that's prime at that moment.
    It makes absolutely no sense (At least in my opinion) to judge a past prime or shot fighter against a fighter that's in their prime and used that as a comparison.
     
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  15. Xplosive

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    The fighters don't have to be in their primes, huh?

    I nominate the upcoming Tyson-Jones exhibition.
     
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