Top 5 Fastest hands at hvywht.(here's mine)

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  1. quest

    quest Member Full Member

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    1. Roy Jones
    2. Ali
    3. Tyson
    4. Patterson
    5. Louis/Ezzard charles
     
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  2. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    Your first choice is one of the wisest and smartest picks I have seen on here for a while. Jones was indeed the fastest heavyweight to lace up a pair of gloves, even though he only had one fight at the weight. Jones never moved much against Ruiz, so we have no evidence of what his footspeed was like at the weight. Handspeed I agree.
     
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  3. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    All kinds of weird guys have fought "at heavyweight", but if you mean guys that qualified for the division legitimately, your five picks are reasonable enough - however, i'd say that Patterson should be higher. He was Tyson's choice as far as handspeed went. I'd have him above Ali, anyway.

    Not Louis. He was fast, but it was more the distance and his control of that distance.
     
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  4. good right hand

    good right hand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    i heard tony tubbs hands where very fast

    this is a off the hip assesment of a fringe champion being compared to greats but i believe corrie sanders hands where everybit as fast as tysons... at least in the tyson later days (when he still had amazing handspeed)
     
    good right hand, Feb 21, 2008
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  5. cpnasty

    cpnasty Fight Fan 83 Full Member

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    My list is the same as your's
     
    cpnasty, Feb 21, 2008
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  6. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    No mentions of Tommy Morrison?
     
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  7. Holmes' Jab

    Holmes' Jab Master Jabber Full Member

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    1. Patterson
    2. Ali
    3. Louis
    4. Tyson
    5. Young Michael Dokes
     
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  8. Calroid

    Calroid Active Member Full Member

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    Number one Patterson.

    Sorry but RJJ doesn't count. ONE fight doesn't make a heavyweight, especially against a pretender like Ruiz who would noe have been a champion in previous ERAs. Otherwise we have to count all the fast feathrweights who eventually fought at least one fight a heavyweight.
     
    Calroid, Feb 22, 2008
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  9. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Great list, not far from mine....

    1. PattersonAliPatterson
    3. Louis
    4. Tyson
    5. Super Greg Page

    :good
     
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  10. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Floyd Patterson should be #1, followed by Ali then Louis. Jones does not count as a heavyweight, and besides, if he had fought a real live heavyweight with a punch, you'd have no basis at all for including him.
     
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  11. Mendoza

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    If we are talking pure speed hand speed, guys like Jim Corbett, Bruce Seldon, Herbie Hide, Mike Dokes, Larry Holmes, and Wlad Klitschko are in the mix.

    Jones only fought once at heavy, and did not show great speed in that match.
     
    Mendoza, Feb 22, 2008
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  12. mcvey

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    Patterson
    Ali
    Tyson
    Dokes
    Louis
    Sanders
    Tubbs
    MathisSnr
    Charles
    Dempsey
    Tunney

    I rate Jones in the lower Divisions.
     
    mcvey, Feb 22, 2008
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  13. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    Dempsey, and Sanders for sure. Picking out who had the best hand speed is a bit harder than saying who were the best punchers or who had the best chin.
     
    Mendoza, Feb 22, 2008
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  14. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    Your not telling yourself the truth.
     
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  15. fists of fury

    fists of fury Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I don't see how Jones can not be included in any list like this. He weighed in as a heavyweight and fought for the championship. For one night he was a legitimate heavy and deserves to be mentioned, imo.

    (I agree he had probably the fastest hands too.)
     
    fists of fury, Feb 22, 2008
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