Which fighters had underrated hand speed..........

The man in your signature and Alexis Arguello.

 

I don't think anyone would deny Norris has amazing speed. Oscar is fast and its usually mentioned as 1 of his attributes, I don't think you've picked the best example of his speed though G, still not nearly 1 of the quickest ever. Barrera is fast but doesn't have the best footspeed, so in some fights he gets outsped, ie Pacquaio/Jones

Cotto and Arguello are slow, they have decent timing though

 

James Toney.

Check the speed of the combinations he threw in the Barkley fight - astounding.

His hands were still rapid when he was stones overweight up at heavy.

 

well even in the first few rounds of Pac he looked almost as fast..i think thats more a matter of having good timing though. timing can give you the same effect as speed. I always felt that winky wrights hands where not that fast..but his great timing gave him the abilities of a fast fighter...i tend to think cotto had/has good speed with very good timing....however..his suprises one even more because when he is fighting guys who are not fast...strong guys...and he is just tring to land to hurt..he doesnt look that fast..plus he works mitt and the heavybag rather slow.

 

Hearns was very quick and never seems to get mentioned. Duran was fast. Judah is 1 of the fastest ever for all his other weaknesses

Today JMM is pretty fast and the only fighter to land at will on Pac although thats partly his timing too.

I don't think Cotto is quick because a fast puncher can throw fast powerpunches, Cotto can not. That's why I predicted Pacquaio would dominate Cotto, just too slow. He may have looked fast in your opinion against Mosley because, I didn't think he looked quick but its all relative I suppose

Your right on MABs relexes

 

I think Cotto worked extra slow for the camras for 24/7 with pac..maybe hoping to lull pac into a false sense of security.

 

Rocky Marciano - just in terms of people often think he was something of a laboured roundhouse puncher - but the guiy was 185 lbs he'd make a lot of big heavyweights seem like the mummy in comparison - his squat short armss made it a little desceptive

 

I think Joe Louis is quicker of hand than many realise, and tho everyone knows SRR was fast i am not sure if they know just how fast he really was. Blinding hand speed, and i suspect JG will verify this with a first hand account.

 

i agree with the toney call.


maybe someone like Tapia as well. he had great athleticism to go along with his technical skills

 

Bernard Taylor, Howard Davis, Floyd Mayweather, Roy Jones Junior. How many more very very fast fighters are we going to mention here.