Which had the greatest hand velocity among these four?

1.Hector Camacho

2. Meldrick Taylor

3. Ray Leonard

4. Joe Calzaghe.

 

1. Taylor
2. Camacho
3. Leonard
4. Calzaghe

 

Pure speed.
Taylor
Camacho
Leonard
Calzaghe

 

Leonard
Camacho
Taylor
Calzaghe.

 

Yes. Camacho and Taylor are hard to compare because they are so different in their delivery.

 

That is true. Both were blinding fast. I tend to believe that Taylor threw more slaps at times.

 

Taylor slapped a bit and went for volume, absolutely.

 

Camacho at `30 and `35 seemed to have more concussive power to go with that blazing speed.

 

Ray Leonard looked awfully fast to me. And those shots he threw at Welterweight were intended to put a hurt on you. No doubt about it. Not saying he was a Tito Trinidad type banger, but he was throwing those shots to cause pain that's for sure.

 

They did. He had a knack for scoring with punches his opponent didn't even see. His blinding hand and foot speed often gave them angles they just couldn't prepare for.

 

Camacho 1st, Calzaghe 4th.

I guess Taylor 2nd and Leonard 3rd. I don't know. As said before, Taylor's tendency to slap and sacrifice power/leverage for speed and volume makes it a little difficult to compare.

 

Leonard
Camacho
Taylor
Calzaghe.

 

Calzaghe had some quick hands...is he rated lower because he fought at a higher weight? Because comparatively to competition I think these 4 are all very close and wouldn't argue any ranking to a large degree?

Just my $0.02
1 Camacho
2 Taylor
3 Calzaghe
4 SRL

 

I believe that Taylor slapped a lot sometimes, Camacho in his early days put some fast combinations without losing the power in it.