You think Yuriorkis Gamboa is good if you could have only seen a 130lb Hector Camacho

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  1. RafaelGonzal

    RafaelGonzal Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No contest Hector was faster, fleeter of foot and had the best footwork of his day ......and the better chin

    I wish some of you could have seen Macho in his heyday at 130 he achieved but he could have been so much more.....too much partying.
     
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  2. Wiirdo

    Wiirdo Boxing Addict banned

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    Camacho had maybe the fastest hands of all time in his prime.
     
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  3. LancsTerrible

    LancsTerrible Different Forms of Game. Full Member

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    Howard David Jr. Shane Mosley and Meldrick Taylor would probably have something to say about that.

    Make no doubt Camacho was lightning and "tough as old boots".
     
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  4. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    For those who don't have the time to be looking through full fights of a prime Hector Camacho.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URyaqxK-1fI[/ame]

    3.20 in.

    A big thanks to GreatA. Camacho had outrageously fast hands.
     
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  5. techks

    techks ATG list Killah! Full Member

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    Definitely faster but doesn't have the same combination of speed & power Gamboa has. Of all time I'd say RJJ, SRL, and Mosley are a few that I have seen combine speed & power so effectively. Camacho most likely has more pop than I'm giving him credit for lol.
     
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  6. dangerousity

    dangerousity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Based on that vid, p4p I'd have to go with Ali, Camacho, RJJ, Taylor as the fastest. RJJ looks like he is in fast forward, same as Camacho & Taylor, difference is he is a LHW. Ali prime was fast, nowhere near as fast but I guess he is a heavy.
     
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  7. RafaelGonzal

    RafaelGonzal Boxing Junkie Full Member

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