What heavyweight footspeed could be compared with alis ? .

I'm surprised and dissapointed that nobody has mentioned living legends Donald Hoskins or Chuck Norris. Hoskins outran Carl Lewis at the 1984 olympics but his victory didn't count since he just waited until the race started, jumped out of the stands, and took off running down the track. He did the same thing to Michael Johnson in 1996. I mentioned Chuck Norris not because he has faster feet than Ali, but because any heavyweight that gets in the ring with him instantly develops footspeed that easily surpasses anything Ali has ever done in the ring. I can't believe this never occurred to anyone else.

What heavyweights footspeed could be compared with ali footspeed , what heavyweight was closest to ali in footspeed ? . Gene Tunney.

Tuney was actually lighter on his feet than Ali. And a smarter fighter as well. When comparing all time greats I think Ali always gets the edge because of how Charasmatic he was. If you look at the fact that he probably fought too far past his prime and ended up 56-5, you could make the argument that he was not the greatest heavyweight "prize fighter" of all time. But I think when factoring in greatness you have to weigh more than just wins/losses/style/abilities, you have to factor in the lives the men lead as well. Tuney got the dog house because he didn't knock guys out all the time.

I think Ali was less Fast then he was fluid and graceful.. I think quite few Heavies could match his speed.. But not the combo of speed and grace

lol again @ the tyson foot fetish

larry holmes.

heavyweight footspeed ali patterned himself after his idol: sugar ray robinson. robinson was a terrific tap dancer and attributed his footspeed to hours of tap. as for ali, no one had faster feet. maybe cassius clay (alter ego) because he was younger. look at clay's footspeed in the 1960 olympics fighting at light heavyweight and tell me you've even seen anyone with feet that fast at that weight let alone at heavyweight!!!!!!! oldwarrior

I don't want to sound like some sort of Tyrell Biggs suckup here - in fact, watching him get brutalized by Tyson was one of the more memorable and enjoyable moments in boxing for me - but the fact is, if you haven't seen him in action, you should. Biggs' footspeed was just as good as Ali's, and he was bigger than Ali to boot. no ali's footspeed was unparalleled. tyson was fast, but wasnt close to ali, and rjj was fast too, both comparable, but muhammad was in a league of his own

Suggardaddy you say tysons speed was all upperbody what was tysons footspeed like ? .

tysons speed was all uper body.

The dude who started this thread is called Slugger on Tysontalk and he always asks this question. He used to do it on ESB too, people used to give him responses but he just kept on repeating the question or dancing around it.

Please respond realheavyhands .

Are you there realheavyhands ? .

Realheavyhands if tyson would of been quicker on his feet boxing southpaw then why didnt boxing genius cus damato get him to use that style ? .

Are you there realheavyhands ? .

When did you see tyson fight as a southpaw and how would tyson switching to southpaw improved his footwork and footspeed ?

What do you mean by that realheavyhands ? . tyson was a naturl southpaw and early he used to switch by accident his foot work would of been just as good as ali and his left would of been the hardest punch in boxing history and been staight ..i would of changed tysons whole style...look what sanders can do with just a left hand...i would of built a deisel left anded james toney but in shape so he could move kinda like roy...only problem who would fight a mutha fucka like dat

The answer is none.

A young, in-shape Corrie Sanders could move (1995) He had hand speed and power as well. His fight against a still useful Bert Cooper showed how fast all around he was. Wasted talent, though. really i didnt know a good moving, 6,4 southpow, with a lightning fast rock hard left hand, what a terribel waste. who knows what this man could have been

A young, in-shape Corrie Sanders could move (1995) He had hand speed and power as well. His fight against a still useful Bert Cooper showed how fast all around he was. Wasted talent, though.