Flurry-ers waste alot of punches.
its not a waste of a lot of punches at all it is a strategy of putting your oponent on the defensive while u look for a better shot like big left hook to the body
Joe Calzaghe uses it great effect as does Oscar Dela Hoya ,also flashy quick flurrys impress and catch the eye of the judges see Jones , SRL
what always impressed me most about Leonard was his accuracy u watch how many times he misses or lets his man of the hook once he gets them hurt his punch selection and finishing ability was second to none and could only be matched by Mike Tyson IMO
his hand speed was very fast but i would have to say RJJ was the fastest cause outta of Mosley,PBF ,Leonard he was able to KO people with with one punch with speed and power combined a lot of Mosleys and Meldrick Taylors combintations had nothing on them i know Shane knocked a lot of people out at LW but
i dont consider Floyd to be as fast as Mosley ,Jones TBH i think he has great timining of space and distance but i dont consider him to be in the league of Jones,Mosley i think Zab Judah is as quick if not quicker than Floyd and i think we saw that when they fought each other
Between Leonard Jones and Mayweather, Leonard is the only one that actually had snap behind those combinations. They were very effective inthe Hearns fight and his win for the gold medal in 76.
Leonard was fast...but I wouldn't say the fastest ever...nor would I say he has no equals...
Mayweather wasn't (nor tried to be) a Leonard/DLH/Jones Jr esque flurry arm puncher...if he wanted to, I am sure he could....but Floyd slowed it down just a notch and focused more on quick release, accuracy, timing and effectiveness with his combinations
These are the type of punchers they were:
Leonard/DLH/Jones Jr - 1-2-3-4-5-6-7
*speedy on tape, where about 1-3 of those punches land
Mayweather, Whitaker - 1....2-3.....4....5-6..7
*more fluid, where about 5-6 of those punches land