Top 10 Fastest hands in HW History

[Dynamite76]

Tua has nothing on Greg Page, or Michael Dokes.

[New England]

Ali is atop the list
nobody comes close to ali in terms of handspeed when he was in his prime in the 60's. he coordinated his movement as well as anybody who has ever boxed
considering his size that's beyond remarkable.

his hands moved like a lightweight. he was unbelievably fast.
and he had an eighty plus inch reach and had leverage behind his punches to top it off



then i've got tyson and patterson in a tie: patterson being faster overall and tyson being faster p4p and the shorter puncher

then its louis
dempsey
tunney
johnson (though largely a defensive fighter in a list among offensive ones)
holmes


and because he's the roughest son of a gun goin, and would move faster after taking many rounds of clean headshots
evander holyfield

[Davros?]

Ali, Patterson, Tyson and Louis. There are a number of others that were fairly quick as well like Dokes.

[The_Demon]

ive watched enough of David Tua to know that he was very limited and as slow as a hearse, he was as fast as Tony Galento

His feet were terribly slow but at his best his hands were pretty quick actually

[New England]

His feet were terribly slow but at his best his hands were pretty quick actually

pretty quick sounds about right
he had t rex arms for a modern HW

His punches reached their targets quickly. And he did throw combinations. He was a great finisher

but the fastest guys in the history were fast without even thinking about it
ali probably shoveled a bowl of cereal down in five or ten seconds


let's not confuse him with one of the fastest ever

[Daddy T]

Patterson has to be my number one. Faster than anyone, faster even than Ali, IMO...

Cus said that Tyson was just as fast as Patterson and he should know
so I have them tied

1. Ali
2. Tyson/Patterson
4. David Haye/Herbie Hide
6. Michael Moorer
7. Holyfield
8. Joe Louis
9. Larry Holmes
10. Michael Spinks

(I'd say Roy Jones but does he really count?)

[Wild Blue Yonda]

Ali is atop the list
nobody comes close to ali in terms of handspeed when he was in his prime in the 60's. he coordinated his movement as well as anybody who has ever boxed
considering his size that's beyond remarkable.

his hands moved like a lightweight. he was unbelievably fast.
and he had an eighty plus inch reach and had leverage behind his punches to top it off



then i've got tyson and patterson in a tie: patterson being faster overall and tyson being faster p4p and the shorter puncher

then its louis
dempsey
tunney
johnson (though largely a defensive fighter in a list among offensive ones)
holmes


and because he's the roughest son of a gun goin, and would move faster after taking many rounds of clean headshots
evander holyfield

Patterson, "doesn't come close," to Ali's handspeed? That's absurdist.

Patterson, to me, had the quickest gloves in the division's history. They were at worst marginally slower than Ali's.

[The_Demon]

pretty quick sounds about right
he had t rex arms for a modern HW

His punches reached their targets quickly. And he did throw combinations. He was a great finisher

but the fastest guys in the history were fast without even thinking about it
ali probably shoveled a bowl of cereal down in five or ten seconds


let's not confuse him with one of the fastest ever

Of course he doesnt rank up there with the likes of Ali or Patterson,i was just pointing it out too that guy that he wasnt exactly slow

[Mugwump]

No mentions for Lennox Lewis? Granted, he slowed up considerably during his latter years - but early on in his career he could deliver a pretty rapid combination. Razor Ruddock was floored before he knew he'd been hit.

I think it's unreasonable not to factor in size. I mean, it's one thing to throw fast combinations when you're weighing in around prime Ali. It's something else entirely when you're Rid**** Bowe.

Perhaps it would be better to divide heavies into historical/regular and super.

[Wild Blue Yonda]

No mentions for Lennox Lewis? Granted, he slowed up considerably during his latter years - but early on in his career he could deliver a pretty rapid combination. Razor Ruddock was floored before he knew he'd been hit.

I think it's unreasonable not to factor in size. I mean, it's one thing to throw fast combinations when you're weighing in around prime Ali. It's something else entirely when you're Rid**** Bowe.

Perhaps it would be better to divide heavies into historical/regular and super.

You must be joking. Lewis mentioned in a thread about the fastest-handed HW's ever!? It's one thing to be quick for your size (which, incidentally, I don't think Lewis especially was. Bowe was quicker & just as big), but it's another to be actually competitive with the likes of Louis, Ali, Patterson, & company. Lewis, overwhelmingly, wasn't in this facet.