Quick Hands, Slow Feet

[Thread Stealer]

Diego Corrales fits the bill. He threw very quick combinations, particularly on the inside. His punches didn't travel as much distance, which makes things quicker, and he threw his combinations fluidly and quickly. But his feet were slow.

Joe Louis was economical with his movement. His footwork wasn't bad, even though his feet were relatively slow, because he moved with purpose and often set traps with his footwork. He had quick hands though, and beautiful combinations.

To a lesser extent, Felix Trinidad. He has no speedster with his hands but his hand speed was still pretty good. His feet were on the slow side, however.

Who else?

[katsidis]

Diego Corrales fits the bill. He threw very quick combinations, particularly on the inside. His punches didn't travel as much distance, which makes things quicker, and he threw his combinations fluidly and quickly. But his feet were slow.

Joe Louis was economical with his movement. His footwork wasn't bad, even though his feet were relatively slow, because he moved with purpose and often set traps with his footwork. He had quick hands though, and beautiful combinations.

To a lesser extent, Felix Trinidad. He has no speedster with his hands but his hand speed was still pretty good. His feet were on the slow side, however.

Who else?

James Toneys feet were pretty slow and his hands were quick

[The_Demon]

David tua had faster hands than he did feet,although his feet were very slow so its not a great example,cant think of anymore right now

[nomadman]

Tua fits this to a tee. He had some of the slowest feet in the heavyweight division, and terribly predictable footwork to boot, which meant against good boxers who could keep him at range he had great difficulty in landing his shots. When he got into his range though and let his hands go, his combination of speed, accuracy and incredible power meant there were few who could match him.

Here's his one round KO of Darroll Wilson. Fast forward to 2.15 of the vid to see just how quick Tua's hands could really be.

[mrboxer]

tua,tyson these two have good hand speed but they are both have slow foot work

[mickey malone]

Alexis Arguello comes to mind.

[BigStereotype]

Morales' hands are fairly quick, especially that laser-like straight/overhand right. His feet are pretty slow, though. He's got long legs and he takes wide steps, but doesn't seem to get anywhere too quickly.

[Scott9945]

Eddie Chambers has fast hands with little movement.

[JAB5239]

tua,tyson these two have good hand speed but they are both have slow foot work

Tyson had incredibly quick feet but used it more economically than most. He was able to cut off the ring, close the distance or pivot to a more advantageous angle in a blink.