who had faster hand speed in their primes, RJJ or SRL?

**deliveryman** · 03-24-2009, 04:29 PM

Roy Jones, for sure.

Leonard had quick hands for sure, but Roy Jones' was something else

**Truth** · 03-24-2009, 04:30 PM

I think Roy is the fastest fight I've seen, but Ray was so fast too.....its hard to know for sure.

**SOY-COMO-SOY** · 03-24-2009, 04:33 PM

pacquiao is pretty damn fast. but RJJ is fast for his body size

**elfag** · 03-24-2009, 04:34 PM

I like RJJ's better.

For SRL to achieve top speed he would sacrifice power and throw arm punch flurries. While RJJ would usually punch at full power when he was throwing his fastest.

Not that RJJ is better than SRL at everything just in this department. One thing is that SRL showed he could brawl or box while RJJ never really had to brawl and didnt like pressure as much.

**PrettyBoyRoy 88** · 03-24-2009, 04:34 PM

Leonard was really fast..But Roy Jones hand speed was so amazing that even now at 40 he's faster than a lot of other fighters and people say he's not the same anymore. That shows you who he was back then.

**pbftxrs316** · 03-24-2009, 04:36 PM

i'll go with sugar but not by much. they both put combs together very fast and were both very athletic, but sugar to me just was lightning fast and and hit harder than jones overall or p4p in addition to his speed.

they both fail in comparison to pretty boy when it comes to overall speed. floyd at 130 was overall faster than them both, quickness on offense to defense, avoiding punches, countering overall, floyd was the truth. sorry, i had to add him. ha ha.

**da_beast** · 03-24-2009, 04:38 PM

Roy imo. he is still frightningly fast and thats at forty

**MANGLER** · 03-24-2009, 04:41 PM

Both had sick speed, but RJ's was insane.

**Truth** · 03-24-2009, 04:42 PM

who did have faster hands than roy in his prime? anyone?

who had faster hand speed in their primes, RJJ or SRL?