What heavyweight footspeed could be compared with alis ? .

[catskills23]

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

[Easy-E]

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

[oldwarrior]

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

[Mike Tyson Jr.]

larry holmes.

[Hydro]

lol again @ the tyson foot fetish

[Welter_Skelter]

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

[Stromprophet]

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.

[K-DOGG]

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

Gene Tunney.

[hollister]

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.