What heavyweight footspeed could be compared with alis ? .

[P@pasmurf]

None, lol. Thats why Ali is Ali

[catskills23]

I think tyson footspeed or footwork was next best to alis . An ex pro fighter told me that he saw a young tyson train and saw get up on his toes and dance around the ring like he was ali , he said tyson had great footskills and he was surprised tyson could move like that .

[marvdave]

What was prime grg pages footspeed like . I have heard that this guy could float around the ring like ali .

The only thing Page had in common with Ali was the hometown. No comparison. Ali was one of a kind in the foot speed department. I can't think of anyone. I don't count Jones. Holmes was a great boxer, but his foot speed wasn't great. He had a great jab, was very intelligent in the ring and a HUGE heart and chin.

[Kid Achilles]

Dempsey was faster on his feet than Tyson. Tyson was pretty quick coming in but Dempsey was said to have great lateral movement and was even quick in retreat, the few times he did choose to retreat. Dempsey was an all around great athlete. Max Schmeling described him as looking like he had come from another planet. He was that quick.

[Dynamite76]

The only thing Page had in common with Ali was the hometown. No comparison. Ali was one of a kind in the foot speed department. I can't think of anyone. I don't count Jones. Holmes was a great boxer, but his foot speed wasn't great. He had a great jab, was very intelligent in the ring and a HUGE heart and chin.

Page had nice footwork,not like Ali's but nice.Problem was he depended on it too much at times.

[hollister]

Floyd Patterson and Ingamar Johannson both had pretty fast feet, Patterson just lacked the height to lean away from punches while he was moving, and the style he used most of the time didn't allow him to showcase it.

[drh]

Crhis Byrd

[hollister]

Billy Conn also had very fast feet, but was only a heavy in his second fight with Louis, and wouldn't even be a heavy at all now, in fact, of the three I mentioned, only Johannson would be a heavy. Holmes was quick as well, in fact, his and Ali's height made them look faster anyway because they covered more ground with each stride, but the way Ali was able to avoid Liston in the first few rounds of the first fight really sets him apart from Holmes, though.

[catskills23]

Carl the truth williams and henry tillman .

[Yogi]

What about gene tunney ? .

Gene Tunney had good footwork, but he wasn't nearly as fast as Ali. Tunney was all about intelligent positioning after throwing his punches, rather than quick footwork.

Jab, jab, jab, clinch...Jab, jab, jab, move...Jab, jab, right hand, move.

That was Gene Tunney's fighting style, and he wasn't much more exciting back then, than John Ruiz is today.