Top 10 Heavyweights with the fastest hands ever ?

[Willow The Wisp]

Dont know why you wouldnt post this in the history section, you would get great responses there and lots of good discussion. In fact there is a similar thread there right now (though it is p4p not just heavy).

I think there are two different lines of thought on this. One leads you to Ali, who threw fast, but not as heavy punches. Usually a lightning fast, flicking jab, often followed by a quick straight right. If we are talking about speed of punches in regards to getting a punch out there regardless if force you have Ali as that standard.

But then you get the other end, guys who were fast handed at throwing power punches, fast while sitting down on the punch. Tyson is a good answer here, though I would rank him just behind his proto version- Floyd Patterson. To be fair, Tyson had a lot more power than Patterson, and Patrerson fought mostly at a modern cruiserweight, but man he had hand speed.

Just when I was about to marvel at the lack of.......anyway, yes. Muhammad Ali and Floyd Patterson are the fastest, and Gene Tunney to round out the top three.

Jeez.

[The D3vil]

Ali
Tyson
Patterson
Haye
Usyk
Fast Eddie Chambers
Chris Byrd
Jimmy Young
Dempsey
Jack Johnson

[DeeMoney]

Ali
Tyson
Patterson
Haye
Usyk
Fast Eddie Chambers
Chris Byrd
Jimmy Young
Dempsey
Jack Johnson

Interesting, and good, call on Jack Johnson. Hard to tell with the differences in film speed, but he clearly is fast. I feel like he uses those fast hands to parry away punches more often than to land his own.

[champion4ever]

Corrie Sanders. He had the physique of a middle aged golfer (not far from reality) but he had some lightning quick hands and threw in combinations from a southpaw stance.

Never forget him blitzing Wladimir with those combinations. Klitschko never saw that straight left coming. Sanders didn't really have great stamina (I'm not sure he ever really trained that hard even though he was a natural athlete) but he was dangerous early.

Excellent post!

[champion4ever]

To just to name a few in no particular order: Floyd Patterson, Tyson Fury, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Riddick Bowe, Evander Holyfield, Michael Dokes, Jimmy Young, David Haye and Deontay Wilder. All of these heavyweight had fast hands.