Fastest hands between these fighters?

[PittyPat]

I watched the first Dawson-Tarver fight just now, and I was shocked as to how I could've forgotten about that mind-blowing handspeed Dawson has. Holy ****, the guy was throwing 11-punch combos at will (granted, at an old man) and firing those shots from all sorts of crazy angles - over and over again, at will. That is speed. I'll actually go so far as to say Dawson has the fastest hands out of all the current top fighters.

But what do you fellas think? There are those diehards who remain adamant that Pacquiao is the fastest, whilst others will claim it's Mayweather. I'll say that's legit. I've also heard a smaller niche group saying Khan has them all beat, and an even smaller promoting the notion that Gamboa is the new king of handspeed. For me, though, it's Dawson without question.

[Roy Keane]

khan mayweather gamboa pacman dawson

[PittyPat]

khan mayweather gamboa pacman dawson

Pacquiao above Dawson? Hmm... As quick as his hands are, I could only put him last out of those 5 guys - his hands are more like wild flails in bunches, as opposed to quick bolts of lightning like the other 4.

[AKATheMack]

Gamboa. RJJ still has faster hands than Mayweather.

[Ben d great]

Pac above all, fastest and have power

[PittyPat]

Pac above all, fastest and have power

Pacquiao's wild (albeit accurate) flails are faster than the 3 of the 4 guys mentioned above? Think carefully now...

[Cubanborn87]

gamboa all the way

[βetamax]

Sort of useless comparison between a boxer and rattlesnake since it's not like we've ever really gauged how fast a cobra strikes compared to human punch but still interesting regardless.




As far who punches faster, maybe you should break out some of those 60fps vids and go frame by frame and see who punches faster since each frame equals 1/60 of a second so your getting an accurate read though I'm sure there's other factors that would probably make that a poor scientific test like fighters starting punches in different positions and not knowing if their really throwing 100%. Actually, this is probably a terrible idea lol

[Clouseau]

I think Gamboa has the fastest hands, out of all of them.

[DLT]

Its not a real thread because you cant compare guys at different sizes that far apart and thats not even including the age. The lowest divisions should always be the fastest. I will say though, I think a SFW Floyd is the fastest guy of the group