kevin rooney reckons tyson had quicker hands than ali ? .

[catskills23]

i am a massive fan but no way prime tyson had quicker hands than ali, prime ali had significantly quicker hands than prime tyson .

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i am a massive fan but no way prime tyson had quicker hands than ali, prime ali had significantly quicker hands than prime tyson .

Kevin Rooney absolutely adores Tyson, Ive seen him tell reporters that Tyson's **** was twice the size of John Holmes ****!

If you are looking for opinions on Tyson Rooney is one guy I would tend to take with a grain of salt!

[TyrantT316]

Ali's combinations and release were faster...but with less power...Tyson's were almost as fast but with probably 2-3x the power...

kind of like

Ali's speed = 9 for a HW but power = 6
Tyson's speed = 8 for a HW but power = 8-9

Though I feel Ali's power was sometimes underrated, he just didn't commit to his punches like Tyson did. When you put full power behind 5/6 of your combination punches, then your speed won't be as fast as Ali's. Plus Tyson had shorter compact arms and a tighter build so his punches didn't seem as fluid as Ali's. Tyson's punches were very short and sharp while Ali's were a bit fluid. Tyson had to reach in with punches while Ali just hand to fluidly land them.

What "I" find interesting is if I watch a lot of Ali's "not so big fights" NOW, he looks kind of slow. But I think that is because Ali was more so quick in his release of punches, but not devistatingly quick in combinations, just fluid and accurate at times.

[Mike_R]

yeah, when ali hit someone he was hitting to win points- not to kill/ruin their life

[Dynamite76]

There were at least six or seven heavys from Tyson's time period or before who were at least just as fast as Mike.

[abdiel2k3]

theres different kinda fast hands
what made ali so special was that he was a HW with fast hands that flowed
the only one ive ever seen that i could argue had serious hand speed
as in point A to point B with little to no effort
pretty boy floyd

[Dynamite76]

theres different kinda fast hands
what made ali so special was that he was a HW with fast hands that flowed
the only one ive ever seen that i could argue had serious hand speed
as in point A to point B with little to no effort
pretty boy floyd

How about Camacho or Howard Davis Jr?

[JUYJUY]

Floyd Patterson had the quickest handspeed I ever saw for a HW, even quicker handspeed than Cassius Clay's and a young Tyson's.

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Floyd Patterson had the quickest handspeed I ever saw for a HW, even quicker handspeed than Cassius Clay's and a young Tyson's.

What about a young Mike White?

[Dynamite76]

Floyd Patterson had the quickest handspeed I ever saw for a HW, even quicker handspeed than Cassius Clay's and a young Tyson's.

Even quicker than a Michael Dokes?