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  • NearHypnos
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    #11
    Shane overall, Judah's hands, Floyd, Gamboa, Martinez (Taking size into account), calderon, Pac, Naz, Direll, Oscar.

    It's hard to rate very fast small guys because they're all generally fast thats why Calderon and Naz are ranked fairly low just because its hard to gauge. You could generally say most HW have power and most the small guys are fast.

    Shane's athleticism, speed, power and explosiveness in his hands and feet really stand out among the rest. Oscar was very quick but because he fought everyone we knew others were quicker still. Floyd fought fast fighters and still seemed fast and Judah if anything can (or used to) be able to let lightning fly. Gamboa is also very explosive but hes hard to gauge. Pac has practically no history of fighting fast men to compare speed against (aside from Old Shane who seemed to have faster single shots and Bradley also seeming faster at times). I think his foot speed is more impressive than his hands (how fast he can "shuffle" his feet coming forward) Martinez is very fluid with his feet and kind of glided around and doesnt seem as fast as he really is but the guys speed and athleticism is rare. He fights like a small guy. Certain camera angles make him seem slow but look at it from diff angles or live and you see how much distance he closes and puts between him and his opposition.
    Last edited by NearHypnos; 02-14-2014, 11:09 PM.

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    • White_Knight
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      #12
      Mayweather or Judah.

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      • BennyST
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        #13
        Originally posted by SlySlickSmooth
        On that list I'd say... Mosley/Pacquiao?
        Mosley is not a bad choice, but Pac's speed, while excellent, didn't really match some of the other guys IMO. I think he often looked faster than he actually was because of many of the guys he was facing. Still blazing, but just not that unnatural type speed that Judah, Mosley and Floyd had.

        Mosley, Judah, Floyd were all faster.

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        • Divine Hammer
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          #14
          toss up between pacquiao and mosley. pac not only quick of hand but feet as well.

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          • boliodogs
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            I voted for Pacquiao for all around hand and foot speed. I don't think Hamed belongs on that list and Martinez and Dirrell don't belong on it either. They were fast but not that fast. Oscar was fast but he just barely belongs on that list. The real speed demons in my opinion are Pacquiao, Gamboa, Mayweather, Judah, Calderon and the lightweight Mosley. Rigo should have been on your list because he is much faster than Hamed, Martinez and Dirrell and maybe all the rest of them. I can understand Russell not being on the list because he is not a champion yet, but his combinations are blazing fast.

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            • !! Shawn
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              #16
              It mosley by a very large margin.

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              • boliodogs
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                #17
                I think the results of your poll are very accurate. The slower fast guys didn't get votes.

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                • boliodogs
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                  #18
                  I am surprised Mayweather didn't get more votes. He is still lightning fast and was even faster 10 years ago. Thanks for not putting Khan on the list because his crazy fans would have voted him to first place.

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                  • Twako
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                    #19
                    some have powerful quick 1 punch counters. some have quick but pittypat combos. from that list id say only pac and mosley have both quick powerful combos.

                    rjj too would top that list if he was in.

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                    • jas
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                      #20
                      ali raymi .

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