Speed Kings

[Ezzard]

Who are the speed kings for each of the main divisions? Feel free to put in the junior divisions too if it helps.

HW –
LHW –
Middle –
Welter –
Light –
Feather –
Bantam –

[BroughtonRulesRefuge]

Who are the speed kings for each of the main divisions? Feel free to put in the junior divisions too if it helps.

- Might want to edit "are" to "were" since you posted this in boxers of the past.

HW – Tyson on offense/Ali on defense as best combination of heavy hand and footspeed.

LHW – RJonesJr
Middle –RJonesJr

Welter – SRLeonard

Light – HCamachoSr, the fastest of hand and foot ever

Feather – MPaquiao

Bantam – Jimmy Barry (awaiting the dempsey/feelfine brigade to jump in here to "proof" me wrong)

[Ezzard]

Thanks for the tip, mate.

Well, we're off to a start. Very interested in what others think.

[I Feel Fine]

I do not think that dempseyfire makes that kind of grammatical error often in his posts, I do not think that I do either. Don't be so self-pitying BRR, you have too many poor qualities as it is. That said, I don't see any problem with your list, I would say that Ali's hands were faster but to be fair he put less into his punches, perhaps Patterson also has a case with his hands, and though it is difficult to have to keep Robinson's name off of Welterweight we do not have enough film so I suppose it would have to be Leonard. I suppose Pacquiao is deserving, though I suspect that there might be some candidates with a little more speed but with far less power who do not stand out as a result.
From what I have seen Cunningham may have the fastest at Cruiserweight. Jones at Super Middleweight, despite what Calzaghe's fans would say. Jr. Middleweight would probably be Norris. Now that Pacquiao is champion at 140 he has a good case there also.

[jaclem2]

..willie pep at feather...25mph faster than any other human being...

[I Feel Fine]

I didn't want to say Pep because I haven't seen much film of him outside of clips of the Saddler fights where he was older. I suspect you might be right.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Patterson
Charles
Jones
SRR
Howard Davis
Pep
Johnny Carter

[dempseyfire]

Louis had faster hands than Tyson.

Lots of guys have been very fast. I would say the true standouts are Leonard at 147, Jones Jr at 175, peak Ali at heavyweight, Pep at feather, and Camacho at lightweight. Of course I'm omitting a few.

[Goodnight, Irene]

"...Don't be so self-pitying BRR, you have too many poor qualities as it is..." - IFF

[Nile4000]

Who are the speed kings for each of the main divisions? Feel free to put in the junior divisions too if it helps.

HW –
LHW –
Middle –
Welter –
Light –
Feather –
Bantam –

Heavyweight-Ali, Post-Ali, Dokes, Page, Tyson,
LHW-Charles, Jones jr.
Middle-Nunn, Jones jr
Welter-Leonard
Light-Davis Jr, Camacho
Feather-Bernard Taylor
Bantam-Chandler.

[Grimm]

HW – Patterson
LHW – Roy Jones
Middle - Roy Jones
Welter – Ray Leonard
Light – Hector Camacho,Mosley is up there though.
Feather – Willie Pep

[jaclem2]

dempseyf - we are in that small number of those who realize how fast joe louis' hands were. speedy dynamite combinations and incredibly accurate..

[Goodnight, Irene]

dempseyf - we are in that small number of those who realize how fast joe louis' hands were. speedy dynamite combinations and incredibly accurate..

Absolutely.

[My2Sense]

HW – Ali
LHW – Jones
Middle – Robinson
Welter – Robinson
Light – Leonard
Feather – Pep
Bantam – No idea

Jr. Welter - Meldrick Taylor
Jr. Lightweight - Mayweather