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Who in your view had the most dazzling speed of hands and feet in boxing history?

No Khan?

I picked the great Roy Jones, Jr. His speed was unbelievable. He had the RARE COMBINATION OF SPEED AND POWER that I have never seen before. The great Mike Tyson was also a great RARE COMBINATION of speed and power. Boy, those two could let those hands go with tremendous power!

Bruce Lee for sure.

If you're talking a combination of hands & feet, it's Muhammad Ali for me.

Speed is one asset.. Speed is not the deal because masterful timing beats speed.

It's like height, weight, and reach are not decisive... Like power and toughness, they're all assets that help you out a few percentage points -- but you still have to mold whatever gifts you have into a finished product to produce a winner.

Zab Judah was a very fast boxer in his prime... Billy Conn was blazing fast and was actually was beating Joe Louis for 12 rounds... Joe Calzaghe was very fast... Vasyl Lomachenko is really fast... Gary Russell has tremendous speed... Rigondeaux has a great deal of natural speed... Keith Thurman is very quick... Conor McGregor is actually very fast of hand and foot, but he can't box worth a crap... Oleksandr Usyk has terrific reflexes... Anthony Joshua is super speedy... Salvador Sanchez was very fast... Willie Pep was extremely quick... I guess that would be my Top-10 or 12 at the moment.

Ray Leonard and Howard Davis.jr.

Some other names not mentioned. Hector Camacho, Meldrick Taylor, Pernell Whitaker, Paulie Malignaggi (no power but still fast) Davey Hilton, early in his career had very fast hands, Paul Spadafora (again no power). From the distant past, Packey McFarland.

I'll add Bernard Taylor, Michael Dokes, and Lonnie Smith.

Out of those options Salvador Sanchez no doubt.

Salvador wasn't even the fastest guy in his division, moreless the sport.

Nile4000 wrote:Salvador wasn't even the fastest guy in his division, moreless the sport.

He was quite fast

Meldrick Taylor was extreme fast Amir Khan ha some speed too

elmersalsa wrote:

Nile4000 wrote:Salvador wasn't even the fastest guy in his division, moreless the sport.

He was quite fast

But not Bernard Taylor/Hector Camacho fast.

Nile4000 wrote:Salvador wasn't even the fastest guy in his division, moreless the sport.

Ask Wilfredo Gomez. "Yes, yes he's fast. He can hit you while you're blinking. But I think you know...he's accurate." Interpreted from Spanish.

Kalan wrote:

Nile4000 wrote:Salvador wasn't even the fastest guy in his division, moreless the sport.

Ask Wilfredo Gomez. "Yes, yes he's fast. He can hit you while you're blinking. But I think you know...he's accurate." Interpreted from Spanish.

The great Salvador Sanchez was one of the most complete and fastest fighters that I have seen in my lifetime

elmersalsa wrote:

Kalan wrote:

Nile4000 wrote:Salvador wasn't even the fastest guy in his division, moreless the sport.

Ask Wilfredo Gomez. "Yes, yes he's fast. He can hit you while you're blinking. But I think you know...he's accurate." Interpreted from Spanish.

The great Salvador Sanchez was one of the most complete and fastest fighters that I have seen in my lifetime

Not trying to take anything from Sal, tremendous fighter, and definite great. And he was fast, not in that Camacho/ M. Taylor level.