Which Heavyweight Champs had the fastest Handspeed?

[Ken Ashcroft]

I guess you would include the likes of the following (in no particular order)

Joe Louis
Ezzard Charles
Muhammed Ali
Michael Dokes
Evander Holyfield
Mike Tyson
Tony Tubbs
Floyd Patterson

Who would top that list and is there anyone else that you think should be included on it?

[Maxmomer]

Ali
Patterson
Tyson
Dempsey
Louis
Tunney
Charles

[Muchmoore]

Bruce Seldon had fast hands.

Not a lot of courage and had shaky whiskers but his handspeed was up there.

[Joe E]

Patterson
Tyson
Ali
Charles - Louis [tie]
Holmes
Tunney.

[GPater11093]

eddie chambers was pretty quick

[the cobra]

jU2YPXghFkU

Then Patterson IMO. Tyson Closely follows.

[Quickhands21]

Tyson
Ali
Patterson
Dempsey
holmes

[janitor]

Throw in Tommy Burns.

[he grant]

Corbett
Johnson
Dempsey
Tunney
Louis
Charles
Patterson
Ali
Holmes
Tyson
Holyfield

[Titan1]

Ali
Patterson
Holmes
Dokes
Page
Tyson.

[ChrisPontius]

Corbett
Johnson
Dempsey
Tunney
Louis
Charles
Patterson
Ali
Holmes
Tyson
Holyfield

Jem Mace had better handspeed than all of those, Corbett included.

[janitor]

Jem Mace had better handspeed than all of those, Corbett included.

That is not imposible.

Jem Mace seems to have had verry rapid reactions and in one of the Joe Goss fights he placed his hands on his hips avoiding the punches and taunting Goss.

[Robbi]

Nobody has mentioned Roy Jones, who deserves a placing without question. And I'm not getting excited about his handspeed 'reputation' outwith his rather brief apperance as a heavyweight. He was lightning against Ruiz throughout the course of the fight. Certainly fast enough to be bracketed with Ali, Patterson, and Tyson.

[he grant]

Chris, zero film on the guy so I don't know how you can make that statement ...

[Seamus]

Dokes.

[Ken Ashcroft]

Nobody has mentioned Roy Jones, who deserves a placing without question. And I'm not getting excited about his handspeed 'reputation' outwith his rather brief apperance as a heavyweight. He was lightning against Ruiz throughout the course of the fight. Certainly fast enough to be bracketed with Ali, Patterson, and Tyson.

Its so easy to forget that he was once a heavyweight champ.

[Seamus]

Povetkin's got some pretty fast mitts for the current crop.

[Robbi]

Its so easy to forget that he was once a heavyweight champ.

Yeah. It wasn't lack of knowledge from everyone prior to me stepping into the premises with the surprise inclusion.

[MRBILL]

1. Patterson
2. Ali / Tyson (Tie)
3. Holmes
4. Charles / Louis (Tie)
5. Tunney

MR.BILL:hey

[Russell]

No love for Tommy Morrison?

Commentators in some of his fights commented if nothing else he potentially threw a faster hook then Tyson at times.

[OBCboxer]

Patterson is definetly the fastest.

[he grant]

If you break this down, different fighters exhibited different speed sets based on their fighting styles ...

Sullivan (from what I've read), Dempsey, Patterson and Tyson were explosive , fast punchers in bursts ... others were blazing from long range ...

I just watched Tunney on Youtube and he was absolutly lightning ...

[Titan1]

If you break this down, different fighters exhibited different speed sets based on their fighting styles ...

Sullivan (from what I've read), Dempsey, Patterson and Tyson were explosive , fast punchers in bursts ... others were blazing from long range ...

I just watched Tunney on Youtube and he was absolutly lightning ...


Who was faster with their speed, Patterson, or Tyson?

[Minotauro]

Patterson then Ali.

[Ken Ashcroft]

Who was faster with their speed, Patterson, or Tyson?

I can't say I've seen much of Patterson but I remember seeing Tyson in the Spinks fight when I was just a kid. Sure Spinks was like a punching bag but the speed of Tyson's punches that night was the fastest I've seen in just about ANY weight division.

[jowcol]

Patterson in combo was the fastest. This thread constantly comes up. Ali's jab/straight right in and of itself was the fastest but when Floyd let fly with both hands you couldn't touch that speed! It's just that "mr. nice guy" always seemed to hold back with it.
And the non-lineal guys that people bring up?...sheesh :patsch

Patterson hands down.

[he grant]

I feel Floyd was the fastest in bursts ... truly amazing to watch ...

[Napoleon]

What about Chris Byrd?

[ThinBlack]

Muhammad Ali, Floyd Patterson, Michael Dokes, Mike Tyson, Tony Tubbs, Greg Page,Larry Holmes.

[he grant]

Patterson was the fastest despite the brain washing of Ali ...

Ali
Tunney
Tyson
Holmes
Dempsey
Louis
Johnson
Dokes
Ellis

All are in the mix ..

[Boilermaker]

Its so easy to forget that he was once a heavyweight champ.

That is because he wasnt. He was only a contender.

[red cobra]

Ali and patterson, but Patterson was blindingly fast with better punches.

[lufcrazy]

patterson in most likelihood.

Byrd has a pretty decent shout also.

including guys who were never the best, the obvious answer is roy jones.

[frankenfrank]

Corrie Sanders

ad then Chris Byrd but in effective power punching ? Corrie Sanders by large margin over any1 .
[/thread]

[Joe Dempsey]

Patterson was the quickest equal with Roy Jones, Ali after that. Dempsey and Tunney are both faster than Louis and Tyson.

[big man]

Holyfield was pretty rapid in his prime and although they didn't hit that hard Tony Tubbs and Michael Dokes were lightning,every bit as fast as your Pattersons and Alis imo.

[SenorRamirez]

Floyd Patterson
Mike Tyson
Roy Jones ;-P

[bonzo7580]

tyson paterson ali dokes holmes .

[Mordechai]

the guys who talk about tyson, yeah he was fast but he never comes close to ali, i forgot the name but a famous american train who trained tyson and wlad klitschko briefly said that wlad had faster hands than tyson. so tyson can't be that fast.
ali, holyfield at the beginning of his heavyweight campaign, herbie hide and david haye (not really champs) but fucking fast hands, chris byrd, holmes, peterson and louis, and jones (same like haye and hide)

[abraq]

Are we forgetting Sultan Ibragimov? I would like to add his name to the names mentioned till now.

[DonBoxer]

Ali
Patterson
Tyson