What are the top 10 fighters of all time that had both speed and power.

What do you guys think? Its a great combination.

Pac Man
Mike Tyson
Muhammad Ali
Roy Jones

I will come up with the other 6 in a minute LOL.

timthebim wrote:

Pac Man
Mike Tyson
Muhammad Ali
Roy Jones

Pac and Roy are the top 2 that came to mind in my lifetime.

This is a very tough question but those 4 came to my mind at first thought.

timthebim wrote:

This is a very tough question but those 4 came to my mind at first thought.

I know thats why I have not put up my list yet. LOL

what do you mean by speed...hand speed alone or foot and hand speed.

dmar5143 wrote:

what do you mean by speed...hand speed alone or foot and hand speed.

Good question. Lets say they need all of them.

.robinson.2.tunney..3.jersey joe walcott.intelligent use of footwork not running.4.holmes.decent power.5.pac..6.charles decent power7.ray leanord decent power8.ali barely makes the list cause of power.its below decent in my thoughts but adaquate .9.roy jones same as ali.10...mosley.

tyson patterson and others are out cause of footwork.power and handspeed yes.

mayweather also .adaquate power.

dmar5143 wrote:

mayweather also .adaquate power.

Below 147 yes at 147 hell no.

dmar5143 wrote:

.robinson.2.tunney..3.jersey joe walcott.intelligent use of footwork not running.4.holmes.decent power.5.pac..6.charles decent power7.ray leanord decent power8.ali barely makes the list cause of power.its below decent in my thoughts but adaquate .9.roy jones same as ali.10...mosley.

Great list. I have no argument. Also how about Joe Louis?

hes out cause of footwork.hand speed and power yes

Not top 10 all time, but people who haven't been mentioned:

Jack Dempsey - shocked no one put this yet.
Jack Johnson
Aaron Pryor
Prince Naseem Hamed
Zab Judah
Jermain Taylor

The maybes:

Hector Camacho
Tommy Hearns - he looked pretty fast to me but I may be wrong.
Meldrick Taylor?
Howard Davis Jr.?

When you talk about speed and power, I know a great, scientific boxer who recorded 110 KO's and was able to knock a man out with either hand....while going backwards! That man was Sugar Ray Robinson. Now, there is an argument over who the GOAT is and there always will be. However, in my opinion, the master of speed and power is SRR. I think it's almost emphatic unless someone can match what I've seen on film and on paper. Tommy Hearns and Leonard are also good choices but I don't think they can mess with the original "Sugar Ray" in these categories.

gumby hearns yes.i was going to add him after i shut the computer off and maybe billy conn..howard davis noo power zab is a joke dempsey no cause were talking again footwork ditto johnson and his hand speed lacks compared to what we are thinking...camacho yes cause i think his power was underated but after 3 or 4 rounds he put the power on hold thus i eliminated him.prtyor footwork again.jermain taylor is a good example.

gumby as you mentioned guys like taylor wont scratch the surface of top ten off all time with all 3 .foot and hand speed and power..it had my head thinking.great topic sooner...gumby the guys like taylor you mentioned indeed had that combination for sure.

Gumby wrote:

Not top 10 all time, but people who haven't been mentioned:

Jack Dempsey - shocked no one put this yet.
Jack Johnson
Aaron Pryor
Prince Naseem Hamed
Zab Judah
Jermain Taylor

The maybes:

Hector Camacho
Tommy Hearns - he looked pretty fast to me but I may be wrong.
Meldrick Taylor?
Howard Davis Jr.?

Hamed I cant believe I forgot that guy

dmar5143 wrote:

gumby as you mentioned guys like taylor wont scratch the surface of top ten off all time with all 3 .foot and hand speed and power..it had my head thinking.great topic sooner...gumby the guys like taylor you mentioned indeed had that combination for sure.

Thanks I was just thinking I had not seen many greats with the combination of speed and power and figured it would be fun to try and make a list.

sooner one ood reason is because your describing a boxer=puncher first and then adding he must have foot and hand speed with that combination..a excellent question cause you realy had to think and also your implying by saying top ten that he must be great or a near great perhaps..again great topic.

dmar5143 wrote:

sooner one ood reason is because your describing a boxer=puncher first and then adding he must have foot and hand speed with that combination..a excellent question cause you realy had to think and also your implying by saying top ten that he must be great or a near great perhaps..again great topic.

Hey you guys added in the footwork I had left that out. I have to give you props.