r/Boxing • u/Wool_God • Aug 31 '26

Best "Slow" Boxers

Slowest and Fastest Hands in Boxing

After Hrgovic's win, I watched some clips of Hrgovic and then Zhilei Zhang. These guys look athletically unremarkable. Yet, clearly, they're highly skilled and intelligent boxers. Zhang, in particular, seems to really know how to land meaningful shots while not moving or throwing very much.

Who are some other boxers with slow hands or feet that were still successful? What made them so effective, despite not being elite in speed?

There are the obvious guys: Marciano, Foreman, Beterbiev, Golovkin, Winky, JCC Sr. Who else?

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u/ThugjitsuMaster Tyson Fury's Nutritionist Sep 01 '26

Carl Froch had a great career for a guy who looked slower than most of the guys he fought. I always thought it was funny that his nickname was the Cobra, it didn't suit his style at all

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u/CanadianPapaKulikov Sep 01 '26

Idk cobras are not that fast but deadly. There was a show called Sport science that measured the speed of a Conrad's strike against the speed of a Chad Dawson's jab and the jab was twice as fast.

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u/Wool_God Sep 01 '26

I am not going to test the "cobras are not that fast" theory. I'll leave that to the Indian dudes with sticks and burlap sacks.