# Speedbag question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speedbag-question/348921>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 18, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speedbag-question/348921 "2006-03-18T19:03:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![love2\_punch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@love2\_punch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/love2_punch)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speedbag-question/348921/1 "2006-03-18T19:03:07Z")

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After watching Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby, I took up boxing training. Then I got hooked on the speed bag. It really is addictive.

I recently watched an espn classic show and they had a little of [Sugar Ray Robinson](http://www.cmgworldwide.com/sports/robinson/biography.html) hitting the speed bag. He looked great at it. Was he the best.?  
I’m wondering if anybody knows Who was (is) the best boxer on the speed bag? have there ever been any contests?

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**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speedbag-question/348921/2 "2006-03-18T20:31:23Z")

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> [@love2\_punch](#):
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> After watching Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby, I took up boxing training. Then I got hooked on the speed bag. It really is addictive.
> 
> I recently watched an espn classic show and they had a little of [Sugar Ray Robinson](http://www.cmgworldwide.com/sports/robinson/biography.html) hitting the speed bag. He looked great at it. Was he the best.?  
> I’m wondering if anybody knows Who was (is) the best boxer on the speed bag? have there ever been any contests?

“Best,” at best, is a subjective thing, but IMHO, Sugar Ray Robinson was one of the classiest and best fighters in **all respects** that i’ve seen over a lot of years. His light-bag work was dazzling. If I had to vote for the best boxer in any weight class, he’d be my #1 choice.

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**Author:** ![wheelerguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e36b37/32.png) [@wheelerguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelerguy)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speedbag-question/348921/3 "2006-03-19T17:52:33Z")

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> [@love2\_punch](#):
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> After watching Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby, I took up boxing training. Then I got hooked on the speed bag. It really is addictive.
> 
> I recently watched an espn classic show and they had a little of [Sugar Ray Robinson](http://www.cmgworldwide.com/sports/robinson/biography.html) hitting the speed bag. He looked great at it. Was he the best.?  
> I’m wondering if anybody knows Who was (is) the best boxer on the speed bag? have there ever been any contests?

I don’t know what **boxer** was the best on the speedball, but I think [this is some pretty amazing speedbag punching](http://media.putfile.com/Speedbag-punching). I’ve never seen a boxer do half of this stuff. I think he is the author of the Speed Bag Bible training program and I don’t think he is a competitive boxer.