Michael Dokes - Incredible Hand Speed (Highlight Reel)

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  • Highlights of the underrated former WBA Heavyweight champ.
    Michael Dokes - Was an American boxer, nicknamed "Dynamite." Dokes is a former WBA heavyweight champion, and holds notable wins over Jimmy Young, Ossie Ocasio, Randall Cobb, Mike Weaver and Jesse Ferguson.
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  • @lenurban
    @lenurban 5 років тому +36

    RIP Michael Dokes. Your were a hell of a fighter, as this reel shows.

  • @antonthetrainer4403
    @antonthetrainer4403 8 років тому +125

    So fast, such snap in his punches and threw everything effortlessly.. Very talented guy.

    • @firstlast1278
      @firstlast1278 3 роки тому +1

      starts at the waist

    • @christopher4227
      @christopher4227 3 роки тому +2

      But Mohammed ali dodged all of it

    • @McRemmyBaby
      @McRemmyBaby Рік тому

      im faster, want proof? thanks for saying im god like talent

    • @Mars-lp8yd
      @Mars-lp8yd 5 місяців тому +1

      ​@@firstlast1278nope, starts at your feet actually.

  • @MadAngel209
    @MadAngel209 5 років тому +65

    Back in The '80's, Michael Dokes (RIP) could have been one of the biggest superstars in Boxing next to Sugar Ray Leonard. He had the sheer talent, and the charisma. But he couldn't leave the drugs alone.

    • @leonardtaylor8394
      @leonardtaylor8394 Рік тому +2

      Yes ,but he over done it,I hear Sugar man,he use drug to, when he fight ,Andy Price,back in the 80, some time go,so to this,I bet to this day they or still doing, what you think,when money talk bullshit walk, right,🤔

  • @josephrodriguez9133
    @josephrodriguez9133 7 років тому +30

    Michael dokes was one of the best heavyweight boxers around in the 80's . fast and could punch. gave evander holifield all he could handle in one of the best heavyweight fights ive ever seen . he was dynamite. peace n smoke.

  • @Noah-pc6wq
    @Noah-pc6wq 7 років тому +196

    Heavyweights with genuine hand speed are the scariest sort of boxer.

    • @nigralph
      @nigralph 6 років тому

      Noah scarier than foreman?

    • @FN-bq2si
      @FN-bq2si 5 років тому +18

      Kory Gavin
      Foreman didn't have speed but he is the most powerful heavyweight

    • @TheMainManHimself1
      @TheMainManHimself1 5 років тому +11

      Foreman had no speed but power

    • @ruffgodz9543
      @ruffgodz9543 2 роки тому +4

      @@FN-bq2si shavers

    • @calburner4635
      @calburner4635 2 роки тому

      @Ruff Godz 🎯 Both Ali and Ron Lyle faced both men and said Shavers hit harder, and Lyle could crack, too. His fights against both were epic wars.

  • @getsmart3701
    @getsmart3701 7 років тому +102

    Those are the fastest pair of hands I have eve seen on a HW. The velocity of his combinations is almost unreal.

    • @onlyrog5
      @onlyrog5 6 років тому +19

      Get Smart ehhh between him, Ali, and Patterson

    • @davidfitzgerald4683
      @davidfitzgerald4683 5 років тому +2

      @@onlyrog5 and tyson and joe louis

    • @colorado2455
      @colorado2455 4 роки тому +19

      @@davidfitzgerald4683 dokes, ali and patterson were faster than tyson and louis.

    • @davidfitzgerald4683
      @davidfitzgerald4683 4 роки тому +5

      @@colorado2455 ali and pattersion not dokes his up there though

    • @colorado2455
      @colorado2455 4 роки тому

      @@davidfitzgerald4683 yeah u might be right.

  • @spreadeagle2561
    @spreadeagle2561 4 роки тому +15

    Wow that man had speed AND power.Tremendously talented fighter. So sad that Michael's life ended so early and badly. ( RIP).

  • @kima_gr
    @kima_gr 4 роки тому +21

    Incredible speed, perhaps one of the fastest heavyweight ever. And Ali dodged 21 of those lightning fast punches in 9 seconds 😳

    • @googlemyself4091
      @googlemyself4091 5 місяців тому

      Yet Ali couldn't dodge Ken Norton and Joe Frazier's punches when they were beating him upside the head.🙂

  • @Ffeoli1039
    @Ffeoli1039 4 роки тому +11

    We need more people like you. So many great warriors forgotten.

  • @bgjb-r1499
    @bgjb-r1499 Рік тому +3

    Dam! I just looked up Michael Dokes and saw he died in 2012 at the age of 54. I met him in Las Vegas in 1992, what a nice and humble man.

  • @toledojack88
    @toledojack88 5 років тому +25

    2:19 dude threw a punch while falling down lol

  • @abusayed93
    @abusayed93 4 роки тому +7

    Speed for a man of his build is crazy

  • @majimamike4097
    @majimamike4097 11 місяців тому +2

    Dokes was a very good boxer. He was fast as hell for a heavyweight, had good head movement and nice skills. His fight with Holyfield is a classic.One of the good representives of the 80s boxers.

  • @robertneeley4135
    @robertneeley4135 3 роки тому +1

    Rest In Power Michael Dokes and may your soul be granted heavenly paradise.🥊💯✊🏿🖤✊🏿⚔️

  • @kingsofcobra
    @kingsofcobra 7 років тому +13

    0:35 DAMN!!!

    • @yvans.
      @yvans. 3 роки тому

      The mouthpiece 😭

  • @TheMainManHimself1
    @TheMainManHimself1 5 років тому +7

    This man speed and power is unreal

  • @joekarkut8169
    @joekarkut8169 Рік тому +2

    My absolute favorite heavyweight boxer, then George Foreman.
    Dokes was a brutal machine, feared by all who entered the ring with him.

  • @ragingbull5150
    @ragingbull5150 8 років тому +4

    the more I see Dokes, the more I appreciate him.

  • @radastepanovic8886
    @radastepanovic8886 3 роки тому +4

    Pure Beast

  • @30over3
    @30over3 6 років тому +2

    Dynamite Dokes baybaaaay!!! Dude had Holyfield thinking twice about facing Iron Mike. Awesome vid as usual Hanzagod!

  • @1tallguy694
    @1tallguy694 4 роки тому +2

    I did time with Michael Dokes in Southern desert penitentiary and all I can say is thank god he never wanted to fight me. RIP champ

  • @MaD-nr8sj
    @MaD-nr8sj 5 років тому +5

    One of the fastest if not the fastest heavyweight of all time

  • @disantis-uberjaguar4041
    @disantis-uberjaguar4041 8 років тому +14

    can you do a "speed kills" series? would be nice to have a entire section like de defense one

  • @julioguzman3687
    @julioguzman3687 8 років тому +35

    What might of been if he could of fought off those demons.

    • @Belburg
      @Belburg 8 років тому +1

      If he gained some punching power, would have been phenominal.

    • @Belburg
      @Belburg 7 років тому +1

      I give you credit that he floored Weaver, but Weaver had been knocked out before in a couple of fights. Larry Holmes stopped him in 11 rounds. In some ways, Michael didn't have that defining win that Gerry Cooney and Greg Page had when they were contenders.

    • @fleadoggreen9062
      @fleadoggreen9062 4 роки тому

      What demons are those? Thank u

    • @68majortom
      @68majortom 3 роки тому +4

      @@fleadoggreen9062 drugs

  • @raoul3605
    @raoul3605 8 років тому +14

    big speed for a heavy

  • @paulmccarthy6971
    @paulmccarthy6971 3 роки тому +3

    This man was a monster fighter

    • @earth7551
      @earth7551 2 роки тому

      Only fighter to match Holyfields hand speed counter puncher ablity and reflexes

    • @joekarkut8169
      @joekarkut8169 Рік тому

      Agreed 👍

  • @CandySlim501
    @CandySlim501 8 років тому +21

    Always put on a good show. Dokes/Holyfield was the heavyweight version of Castillo/Corrales

    • @hanzagod
      @hanzagod  8 років тому +9

      +Candyslim501 One of my all time favorite fights!

    • @CandySlim501
      @CandySlim501 8 років тому +3

      haNZAgod u know a good fight when you see it. This was no doubt an underrated classic fight

    • @alexmcgillivray826
      @alexmcgillivray826 4 роки тому

      Don't watch the Bowe fight

  • @elzorro9987
    @elzorro9987 7 років тому +1

    Dokes was a fun fighter to watch. He fought a lot of very good heavyweights and always gave them all they could handle.

  • @SuperHorsecow
    @SuperHorsecow 8 років тому +7

    Class fighter

  • @miketyson3519
    @miketyson3519 6 років тому +2

    This guy was heavyweight champion of the world.

  • @MrBruce5437
    @MrBruce5437 Місяць тому

    Michael Dokes was indeed a dynamite...1958-2012..rest in peace

  • @hunterboxing5209
    @hunterboxing5209 8 років тому

    Awesome vid

  • @Noah-pc6wq
    @Noah-pc6wq 7 років тому +58

    The real reason his comeback wasn't so successful was cause he no longer had his mighty afro to intimidate his opponents into submission.

  • @mr1ddub
    @mr1ddub 6 років тому

    I'm from his birth place Akron, Ohio; he's one of our historical sports heroes. You should change the title to Michael Dokes - Incredible Power Punches because he was knocking the crap out of them. Great job. Thanks for the video.

  • @ancientdictator
    @ancientdictator 4 роки тому

    Great showcase of a unique HW champion!

  • @Jay-AL
    @Jay-AL 5 років тому

    What a great fighter!

  • @68majortom
    @68majortom 3 роки тому

    What a dangerous guy his Body Shots look like real cripplers, gonna enjoy watching him ✌️

  • @charlesbronson3005
    @charlesbronson3005 Рік тому +1

    Brillant

  • @gymleague7386
    @gymleague7386 3 роки тому +2

    Ali vs micheal dokes 😂 Ali make him micheal jokes😂. RESPECT

  • @mcsmoothstyle
    @mcsmoothstyle 7 років тому

    Yes Cobb doing a good job taking those right hands.

  • @TheSquad4life
    @TheSquad4life 7 років тому +4

    handspeed was wow for a big man at that, Pinklton Thomas, Razor Riddick and this gentleman are a few of tysons talented opponents he fought and beat and the naysayers still insist Tyson only fought Bums. Also shout out to the dude that runs this page, the web is saturated with HLs of known boxers nice to see some of this men skills highlighted

  • @ohrealy1
    @ohrealy1 5 років тому +1

    I remember this guy being so much better than everyone else at the time and then just disappearing

  • @donaldthompson8328
    @donaldthompson8328 6 років тому

    also the grunt when he hit

  • @ZakuZaku18
    @ZakuZaku18 2 роки тому +1

    0:59 might be the smoothest KO in the history of the sport

  • @jakelamotta8686
    @jakelamotta8686 3 роки тому +1

    micheal dokes was one of the Top 10 fastest heavyweights of all time

  • @Bleekcastle
    @Bleekcastle 6 років тому

    I'm a boxing fanatic and I've never heard of this brotha. But dam he's nice. Quick as hell for a heavyweight.

  • @wanderer0013
    @wanderer0013 7 років тому +3

    that left hook to the body...

  • @davidkearns6925
    @davidkearns6925 4 роки тому +1

    Damn that left hook was lightning!

    • @earth7551
      @earth7551 3 роки тому

      holyfield admitted dokes was fastest fighter he fought and mind you dokes was past his prime legs were gone but gave hell

  • @whenthehammerwastthomas1585
    @whenthehammerwastthomas1585 2 роки тому +1

    Pretty damn impressive he was.

  • @NoName-ch2wg
    @NoName-ch2wg 6 років тому

    WOW

  • @focus2521
    @focus2521 5 років тому +1

    Those liver shots!

  • @TheRalphrochie
    @TheRalphrochie 6 років тому

    Awesome vid. Can you do czar amonsot? I think he's very underrated

  • @IMBATMANANDIMCOOL
    @IMBATMANANDIMCOOL 4 роки тому +2

    And we have the fastest HW in history - dang this guy was fast!

    • @earth7551
      @earth7551 2 роки тому

      Agreed the only fighter to match Holyfields hand speed counter puncher ablity and reflexes

  • @raheemwilliams5475
    @raheemwilliams5475 5 років тому +4

    He was good in the 80s

  • @jamaaldavis3222
    @jamaaldavis3222 4 роки тому +1

    Real tough fighter salute to dokes he was a problem

  • @TheWorkshop096
    @TheWorkshop096 Рік тому

    Holy shittt

  • @terrencebozeman6080
    @terrencebozeman6080 6 років тому +2

    Akron's Own Mike Dokes

  • @paulmccarthy6971
    @paulmccarthy6971 3 роки тому +1

    The heavyweight sugar ray

  • @paulbright5081
    @paulbright5081 8 років тому +5

    Greg Paige & Michael Dokes were two of the most naturally talented heavyweights of any era.

    • @Belburg
      @Belburg 8 років тому +1

      That's arguably true. I think Page had a bit more natural ability than Dokes, but Dokes was in better shape and quicker. The who was faster thing is debatable.

    • @joeygonzo
      @joeygonzo 7 років тому +3

      I don't know.
      Tim Witherspoon and Pinklon Thomas had some talent too.
      Timmy was really underrated. But, these guys went through the WBA merry-go-round.
      Kinda funny that Mike Weaver was the more stable champion among them.
      Kinda sad that the 80's heavies did not turn out as great as the 70's.
      They were as equally talented.
      But, they were so mismanaged and undisciplined .

    • @30over3
      @30over3 6 років тому

      Don King. But yeah, the 80's were chock full of talent from top to bottom.

    • @vlLEGTxSQUADX
      @vlLEGTxSQUADX 4 роки тому

      Dont forget thomas and tim witherspoon and tucker and douglas

  • @paulc43
    @paulc43 3 роки тому +1

    I became a dokes fan when I heard Evander mention him as a type of fighter that’s hard to deal with.

    • @earth7551
      @earth7551 2 роки тому +1

      Agreed the only fighter to match Holyfields hand speed counter puncher ablity and reflexes

  • @clamroll200
    @clamroll200 7 років тому +1

    Fast!!!!

  • @danielreid3476
    @danielreid3476 7 років тому +3

    Dokes had incredible potential, and his hand speed was off the chart! His big problem as a fighter was that he was too stationary.

    • @Belburg
      @Belburg 7 років тому +3

      His main problem was cocaine, and his lifestyle. His punching power was starting to kick in when he "beat" Weaver. He was lucky, despite his skills, that Don King was in his corner.

  • @marcelopiriz4233
    @marcelopiriz4233 2 роки тому

    Espectacular la música

  • @johnfairclough2998
    @johnfairclough2998 4 роки тому

    Didn’t realise Dokes was so good!

    • @earth7551
      @earth7551 3 роки тому

      a past prime dokes gave holyfield a better fight than tyson even holyfield said it dokes had just as hands as him great counter puncher ablity

    • @earth7551
      @earth7551 2 роки тому

      @@theinformationbomber7102
      No prove Holyfied took juice and juice can't give you a better chin or will power to win
      Something tyson doesn't have not the fighter who gets off the canvas to score a k.o with indomitable will power

  • @SkateAndReview
    @SkateAndReview 7 років тому +2

    Minus the footwork he was like a heavyweight Ray Leonard

  • @clarkkent8286
    @clarkkent8286 Рік тому +1

    Damn, he is quick. Never watched Dokes much, but after seeing this clip I'm convinced that he would definitely give Larry Holmes problems (a pity the fight never happened)

  • @goofynigga8456
    @goofynigga8456 4 роки тому

    Boxing breed nothing but monsters u have to honor the sport regardless the level of the fighter

  • @ulisesdemostenes7074
    @ulisesdemostenes7074 5 років тому

    Second 0:30. Which fight is that?

  • @gigorz5k1
    @gigorz5k1 5 років тому

    Cool boxer

  • @ohmymygod6666
    @ohmymygod6666 5 років тому +2

    He seemed to have a pretty good defense when he was younger.

  • @luffyghoul3237
    @luffyghoul3237 7 років тому +2

    where was that when he tried to connect with Mohammed Ali

  • @nugentmilicent7049
    @nugentmilicent7049 7 років тому +3

    He was super fast during his 77-85 run .....when me back in late 80s had t a considerable amount of speed......

  • @shotkuz6925
    @shotkuz6925 2 роки тому +1

    @ 1:54 the sharpest Ko combo I have ever seen 💯💥😵

    • @Cypheria
      @Cypheria 5 місяців тому

      check out the phantom punch

  • @donnellvickers6314
    @donnellvickers6314 5 років тому +1

    Very FAST HANDS

  • @TheBlackRanger187
    @TheBlackRanger187 10 місяців тому

    The way dude fell at 1:03 took me out.🤣😂

  • @mainnevent515
    @mainnevent515 5 років тому

    You make one for Gerri Coetzee too since he ko'ed Dokes nasty.

  • @elzorro9987
    @elzorro9987 4 роки тому +2

    After watching a few of his earlier fights, I felt that he had the potential to win the heavyweight championship and hold it for years. Sadly, that is not the way things worked out for him.

  • @big-l5771
    @big-l5771 7 років тому +36

    Yea hand speed was off the hook but DON KING RUINED everybody he ever promoted

    • @Whogonbeatmyass
      @Whogonbeatmyass 7 років тому +6

      BIG- L he did himself no favors by doing drugs

    • @PainandMotivation
      @PainandMotivation 5 років тому +10

      Do not think that Don King is the only cause of ruining boxers careers. That is also an effect. He made his boxers richer than most of the other promoters during his prime. Don King made sure his boxers received a lot of money. However, Don King always asked for a higher percentage than most other promoters during his time. Don King was not the only person to blame. Don King made the fights that people wanted to see. Is unfair to only blame Don King for all of the downfalls of the boxers he promoted.

    • @allanthompson2394
      @allanthompson2394 4 роки тому

      No BIG L Don gave them an opportunity to make something out of their lives, Larry Holmes showed em all how to play Don......win and keep winning and when it’s time to renew, as the champ, you get a better deal. The crack pipe is what let Dons boys down. Larry Holmes owns half of Easton thanks to Don King. They wouldn’t dedicate.

    • @jefffawcett
      @jefffawcett 4 роки тому +3

      PainandMotivation what a pile of shit, King was a modern-day slave master, every boxer he ever promoted ended up broke. That’s like saying Vince McMahon and Dana White make all the wrestlers and fighters lots of money. He was also a murderer in addition to being a crook. Just an all-around repulsive guy.

  • @jacobalfaro6833
    @jacobalfaro6833 4 роки тому +3

    Dokes vs holyfield great fight

    • @earth7551
      @earth7551 3 роки тому +1

      Exactly a past prime Dokes gave Holyfield a better fight than tyson proves tyson is way overated by the media at the time

  • @Zo_1987
    @Zo_1987 5 років тому +1

    @1:53 he went to work 🔥

  • @g-man1035
    @g-man1035 2 роки тому +1

    Saldy, a Journeyman

    • @hanzagod
      @hanzagod  2 роки тому +2

      Huh?

    • @g-man1035
      @g-man1035 2 роки тому +1

      @@hanzagod he never took boxing seriously

    • @hanzagod
      @hanzagod  2 роки тому +2

      @@g-man1035 He took it seriously enough to become a champion. He wasn't a journeyman haha

  • @user-rf8wq3vy9b
    @user-rf8wq3vy9b 4 роки тому

    Hanza who do you think is faster Floyd Patterson or Michael dokes

  • @Silas450de
    @Silas450de 5 років тому

    Wats the name of this beat

  • @mandingocubmandingo4125
    @mandingocubmandingo4125 5 років тому

    Some of them were so vicious, that they could actually qualify as a Hate Crime. It is written.

  • @v.g4418
    @v.g4418 Рік тому +1

    Surgical left hand into the liver🤪

  • @dfwboxingisback9173
    @dfwboxingisback9173 6 років тому +1

    He was one of those guys back in the day where people literally kept his name out they mouth.

  • @lisar3006
    @lisar3006 7 років тому

    I knew Mike since he was a teenagers boxing for Bill Sawyer out of Firestone Park YMCA in Akron Ohio. I was training out of the same gym at the time. Sad how things turned out for Mike. Mike past away in 2012 I think it was at a young age.

    • @joeygonzo
      @joeygonzo 7 років тому +1

      Died of cancer afaik.
      I saw Holmes sit next to him and you can tell he wanted no part of Dokes then.

  • @akguerillaa
    @akguerillaa 8 років тому +5

    Heavyweight Sugar Ray Leonard lol!! Nice video

    • @Belburg
      @Belburg 7 років тому +1

      That was Greg Page, not Michael Dokes.

    • @FN-bq2si
      @FN-bq2si 5 років тому

      Belburg
      No

  • @tonyh8965
    @tonyh8965 3 роки тому

    Very good fighter. Unfortunately I can’t get the Razor Ruddock KO out my mind when I think of him. But Dokes was a very good fighter.

    • @earth7551
      @earth7551 2 роки тому

      Agreed the only fighter to much Holyfields hand speed and counter puncher ablity

  • @william629
    @william629 8 років тому

    It's one thing to have speed with some shoe shine bullsh!t, but he had power behind those licks!

    • @Belburg
      @Belburg 8 років тому

      Michael didn't have a lot of power. When he started to develop it, the drugs kicked in. Watch his fight with Cobb the first time. The way Cobb was aggressing him, at times, was scary.

  • @God-se7ml
    @God-se7ml 3 роки тому +1

    The fact Ali was joking with this guy scares me

  • @natansilva4717
    @natansilva4717 5 років тому

    Song ?

  • @jamesg4987
    @jamesg4987 4 роки тому

    Dokes looks like project pat with those cornrows lol

  • @Fritz973
    @Fritz973 Рік тому

    Him and Witherspoon are the 2 tragedies of the 80's Heavyweights. both excellent when focused but their careers were chaos. In fact same goes for Greg Page.

  • @obama7828
    @obama7828 Рік тому

    Michael Dokes Vs Greg Page would've been an interesting fight

  • @ahmedamin9725
    @ahmedamin9725 4 роки тому

    Name of the beat ?

  • @malachiheaven1406
    @malachiheaven1406 5 років тому

    this guy had a rock on his gloves wrap with duck tape.

  • @LittleRapGuy
    @LittleRapGuy 3 роки тому

    Dokes...

  • @jamaalspeaks4380
    @jamaalspeaks4380 4 роки тому

    Would've love to see him vs Tyson in late 80 s

    • @earth7551
      @earth7551 2 роки тому

      Dokes hand speed counter puncher ablity and combinations are Superior then tyson
      Dokes is the only fighter to match Holyfields speed

  •  4 роки тому

    0:59 and 2:18... was crazy!