>>43572170What they really mean is leg speed and body speed.
You can be a fast mover or flyer and outrun Hitmonchan but that doesn't mean you can punch faster than it.
Nevertheless, Hitmonchan is interesting in theoretically having superb attack initiative and dodging capabilities while being only average at best at maneuvering around a battlefield. Pokemon's stat system however is too simplistic to account for this boxer capacity.