Better ring IQ - Hopkins, Mayweather or Marquez?

1. Hopkins
2. Floyd
3. JMM

 

1.PBF
2.Hopkins
3.JMM


PBF I've yet to see him not adjust or get out smarted in the ring. Always aware and cool in the ring and rarely frustrated.

Hopkins is second because he was figured out and couldn't make adjustments the second half of the fight against Calzgahe who in his own right could possibly be first if he was included on this list. Calzaghe figured out Hopkins in second half of their fight and outboxed him down the stretch.

JMM is often too easily lured into a brawl and fights the other guys fight far too much. His willingness to do this cost him in his first 3 fights with Pac. It was flat out dumb to do and he should have stuck to boxing.

 

The first fight was a boxing match fought at his pace outside of the first round.

The second fight he was more aggressive in order to avoid getting robbed like the first, and just like he did in the third (and was also attempting to become more popular by trading more). In the third, he boxed so that he wouldn't get dropped. The only solution he could find to the judges screwing him was a KO. It had little to do with any lack of intelligence on his part.

 

My mistake I should have said the middle two fights. JMM boxed Pac's socks off in the first fight but fell into a big hole early with the 3 knockdowns.

 

I will say he does fight the other guys fight far too much for my liking. JMM-Kats JMM-Diaz he could have very easily outboxed these guys but brawled far too much.

 

I picked Floyd. I dunno, not an expert but as people have stated, B-Hop is wily, and has great gameplans. But when it comes to ad******g it seems Floyd has the upper edge. Ring IQ I see as almost innate, and it seems to come more naturally to Floyd.