Best Athlete In Boxing?

Discuss:think

For me it's Mayweather, pretty obvious I know, but he ticks all the boxes even thought me may not be a freak like say RJJ or Tyson

Gamboa is another one that springs to mind and Anthony Joshua

 

Money = TBE athlete

 

Gabe Brown!

 

Isn't the best athlete synonymous with the best in any sport?

 

I think he's talking about the most athletic. For instance I'd say Zab was more athletic than Floyd when they fought but not as skilled or well conditioned.

 

oh, well in that case. I would put Manny as more athletic than Floyd.

 

I would consider the most athletic (for boxing purposes especially) to be the fighter with the best combo of power, speed and stamina.

 

Muhammad Ali. He could be on his toes for 15 rounds and not get tired.

 

In his younger days no doubt it was Pacquiao. He was so far and away the best athlete in boxing.

 

I have Robinson as the greatest athlete in boxing history.

But I have no problems with people saying it was Ali. His speed and stamina is incredible for a heavyweight. But plenty of heavyweights hit harder.

 

Eh, I don't consider stamina part of athleticism really. I consider athleticism to be natural. Certainly there is a natural component to stamina but you can train it much more so than you can power or speed IMO.

 

klitschko or joshua

 

I agree completely that stamina is harder to train than power and speed. But they also say that talent is the most important thing in distance running.

You'll never have great stamina by not running. But you'll never great stamina without naturally having good stamina either. You need both.

 

Ali had a faster jab than Robinson. Incredible. True, but speed beats power.

 

So basically prime RJJ?