Who's the most intelligent fellow to ever enter the ring?

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  1. Dangerwood84

    Dangerwood84 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Probably why he was big on Kostya Tszyu. :)
     
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    Dangerwood84 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bobby Czyz was a great commentator.
     
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    Dangerwood84 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I agree with you. Tyson to me is a good example of how one deveops in different types of situations and environments. Most people would have picked him to be back in jail but from an angry aggressive young person, he has become a well loved old fogie. :)
    Yes, he's not intelligent in a conventional manner but he does seem to be a deep thinker at times and is willing to learn.
     
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    Arch Stanton When you have to shoot, shoot!, don't talk...... Full Member

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    I can remember one time that he fought,( can't remember the other fighters name) it was live on Sky and Piper did win the fight but it was harder work than expected, and Piper immediately got showered and dressed and joined the sky pundit team in the studio to continue with dialogue on the rest of the evenings card. How's that for dedication?.

    I can clearly remember the other pundits jokingly giving him a bit of stick as the fight wasn't as easy for Piper as it should have been.

    And Piper himself was laughing and joking and analysing/criticising himself as though it was a 3rd party!

    Fun times at Sky.
     
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    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Who cares if you have a degree or a PhD, how many languages you can speak, if you're a banker, a mathematician, or are a member of Mensna if you can't punch through cobwebs or take a pop on the whiskers from an old lady?

    They're boxers and boxers are generally dog stupid and the vast majority of them can't even fight for goodness sake :facepalm:

    You don't get physicists and engineers praising each other for their punch resistance and punching power :facepalm:
     
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    Maidanas Gun Tattoo Well-Known Member Full Member

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    That was Juan Diaz.
     
    Maidanas Gun Tattoo, Sep 9, 2023
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    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing

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    Max Schmeling
     
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    What I find really impressive about Schmelling is his mental health and how old he lived despite some of the hard fights he was in.

    Perhaps him running his Coca-Cola business in Germany helped keep him sharp.
     
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    Hulkquez. Expert in gamma radiation.
     
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    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Schmelling was a statistical outlier. An excellent fighter who lived long and coherent into his 90s
     
    vast, Sep 9, 2023
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    fistsof steel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Chris Eubank talked like a Professor...
     
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    JunlongXiFan Boxing Addict Full Member

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    A mathematics degree is much more difficult than a doctorate in sports science.
     
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    JunlongXiFan Boxing Addict Full Member

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    There is no evidence for this. The claim seems to come from a sketchy IQ website which cites no sources, iq-test.net. The website also makes various other fake news articles, even claiming to know the IQ of Goethe, who died 70 years before IQ tests were invented.
     
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    if memory serves, azumah nelson was called the professor.
    got to count for something........ yes?

    :)
     
    columbo, Sep 9, 2023
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    Andre Ward seems very intelligent
     
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