Highest Ring IQ Fighter

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  1. GRIFFIN

    GRIFFIN "Beware the old man in a time when men die young" Full Member

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    Simple question what Boxer had the 'Fight IQ'.

    I'd probably say Joe Louis because he faced so many people in his time with differing styles yet he was very successful.
     
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    Might actually be in terms of pure fight IQ. At the least, he's a finalist in this category.
     
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    Joe Gans come to mind.

    Toney. Hopkins.
     
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    Robinson, Greb, Pac, Gans, Duran, Ali, Charles, Hopkins, Langford. there are a lot who were way up there. Typically Id look to fighters who fought tons of opponents across a range of styles and sizes, and over an extended period of time.
     
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    Holman Williams. Archie Moore.
     
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    Benny Leonard, George Benton, Mike Gibbons, Jack Blackburn
     
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    Mayweather in the modern era. Usyk too.

    Hopkins is up there too.

    Old timers: Benny Leonard, Joe Gans, etc.
     
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    Tommy Loughran?
     
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    Muhammad Ali continued being successful after basically losing his number one quality: leg speed/movement.
     
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