Describe the psychological profile for the GOAT fighter

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  1. Fisty_Cuffs_21

    Fisty_Cuffs_21 Member Full Member

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    Describe the personality traits and psychological profile that underpins your fighter.

    Mine?

    Hateful, spiteful, competitive. Weak, fragile ego with a cascade of chips on his shoulder. Slightly psychopathic mixed with a proclivity of disillusionment and cognitive distortion.

    Choose your fighter?
     
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  2. Oddone

    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    So, Mike Tyson then?
     
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  3. Oddone

    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    Most people think it's the angry scary guy you should worry about. However it's the calm fighter you should most be concerned with. The man who is happy to train, enjoys sparring or running miles every morning like Hagler did.

    The man who's in the ring just doing what they love. The calm fighter is relaxed, so he is more fluid, less tension helps him save energy, see everything and keep his rhythm going no matter what happens. See: Usyk

    "Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that’s in rhythm or you’re in trouble. Your rhythm should set the pace of the fight. If it does, then you penetrate your opponent’s rhythm. You make him fight your fight, and that’s what boxing is all about." -Sugar Ray Robinson.
     
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    Haha pretty much!!
    And man, what a fighter in his angry phase!
     
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    That quote from SRR is a poetic & beautiful.

    And fair point about the calmness and enjoyment a fighter feels when he's boxing: he's at home, he's in a zen space. Maybe this is the key to longevity and skill - "zen and the art of boxing". I wouldn't know how spiteful & distorted these 2 fighters are/were, they're quite private, well, usyk is.
     
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  6. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I can describe it in a name,,"Sugar Ray Robinson
     
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  7. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Calm, quiet, has moments of rage, stiff in interviews and overall not a very interesting person outside of boxing
     
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  8. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    No GOAT or even great fighters are hatefull or angry.

    Let's take the man himself for example basically coined the term GOAT, greatest of all time, Muhammad Ali

    Muhammad Ali the most or second most known boxer of all time

    You know what the greatest misconception about Ali is? Is that he's a master slick boxer...WRONG. He never threw a bodypunch in his life. Was a headhunter. He clinched heavily post war and didn't use his feet nearly as well...but what made Ali great was his unwavering belief in himself and toughness whereby you'd have to kill him in that ring.
     
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  9. Braindamage

    Braindamage Baby Face Beast Full Member

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    Hard working, dedicated, willing to learn, loves what they do, proud, big ego, confident, stubborn.
     
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    Crawford comes to mind
     
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    The will to endure suffering and faith. Like it!
    I sometimes think Christianity is a great teacher of faith/self faith as well as the ability to stand and remain. I do think Ali had a massive chip on his shoulder though - what with the whole ordeal with the USA government, prison and the civil rights movement.
     
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  12. Hi-Tech

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    Alexis Arguello also comes to mind. The gentleman of the ring. He even fought like he was classy.
     
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    Ding Ding Ding
     
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  14. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Crawford and Bam? Bam's stated dream after boxing is... to buy his local coffee shop. lol.
     
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