Cleverest boxer of the modern era?

Hate him or love him Mayweather clearly one of the best

 

i say bhop is due to his way of changing styles to suit his age and making people fight his fight

 

I was going to say Hopkins myself but maybe SRL.

 

arguello seems to be a pretty clever boxer to me. he studies his opponents and knows how to beat them. any boxer who would adjust a game plan in a fight without having his corner telling him what to do.

 

Bernard Hopkins

 

JMM. He has zero advantages over Pac yet happens to make him look foolish most of the time they fight. Imagine what he would do if he had a little more speed or power. It would be scary

 

All good names..I got to go with Loche though, he looked so unassuming but developed a style that was so hard to contend with.

Ottke, though not it any of these guys league, deserves a mention. He basically did what he had to, to win. He made a mint with a boring style and if you actually to watch his career (its hard to stomach it by try it once), majority of them are not controversial, far from it usually.
He was a decent fighter but his place in his history is a bit of an overachievment thanks to smart management and smart boxing.

 

Bernard Hopkins is a smart fighter but not nearly the smartest. Just think back to the 1st Taylor fight regardless of how you scored the fight everyone knows Hopkins didnt even start throwing more then 10 punches a round until round 7 he was basically allowing Taylor to steal rounds on sheer activity. What does Hopkins do in the rematch to fix that ? Nothing he fought the same exact fight not starting until about round 7.

 

Are you serious?

atsch

 

I think that was more stamina issue though. But your right he didnt adjust or switch up

 

He has many advantages over Pac, granted Pac has some over him also. Which is why ehrn they fight it will always be close

 

jmm's style is a huge advantage over pac. his speed and power is also good, not up to pac's level but it's close. stamina is even.

 

The man in my avatar. Nicolino Locche. He wasn't clever at "hand-picking" opponents though. He fought who ever they put in front of him.

 

Yea I'm serious. What advantage does he hold? Speed? Power? Youth? Stamina?
The only possible one is ring intelligence