Do emotionally intense fighters hold an advantage?

**** you Gene Tunney you stupid lug. Inventor/Champion John Arthur you're a dumb ****, and Danny Mendoza we ain't needed none of yer innovations no how.

K2, they is smart folk. Refusing to advertise themselves in the US using Drago parodies was genius. Bringing HW boxing to its lowest point of market penetration in three thousand years was a ****in stroke of brilliance.

Wlad nearly kills his division, intelligent. Money follows the Mendoza script into manipulating a whole generation of fans into paying him record breaking amounts multiple times. Only need an average intellect to pull that off.

A 300 hundred year old script that is still the most valuable script the entire sporting world has ever seen takes some ****in' mental capacity to pen.

You made a mistake, K2 are far from the sole example or even best example of mental ability in boxing.


As to the original question, no, personality types don't mean jack, training does. A good trainer can make or break a fighter. Look at the difference in Wlad by trainers, you can see a lack of Manny in his fights both early and late. Also, the finest defensive boxer to have ever existed was a nonviolent fighter. A Nonviolent as in he was morally opposed to hitting....a boxer, a champion, morally opposed to hurting his opponents. Personality doesn't mean dick, training does, motivation does, but how you become motivated does not matter. Fear, anger, a good idea, makes no difference because the right hand can't tell the difference.

 

Focus, motivation, intensity - excellent combination

Emotionally off the rails - very bad

 

Have I laughed and became condescending toward a crybaby?

I'm an inventor showcased in multiple documentaries that have been viewed by billions, not million but billions, of individuals and in my freetime my boxing research inspires books, but yeah disregard what I've said because I didn't coddle yer wee fanny.

 

Gene Tunney, Jack Johnson, and Daniel Mendoza are historically celebrated for their intellect.

I didn't make up the stance I just tried to remind you of it, playfully. You're just too much of a ***** to see it and too ignorant to understand it.

 

Dude there are three ****in' laughing smiley emotes in that post. It is not my fault you're a twink.

 

Agree in a general sense. But different fighters operate best under different emotional states. What works for one doesn't necessarily work for another.

 

Bobby Czyz, Bonecrusher Smith, Darrin Van Horn, the Klitschko brothers, Calvin Brock, and Chris Algieiri would disagree with you.

 

It can work both ways.

Carlos Monzon was a guy who was never emotionally intense and never fought with much passion. Yet he was very effective and ended up always doing serious damage to his opponent.

And you also have guys like Erik Morales who fought with an obvious and incredibly intense raw passion. He fought with a lot of spirit. And that fueled him throughout a great career.