Highest and Lowest ring IQ's

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  1. Braindamage

    Braindamage Baby Face Beast Full Member

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    If he had an AA ring IQ he would have been smart enough to stop giving rounds away 4 rounds sooner.
     
  2. sasto

    sasto Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    These are the physical skills, ring IQ is deploying them (and other physical/psychological assets) correctly to convert them into wins.

    He's demonstrated being better at almost everything than Lopez and Salido, but in both cases the opponents used tactics that emphasized their strengths and minimized their weaknesses and got close/controversial wins.

    They won with ring IQ, at least as I understand the concept. Part of this is the long amateur career where judging and refereeing is different, they wouldn't be able to finesse him under those rules.

    In terms of making money without taking damage it's high, in terms of taking a loss to an opponent (Casimero) who was clearly beatable by him he loses points.
     
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  3. JamesLightsOutToney

    JamesLightsOutToney Respect to all boxers Full Member

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    I laughed more than I should have at that
     
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  4. JamesLightsOutToney

    JamesLightsOutToney Respect to all boxers Full Member

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    How??
     
  5. Conteh'sLeft

    Conteh'sLeft Active Member Full Member

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    Over reliant on his speed and that heck of a left uppercut he had.
     
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  6. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That uppercut was a thing of beauty!!
     
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  7. Conteh'sLeft

    Conteh'sLeft Active Member Full Member

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    It was, Cotto got hit with it so many times that he had to adjust using the Golota strategy.
     
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  8. kirk

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    Off top of my head...

    Highest in my opinion are...
    • Floyd Mayweather and Andre Ward.

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    Shout outs : Solid, solid IQs
    • Loma, Hopkins, Rigo.

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    Underated IQ's
    • Canelo, Rosado, Golovkin, Pac

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    Average IQs
    • Hoya, Trinidad

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    Slightly below Average
    • Mosley

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    Poor IQs
    • Mayorga, Andrade, Kirkland, Wilder, Rios



    Just to name a few of each type.
     
  9. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Fury's ring iq is A+++

    His dissection of Klitschko was insane. Mentally dimensions above even Floyd Mayweather
     
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  10. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    High- PBF , Hector Camacho, Whithaker
    Low- charlie zellenoff
     
  11. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Funny post....
     
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  12. Conteh'sLeft

    Conteh'sLeft Active Member Full Member

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    Played the Klit like a fiddle, the feints were so good and at such times that Wlad was reacting to almost all, masterclass performance by Fury in Wlad's territory .

    I'll however hold my horses on the Mayweather thing until he outclasses Joshua.
     
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  13. Ph33rknot

    Ph33rknot Momento mori Full Member

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    Totally agree it's all he ever had no power fragile hands he had a bit of speed
     
  14. timeout

    timeout Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Surprised nobody mentioned...

    Paulie Malannagi A++ boxing IQ

    Tony Bellew A++ boxing IQ

    Sir Joe Callzaghe A++ IQ

    Worst has to be the wlad tbh. For such a great champ.

    Wilder is probably un-gradable.
     
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  15. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Tony Bellew had a very good boxing brain. Read the game well and still does. Nice left hook too

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