How Do You Rank Mental Strength/Determination/Stamina As A Boxing Attribute?

i rank it where if you don't have it you might aswell not do anything. Not having those attributes means you won't get anymore.

 

But is is really "bravery", or is it just confidence in his physical ability to ride out a beating? Or is there no difference? I think there is, at least in some cases, to me courage is keeping on going when there's no prospect of victory. With Froch, he knows he can generally last the course (or at least he did after the the Taylor fight) - so it's less a question of courage, more a rational understanding of the odds.

 

You don't go undefeated in 3 different decades and not be mentally tested. :deal Pbf has fought with broken hands and injuries against all styles and still finds a way to win.

 

Froch is very mentally tough with an iron will his fights with Taylor and groves have shown you this.:deal

 

Those fights showcase his chin and stamina as much as his will though.

 

:good

Floyd's mental toughness gets undersold. He's fought a wide range of opponents, fought through injuries, and is remarkably consistent. Maintaining the kind of consistency it takes to stay on top for a long period of time requires tremendous mental toughness and dedication.

The one fight where there's an argument he lost, he came back stronger in the rematch. So, even if people want to focus on Castillo I, nobody can argue he came back from that "loss" a better fighter- a great sign of mental strength.

 

he was knocked down in both those fights he didn even recover till the next half of the fight against groves but he fought threw it

 

I'm not saying it didn't showcase his will, just that his stamina and chin were equally responsible.

 

i didnt even think he looked like he had great stamina in that fight he looked kilt the whole fight even in his rally he was sloppy, he was shook too for a long time though

 

Without his good chin he would have been KO'd (especially against Groves I), no amount of will alone can save you if you don't have a good chin. If he didn't have his good stamina, he would have been unable to come back and win those fights, without the energy, no amount of will can help if your body is too spent to do what you are willing it to do. His stamina didn't look super but it was superior to his opponents, which was very important.

 

sorry wasnt clear there the first groves fight is where it was pretty much just his will that got him through in my opinion, he was outmatched in every department and was shook from that first knockdown for a fair bit of the fight, he kept going even though his confidence in taking them shots could have faded, it was getting outfought and outboxed but still kept going round after round and when groves got a bit slopy and tired he got off a rally he was tired too and wasnt even getting the pop he normally does but he hurt him somehow, yeah his chin and other skills are obviously why he is what he is but at that level and being that much out skilled or outfought plently of others wouldnt have found a way to turn the tide, its a good example of it i think

 

He's done very well for himself, no doubt.

But he's done it mostly on skill. I didn't say he wasn't tested.

Just not well tested.

He's never had to pull one out late (Leonard over Hearns) or get off the canvas to make the comeback (Corrales over Castillo).


Not necessarily his fault... one of the drawbacks of being so far ahead of most of his competition.

But like I said, he has yet to be well tested.