Low iq moments in boxing?

Hector Camacho against Greg Haughen getting the point deduction at the start of the 12th round ensuring his first loss.

 

James Toney getting baited by RJJ into a kd

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True. For example:

Super cool - Roger Mayweather showing up in the ring wearing sunglasses for his title fight with Rocky Lockridge
Super cool - Anthony Hembrick performing his break-dance routine with his cornermen before his bout with Booker T. Word

End result: both getting poleaxed in the 1st round

 

This one could be called "low IQ, yet innovative"

Zab Judah getting rocked and dropped heavily by Kostya Tszyu. And in his brazen efforts to show that he wasn't hurt, he jumps right up rather than take a head-clearing knee, and falls flat on his face, thus creating the 'Judah Dance'

 

Just as well you fall on the side of super cool Boxed.

Have you seen the movie Being There?

 

Who could forget Zab’s funky chicken dance?

He wanted to partner up with ref Nady also but Jay was having none of it.

Further evidence of his low IQ was Zab’s prefight rejection of a potential rematch.

He sang a different tune after the fight however.

When asked about a rematch - KT recalled Zab’s preflight rejection and suggested it was a “boomerang” - meaning KT was now refusing him a rematch in kind.

 

Victor Ortiz always seemed off to me. Weird and dumb. Him and Tito Ortiz are unintentionally hilarious to me.

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Srisaket Sor Rungvisai fighting orthodox for 9 rounds against Juan Francisco Estrada in the rematch. He had just beaten Estrada previously but for some reason he decides to fight at an orthodox stance. Perhaps one of the dumbest decision for a fighter to do in a title fight. He pretty much handed over his title to Estrada on a silver platter. The moment he switched back to southpaw he was having more success, but it was in the final rounds.

 

Oscar De La Hoya blew the fight with Tito (to the judges, at least) by fighting passively in the last few rounds and followed it up by losing to Mosley because he continuously came in aggressively with limited use of head movement and angles.

If he just boxed smartly like in the first nine rounds against Tito, he might’ve won both fights.

 

Oscar said he was tired and his legs were getting shaky in the late rounds against Felix, so maybe he thought it was the best option against a power puncher like that. Oscar looked more tense in the ring than most elite fighters, and I think that hurt his stamina in certain fights.

I agree that he should have differently in the first Mosley fight, more of a tactical boxing match than the aggressive style he fought in. I think he thought Mosley was too small as he had only 2 previous fights at WW, and maybe he was stung by the criticism from the Tito bout.

 

Duran letting the second fight with Leonard being rushed so quickly. I would ve said let him wait til the spring of 1981.
Duran barely training and just making weight against Hearns.
Hagler fighting orthodox against Leonard.
Tysons corner men not bringing enswell etc to the Douglas fight assuming hed just walk through him.
Loma not going for the ko against Haney.
Klitchko letting Fury mentally manipulate him and standing there like a moron during their fight.
McClellan fighting Nigel Benn in the UK.
James Toney standing looking at Roy Jones for 12 rounds.
Ray Leonard coming out of retirement to fight Camacho.
George Foreman not having a rematch clause in the contract against Ali.
At least 30% of Floyds opponents standing there looking at him.

 

Ketchell trying to KO Johnson and waking up to find his chicklets scattered across the ring.

Pete Rademacher starting his career by fighting Patterson and Folley back to back.

 

IIRC Duran's manager arranged a rematch without his knowledge. He was furious with his inner circle upon finding out.

 

he also head butted samson pou'uha and bit some else. he just was a mental case that could have been a champion were it not for his mental issues!

 

Golota v Bowe I and II

McNeeley v Tyson

Briggs v Lewis

Lewis v Rahman I

Foreman v Ali

Joshua v Usyk I and II

Wilder v Fury II

Wilder v Parker

Whyte v Povetkin I

Fury v Ngannou

and the list continues...