Most mentally strong active fighters

Koki Kameda

 

Andrew Golota

 

bad example. Khan hasn't proven anything of the sort. He'd prove that he was mentally strong if he fought Ortiz, Maidana, Bailey, Urango, Torres and all the other bangers at 140lbs. Hes staying away from power punchers and thats a clear given.

Miguel Cotto's weakness is iron chinned pressure type fighters. And hes fought Mosley, Margarito, and Clottey all fighters who were stronger than him and whos strengths really overcome Cotto's weaknesses. Thats ****ing mental toughness. Don't ****ing bring out an unproven amir khan FFS rofl

 

cotto

 

Oliver McCall.

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It takes a lot of mental toughness to cry in the ring and not care what anybody thinks about you LOL.

 

Im not too sure I mean he did the smart thing when Pac had him hurt, he started backing up and moving. His defense just wasnt effective and he was getting hit with everything. There wasnt much he could do he tried to stay in the fight

 

Alright, maybe i misjudged and misposted.

 

Paulie Malinaggi!:good

 

haha, but khans knockout was a huge HUGE knockout... especially for a 21 year old which he was at the time. he came back from that without fear so i dont think it really is a bad example :bart

fair enough hes dodging big punchers for now, but you gotta give that kid credit for coming back like he did :deal

 

For me, Carl Froch is the most mentally strongest fighter out there currently and one of the strongest I've EVER seen.

Cotto is a great choice too, nothing intimidates him but around round 8 of the Pacquiao fight, he seemed to know he wasn't going to win. Froch can be losing 11 of 12 and yet still think he's going to pull it off.

 

I agree. There's no denying the mental strength of B-Hop,PBF,PAC. Their exemplary careers are proof enough. I'd also throw JMM in that class, always felt he was one of the savviest in the biz.

I notice some people posting equate "a fighter's false belief that he's winning when he's losing" with their mental strength. This, I disagree with. Believing you can win is one thing. Josh Clottey always feels he's winning and I think this is one of his greatest weaknesses. I think true mental strength in boxing is discipline and proper preparation before the fight, and being able to think through adversity and make adjustments accordingly during the fight.

As far as a young talent who I believe may have what it takes upstairs...I'm going to go out on a limb and say Nonito Donaire. He's proven to be one shrewd customer in the ring. What he accomplished against Vic despite Vic's reputation at the time was pretty sick. And hell, since then he's been the workhorse, looking better fight to fight, gradually honing his craft. I wouldn't be surprised if we see big things from Donaire in the future.

 

Floyd is the most disciplined fighter out there....Marquez is up there too, the guy has ice water in the blood, never gets mentally rattled...

 

He's the toughest. To come back and actually, arguably, win a fight where he was KD 3 times in the first round, is something. If you take away the KD's in the first, he actually won clearly. It's really amazing when you think of it. If that is not mental fortitude then I don't know what is.