R boxers who play chess better at strategy?

Not sure, JG. a lot of people liken this "mental cross training" to the whole calligraphy-swordsmanship thing. I guess it would really depend on how quickly you play too. Boxing's a chess match, but it happens at light speed.

 

hehehe right... of course it doesn't transfer. What transfer is the attitude, that is boxers who play chess are more likely to be more reserved and reflexive about their boxing than boxers who don't play chess at all.

 

i don't think so. chess is all mental. in boxing, you need to have good coordination to quickly execute your moves. physically and mentally, you have to be sharp. whereas in chess you have ample time to read your opponent's moves, in boxing it's all instantaneous. so i don't think switching between the two would be advantageous for boxers.

 

Fighters who are more cerebral in the ring are probably more likely to be attracted to strategy games than say a balls to the wall slugger.

 

I personally dont see how it helps but there you go..

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No relation at all from my experience. I am mostly a swarmer against experienced guys but I can outbox and outstrategize guys of medium experience. There is a guy who was training with me for a while. I had a lot more education and a lot more raw intelligence, but he beat my ass at chess every single time we played badly. Badly. And I'm ok at chess.

However, when we sparred my strategies completely confounded him. There is another work out partner I had who was strategically superior to me in the ring in every way, but I beat him at chess pretty much every time we played. Against him I was relegated to swarming and trying to utilize my physical attributes because his strategy was always superior to mine. Its not a huge sample group but I have played chess against two of my regular sparring partners, and the one who sucked at chess was the superior strategist in the ring, whereas the other was kind of helpless against me even though he outweighed me by about thirty pounds.

 

I dont think so, kinda like saying people who play football should have great footwork.

 

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Dimitry Pirog is known for being a brilliant chess player apar from his recent 160 belt!
I think what I have seen from those who do both is similar traits in terms of passive/aggressive/neutral style.
I know for example in chess that I like defensive openings or neutral openings and in boxing I definitely would be considered a counter puncher. I am pretty sure that Rigon Deaux would play chess similar to me. I'm also pretty sure that someone like Arthur Abraham would play chess by using more defensive openings. I imagine on the flip side that boxers like Hatton/Tyson/Lopez would be the type to try and attack in chess as early as possible and may even not bother to castle for example! But that said - I ont think the strategic mindset is necessarily similar. I wonder though if good jabbers use good pawn strategy lol

 

i like how everyone is giving detailed philosophical paragraghs of bullsh_t
boxing is not a board game......

 

Of course it does. Learn to move your king without other pieces protecting it and you'll be able to drop both your hands in the ring. The full force of the queen is directly transferable to one-punch KO power. Players preferring the knights have great uppercuts while the bishop specialists have awesome right and left crosses. Kill too much time with the stupid pawns and you'll gonna turn into a safety first jabber. Bernard Hopkins needs to play with the black pieces to motivate himself and prove his point to the naysayers, and he'll never let a white playing boy beat him.

Jokes aside, I can't really answer, but some boxers do play chess and they are usually pretty smart in the ring though it might be the other way around: smart boxers with good strategic thinking rather play chess than dumb ones because they actually can be good at it.

 

You must be an mma fan, so you wouldn't understand. Boxing is deeper than just throwing punches, you need to think 2-3 moves ahead of your opponent... just like Chess

 

Not sure about strategy, but anything that keeps you mentally sharp is sure to translate into the ring.

 

Boxers who play Wii develop KO power in their index fingers.