Smartest boxer of all time?

slash · May 14, 2026

NewChallenger said: ↑

Evander Holyfield is super smart.

His problem is just that to the fans think he is all balls and nothing else. And Evander basically was responsible for this reputaiton as he would think with his balls more than his brain.

But he broke down Mike Tyson's fighting style before he left Kevin Rooney and when he explained it, it made all the sense in the world why Mike was so succesful in his prime.

"When Tyson's hands were on his face, you had no idea which hand he was gonna punch with" Which was something I never realized until Evander said it and it is one of the unspoken reasons for why D'amato chose the guard to be that way. You can't tell which stance he is in when his hands are like that so you don't know where the punch is coming from
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I think he had high emotional intelligence.

But I believe it was Don Turner who said the two most intelligent fighters he knew were Holmes and Holyfield.

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