who is the smartest boxer today ?

I am going to tackle this from the perspective of ring IQ, as that is what applies to boxing.

Okay, I see a lot of people mocking Floyd here. However, let's be serious, he has one of the highest ring IQs the sport has ever seen. I am HIGHLY critical of Floyd, but that doesn't change how incredibly talented the man is. The way he adjusts in the ring is second to none.

Hopkins is clever, but he is also a dirty fighter. He doesn't necessarily neutralize a gameplan, he just ups the filth whenever he needs to.

Malinaggi comes in with solid game plans, and he executes them well, but I never see him really adjust the way you see Floyd adjust. He is just a solid technical boxer (too pure for this era) who has a good chin and a big heart.

Marquez doesn't show any real ring IQ. If his plan A (counter punching) doesn't work, and his plan B (slugging) fails, he loses. There is no evidence of him thinking at all in a match. He is very good at what he does, but what he does is more based on reactions than on thought.

Klistschko dominates through physical attributes and soft competition (pumping a jab from a mile a way does not show great thought in the ring).

Ward and Rigodeaux have both been dominant enough that they haven't had to show any real ring IQ as of yet.

 

Hopkins, Mayweather, Rigondeaux, Ward, Martinez.

 

zhou shiming obviously

 

Floyd Mayweather is the smartest boxer.

I'm not a fan of Floyd's, I just posted that because it's the truth.

Two other highly intelligent boxers are Hopkins and Wladimir.

 

Klitschkos

 

I wonder whet PAC ranks at??? Let boxing master and prelude tell us

We'll wait

 

:deal

 

Why is that?

 

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

 

floyd. has managed to duck pac for years now.

 

outside the ring its gotta be the klitchkos ... guys speak like 3 diff langauges and both have PHD's in sports science i believe

 

Bhop. And floyd's got to be a genius. For a guy to concoct excuses just to avoid getting in a ring with pac is got to be mensa.

 

Bollox. You dont do some coursework and tests to do a PhD. You have to write a ****ing thesis.

A 2.2 from Cardiff would struggle to get him a decent job anywhere.

Most people here probably have better degrees.

 

floyd, was smart enough to buy out his contract, when bob refused to get oscar right?
and then pissed off and made more money right, is that not smart? two off bobs guys, outsmarted the harvard criminal right?

 

Marquez Ward and Hopkins aint no slouches in the ol brains dept