Who's the most intelligent boxer of all time?

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  1. FakeBlood

    FakeBlood CEO @ Fight Club Full Member

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    I'm talking overall intelligence, not ring smarts or ability to make money.

    Has there ever been a prominent Ivy League fighter for example?

    Obviously it's Wlad and his PHD or whatever that got me thinking about this, although I don't know enough about him to suggest he should be considered for this admittedly irrelevant honour.

    So, which boxer in boxing history do you regard as having the greatest intellect?

    :think
     
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  2. Tar Baby

    Tar Baby Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali wasn't college smart but he was wise.
    Good speaker as well , so many quotes
     
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  3. MrMagic

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    Probably not someone well known.

    Bobby Czyz may be one.
     
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  4. Sir Will Wigan

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    Could be the "Matinee Idol", Bobby Czyz who is a member of Mensa, the eminent global organization for people who have scored in the highest verifiable 2% of takers of specified IQ tests.
     
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  5. FakeBlood

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    Yeah I expected Ali to get a mention - and deservedly so.
     
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  6. FakeBlood

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    Cool, I didn't know that about him.
     
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  7. Doc

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    JMM, and Mayweather.

    This generation.
     
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  8. smegmaa

    smegmaa Undefeated Champ Full Member

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    nathan cleverly - maths degree
     
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  9. Sir Will Wigan

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    But Bobby's common sense did not match his intellect, as he was a serial drink-driver, 4 offenses I believe.
     
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  10. FakeBlood

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    They're probably two of the most intelligent inside of the ring, but I don't agree if you're talking about general intellect.

    EDIT: Apparently JMM is an accountant, so maybe. Never knew that either.
     
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  11. The_President

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    Jack Johnson
    Held two patents (railroad tools), and out thought an entire nation of paranoid alcoholic bum lovers.

    Ali, of course, and Larry Holmes who owns just about all of Easton, PA.
     
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  12. caneman

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    MArco Antonio Barrera seems like a real smart person.
     
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  13. Chempasillo

    Chempasillo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    inside the ring

    mayweather jr. or willie pepp

    outside

    maybe Max Schmeling
     
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  14. kflex101

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    Barrera was at college becoming a lawyer but he gave it up to concentrate on being a pro.
    There's every chance he'll finish the degree and end up practising once retired
     
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  15. Overhill

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    Calvin Brock is known not only for his boxing skills but also for his skill at handling money. Brock has a degree in finance from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and manages his own portfolio. Brock — formerly a banker — received his nickname from a Bank of America ad, in which he was referred to as The Boxing Banker.
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    [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Brock"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Brock[/ame]
     
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