Your top 5 smartest boxers?

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  1. eltirado

    eltirado Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Edwin Valero 27-0-0-0 (KO 27), champion 130 & 135 :toney
     
  2. Southpawology

    Southpawology Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Was Nicky Piper not intelligent in the ring just lacked ability?

    Clev has a 2-2 in a maths degree from a weak uni, he's no genius, that gets blown outta proportion a bit

    Tho to be intelligent in the ring u need to learn from ur mistakes and learn from difficult fights, Clev bought into his own hype after being fed taxi drivers for x amounts of defences.... We will see how intelligent in the ring more so after he comes back from that defeat
     
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  3. JM22

    JM22 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    So becoming a coke head is "smart"??
     
  4. lefthandlead

    lefthandlead Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He's has a PhD, you big dummy.:yep
     
  5. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tyson
    Curry
    McCallum
    Griffin
    Peralta
     
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  6. Sal-Chicha

    Sal-Chicha Active Member Full Member

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    "Super Maurio" Mauricio Herrera was a plumber. Knows how to handle **** literally.
     
  7. Charley Burley

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    All the Klitchskos did to get a PhD was write a thesis about sports health or something like that. No doubt they smart tho. Gene Tunney hung out with many prominent writers of that time.
     
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  8. eltirado

    eltirado Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    PHD = needed years to debate ****, we find on google

    Mayweather smarter than Wlad
     
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  9. Charley Burley

    Charley Burley Member Full Member

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    No Charley Burley? You guys need to really know your boxing better.
     
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  10. SweetSciGuru

    SweetSciGuru Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Outside the ring, I guess it is as smart as fronting for Ukrainian Mob and going against Putin. :yep
     
  11. Madmanc

    Madmanc Guest

    no honourable mention for fmj ?
     
  12. eltirado

    eltirado Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Still...

    Floyd Mayweather Jr. 50-0-0
    • Average IQ
    • Abrasive ego
    • Minimal education
    • Unfavorable upbringing
    Swimming with most predatory people (boxing dimension).
    He managed to outdo any boxer both in legacy & materialistic gain...this basically the definition of Smartest
     
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  13. titanic

    titanic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He can't read worth a damn :p
     
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  14. aaalbert

    aaalbert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This actually....makes sense
     
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  15. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Ring IQ imo comes down to a few factors: experience, adaptability, ability to control the opponent, use of all aspects the ring (fighting off the ropes, feints dirty tactics ect). So the guys imo do these things best are:
    #1, Ezzard Charles
    #2 Willie Pep
    #3, Benny Leonard
    #4, Miguel Canto
    #5, Floyd Mayweather Jr

    HMs - Ray Leonard, Carlos Ortiz, Luis Rodriguez, Bernard Hopkins ect
     
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