The Fighters With The Best Ring IQ -Active Fighters Only

TheMackemMawler wrote:Bernard Hopkins is the stand out candidate. Then you've got all those mentioned, plus Toney and Rigo.

Fighters with amazing defensive reflex or brilliant agility are often considered to have a high ring IQ. When in fact, they don't. What they have is amazing defensive reflex or brilliant agility.

I want to question the conventional definition of ring smarts (if there is one) and say:

I think any fighter who's aware of his strengths and weakness, and knows how to utilise them to best effect to achieve the win has a relatively high ring IQ (most successful boxers fall into that category).

Using this definition of ring IQ, an argument could be put forward for the least likely of candidates possessing it....





Correct MM hence selection of Guererro..adapted his style to beat Berto..Normally a classic boxer: showed he can rough it too...

For instance, if Maidana is aware he's a power puncher and a limited plodder and he consciously chooses not to box like say, Devon Alexander then this is an intelligent decision? Naturally he'd be unable too........ but the point is he doesn't even try! That's ring intelligence. Knowing your strengths and weakness and using them to win. I know it's a crude example but hopefully I'm making my point.

On the other hand, I'm sure there are lots of boxers with extremely high ring IQ's who fall by the wayside because they don't have the physical attributes to actualise their thoughts.

I always thought Richie Woodall was an intelligent fighter.