What's The Most Important Attribute A Boxer Can Possess?

A fighter w/out a jab, or lateral movement is a doomed fighter. Pt blank. Don't move your head, you're dead. if you don't work your jab, you're also asking for a early exit! :boxing::boxing:

ability to control an opponent has got to be up there

Chin. If you can't take a shot to it then you'll be forever limited to the heights of personal success

You can win fights being average in every other area but having excellent stamina and clowning your opponent in the later rounds. I can't think of anything else that qualifies. There are average guys on the street who can't fight at all and have tons of raw power. "Skill" is simply too general and means different things depending on your style. If a chin is your only strength, you're going to have a bad life after boxing. Speed depends entirely on stamina after the first round. You could honestly be borderline retarded, totally distracted in life, featherfisted, and still make a career in boxing if you had excellent stamina and could consistently creep up on exhausted opponents. It's the most exhausting thing I've done and I'm into endurance mountain climbing. Lots of gym warriors who look the part for 1 minute then fall to pieces as exhaustion sets in.

A lot of interesting perspectives.

speed is the best thing a guy can have going for him you're supposed to hit and not get hit in the ring without much skill, power, smarts, etc, you can still get it done with speed

You can't pick one thing in boxing...but if I had to then as Sergio Martinez said during the 24/7 series before the Chavez fight...stamina is everything in boxing. The tired boxer is in terrible trouble against the boxer who has lots of energy left in the tank. 9 out of 10 times the tired boxer is going to lose.

speed, timing, power and the rest of the REAL attributes have taken a back seat in this new boxing world...now the most important attributes are drawing power, PPV numbers, twitter and other forms of marketing and promotion

Like in any sport it's skill. Skill is what separates classes of fighters, the other elements distinguish between fighters in a given class.

Will "heart"..Its something that cant be learned in the gym, and its something that makes up for a lack of skill or another other attribute.

I answered "power" because it can change any fight at any time but we all know the real answer is "heart" which wasn't on the list of choices. Will and heart are not the same. You can break a fighter's will but heart will get you through those dark moments that every fighter faces. SEE Arturo Gatti...:boxing: :pat: Heart/Will/Determination are all the same thing.

I went with chin, obviously just having a good chin won't get you far, but if you have a weak chin, you will lose fights, even if you are elite in every other area. You can have all the heart and will in the world but if you don't have a chin it won't help you much. Eg Amir Khan. Almost all of the greats had at least good chins.

I'd say timing.

If you have the will to win, you'll have the will to train hard to give you the cardio, to make you punch harder than your opponent while being faster in the later rounds, you'll be able to obtain knowledge through the fight because your brain will be firing faster, your chin will hold up better, and you'll fight the fight you want. All of your skills will be put to use. That's why will is the most important.

yay the thing I was first to vote for is winning lmaoo

Will/heart you will be tested in this game. You can have all the other attributes you've listed, how well you deal with adversity is what will get you to the next level. Exhibit A: Victor Ortiz.

work ethic.

Combination of Skills, Will and Knowledge= A Bernard Hopkins Career! Longevity! But if I had to choose one give me Overall SKILLS!

I'm pretty sure the majority can say that will = heart. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android

Floyd. He has all of the above. Not only has he not lost a fight, he hasn't been knocked down, not even once (officially). That's your answer. Spectacular nuthugging there mate...