the so called intelligent boxers that are/were exciting to watch......

[Silencers]

i agree but i should've said the hit and not get hit kinds of fighters that are always exciting to watch.......some on here consider them exceptionally intelligent....

Ali at his best was a hit and not get hit kind of guy. Michael Nunn was pretty entertaining to watch as well. Guys like Starling and McCallum are good to watch, both of them rarely got hit clean at their best.

[barryx]

floyd

this ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[RRICAN]

roy jones jr, leonard,ali, benitez,cotto, delahoya :smart and exciting fighters

[baracuda]

"hit and not get hit" intelligent fighters usually, to me at least, arent that entertaining.... its nothing against their skill, its usually exceptional, but its like watching an amazing prospect fight his first fight against the biggest chump in town... boring.. one sided... ya know?

yes i agree,that's exactly my point....

[Deja_Vous]

I honestly think DLH is one of the smartest boxers ever. If you follow his career, he made subtle changes in his style to out think his opponents.

JMM also comes to mind but I think that has a lot to do with Nacho as well. He pays so much attention to detail it's crazy...

You would say that.

Oscar is a donkey in the ring..

Sr taught him DEFENSE...something he never learned..

If not for Mayweather Sr....Oscar would be walking on the back of his heels with a face full of scar tissue.

Floyd Sr made Oscar a much better fighter..Nacho got him KTFO by Fanny Pac.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

roy jones jr, leonard,ali, benitez,cotto, delahoya :smart and exciting fighters

I agree with everyone of them except Roy Jones Jr. I don't think he's a smart fighter, just an incredibly gifted one. He has depended on his athletic ability for so long that when it started to deteriorate, he got knocked out.

I would put Bernard Hopkins in that category though, great defensive fighter and can change his style to frustrate any fighter.

[Eric Holder]

You would say that.

Oscar is a donkey in the ring..

Sr taught him DEFENSE...something he never learned..

If not for Mayweather Sr....Oscar would be walking on the back of his heels with a face full of scar tissue.

Floyd Sr made Oscar a much better fighter..Nacho got him KTFO by Fanny Pac.

Floyd Sr. has to be one of the most overrated trainers ever

under Sr., Oscar got hit way more than he should've against Gatti and Vargas. De La Hoya trying out the shoulder roll was a horrible idea.

I think he was better off defensively when he was trying to emulate Miguel Canto when he was trained under Alcazar