What’s the most underrated skill in boxing

[Spray_resistant]

lol Floyd’s Cousin James was so good that he succeeded without any conditioning at all

his only training was sparring everyday

Then you have the anti James, Jermain Taylor built like a fashion model so tight and stiff that he ends up getting ko'd in fights he was well ahead in because he gasses out due to nervousness.

[SouthpawRight]

Then you have the anti James, Jermain Taylor built like a fashion model so tight and stiff that he ends up getting ko'd in fights he was well ahead in because he gasses out due to nervousness.

Buff Guy Jermain was the Buff Guy of his time Tyson Beckford looking mofo

today's top physiques

Buff Guy Joshua, British but still the Proverbial GigaTyrone meme embodied

Anthony's Cousin Buff Guy Yarde, so muscular that he fades in fight

Tiger Paw Artur, buffest white guy you'll ever see

Parker's Cousin Buff Guy Jai, simply big doesn't have the body fat issues common among Samoans

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probably ducking. look at guys like wilder and tank. years of prominence and tons of money. none of those skills matter, opponent selections matters

Spamming threads with your BS as usual here baby! take a sip and let the adults talk ok?

[billeau2]

Been watching, training, and reading a lot lately — and it got me thinking:
We all talk about speed, power, footwork… but what do you think is the most underrated skill in boxing?
For me, it’s patience. Not just ring patience — but patience with progress, training, even watching fights and seeing how things unfold.
Curious what others think. What do you wish more fighters (or fans) paid attention to? Could be a mindset thing, a physical detail, or even something about how we watch the sport.

Probably the most underated skill in boxing in intelligence. Not book smarts, but the ability to accelerate wisdom. If you watch Tyson coming up, you can see how he applied fighting theory developed by Dempsey... Not the obvious either, but things like pivoting, feints, etc. Fighters that are intelligent and coachable can learn to be much better accelerating wisdom.

Watch the James Joyce as an example of the opposite: Joyce developed an approach and absolutely was unable to modify, adapt, adjust it in any way. Unfortunately trainers, even as far back as the mid eighteen hundreds have lamented how amateur boxing breeds ******ity. It is far to basic, emphasizes scoring at the expense of hitting hard, and develops bad habits that do not apply professionally. This according to many trainers, despite the parallel of olympic fighters that do well professionally, and certain programs like the Cubans, that have always been exceptional.