Who is the SMARTEST boxer?

[Shattered Jaw]

To be honest.... Maybe Hopkins.

To go 12 rounds with an ON FORM Pavlik and not be hit by one punch cleanly? That's quite a feat. Sure, he's a cherry picker who makes his name off smaller men but he's very very VERY smart in the ring.

Next up are Floyd and Manny in equal measure.

[Bengali Boxer]

the smartest boxer in this era is floyd mayweather his ring iq is through the roof he is the best at adapting and making adjustments during the fight

[sammiza567]

i would say floyd/hopkins/toney are on a level by themselves. next level is vitali and manny mabye even nonito. then the 3rd tier consists of manny, dawson, jmm, sergio. then everyone else.

[DAN916]

I dont know whos the smartest maybe Floyd but i would never admit that lol but if i had to pick least smartest it would be Pac or Mosley... probably pac tho.

[Vito Corleone]

Mayweather obviously.....

I don't know that it is as abvious as many people may indicate.

On a scale of 1-10, where would you rank Floyd... then rank Marquez.

Think about JMM; he got KD'd three times in the first round, then pretty much dominated the remainder of his first fight with Pac.

Isn't that (at least) the equivalent of what Floyd did with Mosley?

[Vito Corleone]

To be honest.... Maybe Hopkins.

To go 12 rounds with an ON FORM Pavlik and not be hit by one punch cleanly? That's quite a feat. Sure, he's a cherry picker who makes his name off smaller men but he's very very VERY smart in the ring.

Next up are Floyd and Manny in equal measure.

But Pavlik was so slow... And Hopkins was bigger.

[Vito Corleone]

To even put Manny or Mosley on this list..


lol

Sir, I explained that I merely listed the current Ring magazine top ten p4p.

Notice that Guzman (a very smart fighter) isn't on this list.

[The Hammer]

Vitali Klitschko.

[apokalips]

I don't know that it is as abvious as many people may indicate.

On a scale of 1-10, where would you rank Floyd... then rank Marquez.

Think about JMM; he got KD'd three times in the first round, then pretty much dominated the remainder of his first fight with Pac.

Isn't that (at least) the equivalent of what Floyd did with Mosley?

Marquez decision to come out aggressively against Pacquiao wasn't clever and as we saw in the Marquez vs Mayweather fight JMM couldn't answer anything Floyd showed him. You can talk about the size difference but if his IQ was on Floyd's level he would have found a way to at least make a few rounds close.

[Khalid X]

If I had to pick someone it would be Andre Ward. It's only a matter of time before everyone realizes just how skilled this guy is.

I still think someone like Vitali, Wlad and Floyd are up there as well