Some fighters never really make anything of themselves because mentally they aren't there.
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Fighting in the ring, 90% mental/10% physical?
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Originally posted by Rockin' View PostI'm told that Lamon Brewster stated that boxing is 90% mental and 10% physical, do you agree with this statement? ........Rockin'
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Boxing is at least 100% half mental.
I think the way to look at this would be to check out the great trainers. Do you think Cus could have beaten Tyson when Tyson was 16 and only had a fraction of the knowledge Cus gave him? Unlikely, Tyson was too physically gifted, and in great shape, and Cus was an old man with an insane amount of Boxing knowledge.
However you saw as Tyson slipped mentally, he was beaten by less physically gifted men.
With Roy Jones Jr its the opposite, he has a great boxing brain, however his reflexes have slown to a point where he is being defeated by less mentally gifted men.
I think some fighters its mostly mental, some fighters its mostly physical, and for some its a 50/50 balance. There is no magic formula that works for every fighter in the world.
With that, the act of boxing itself mostly physical, by a long shot. However to be above average to great, its a balance and probably a pretty even one.
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it's the other why around mate. 90% physical and 10% mental. its hard training in the gym that wins fights and the rest is up to chance.
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HAhaa...
Brewster is 100% right, of course it's mostly mental..
EVERYTHING IS MENTAL.
You can't succeed in anything or work hard if you don't have the right mind set. I can't count the times in the gym where a fighter with more skill was beatne soundly by a kid who wanted it more and was tougher.
Toughness comes from your mind, your heart and what you been through. Of course it's mental.
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