Quote Originally Posted by p4pking View Post
Yea it's a tough one and you've made good posts on this in the past. A lot of talented fighters probably do gear their camps more towards just being freakishly conditioned, rather than fixing their mistakes or learning how to box in the first place these days. Not sure if that's what you're trying to get at.

To put it one way, Andre Berto is probably as good a pure "athlete" as their was in boxing for a good while. Doesn't mean a lot if you don't have any craft behind it obviously. Then again if you've got two really schooled fighters, natural athleticism can make all the difference. I guess you'd just say wins in boxing rarely come down to who was the better athlete ultimately though, that's what makes it great.
Good question. Grey - where do you come out on it?

Athleticism relates to speed, strength, reaction time, coordination and a combination of them. So, an athletic boxer might be someone who naturally punches faster, moves around the ring with more ease, punches with more power, has better reflexes and coordination etc. than his opponent.