Boxing has been around for centuries, although fighting has been around since the beginning of time. I find it most interesting to turn back the pages of time to see the development of the sport. I find historic pictures from the early 16th or 17th century quite interesting. And i'm hella into bareknuckle boxing. I dunno, it just keeps me motivated to train and fight.

boxing in the old days was a joke,i look and some of the picture stills and at some of the shabby reel clips and boxers from the old days would not last one round in todays game:boxing:

boxing in the old days was a joke,i look and some of the picture stills and at some of the shabby reel clips and boxers from the old days would not last one round in todays game:boxing:

Maybe, but what do you consider the 'old days'? Also, even if what you say is true, does it matter? You judge fighters by their era. If they were great in their era and beat lots of excellent champs they would have been just as good in any era and beaten many more champs because of the way things now run.

You need that perspective.

You need that perspective.


No he needs that lobotomy reversing.

No he needs that lobotomy reversing.


jack broughton
jem belcher
peter corcoran
tom mollineaux
george taylor
tom paddock
tom spring
bill stevens
john heenan
james figg
tom cannon
james belcher
jack slack
tom sayers
jem ward
harry sellers
bill richmond
bill darts
charlie galagher
dick curtis
tom cribb

All household names arn't they?

jack broughton
jem belcher
peter corcoran
tom mollineaux
george taylor
tom paddock
tom spring
bill stevens
john heenan
james figg
tom cannon
james belcher
jack slack
tom sayers
jem ward
harry sellers
bill richmond
bill darts
charlie galagher
dick curtis
tom cribb

All household names arn't they?
Some are some arn't, that said I don't think mrboxer has any interest in any fighter who fought before 2007 to be honest.

I think old fighters way back when couldn't fight and didn't know how to slip punches and put punches together like they do now.

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I would love to see some of these fighters go 15 rounds with fighters like lamotta who would be in there face for 15 rounds

Same day weigh-ins would result in a catastrophic change in today's fighters. Boxing had to be practically a lifestyle choice back then.

Fads pop up from time to time, and I know a lot of people who like to emulate a kind of hipster, rockabilly, Vargas pin up or James Dean-esque "scene". I always think there's a possibility that boxing might become an aspect of it. Never does. My parents told me that on their "first date" they listened to the 1st Liston-Patterson fight on the radio. At 35 years old, I can't even fathom such a thing. That boxing was so intertwined in people's lives that you could listen to a big fight on the radio. Or that two teenagers would feel compelled to listen to it on their first date. Instead boxing's dwindling fan base only gets filled with more and more meathead MMA types, which is a drag.

I do. I love watching old footage. The older the better. It's great to read about guys like Johnson, Louis, Robinson, Pep and all those other greats.But to actually see them on film. you can't beat that.

I think old fighters way back when couldn't fight and didn't know how to slip punches and put punches together like they do now.

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Pass Benny some more petrol someone :)

Pass Benny some more petrol someone :)
The cauliflower ears those guys ended up with, tell the tale of a million punches slipped.. Now all we need is a box of matches!

I would love to see some of these fighters go 15 rounds with fighters like lamotta who would be in there face for 15 rounds

If this wasn't the most corniest attempt to suck up to the regulars on this section of the forum,then I don't know what is.I would love to see you never make such a corny ass post ever again.

Pass Benny some more petrol someone :)

Confused on that one...I think.


Just in case:

It was a knock on the newbies saying Old Timers suck and had no skill.

There was a Gif below that I made below what I wrote. It's a Gif of Lewis slipping a right hand and then unloading a combo to knock down his opponent...which is a display of skill that I (jokingly) said they didn't have.

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I find it interesting because you can literally watch the evolution of boxing. Of course, if you pitt an old ass fighter against a modern fighter, it'd be a mis match. They'll be saying the same thing 40 years down the line. With time comes change, so time changes and shapes boxing as well.

The boxers of their time were considered the greatest. Present time is modern time, so it's accurate to say that LaMotta, and Basilo, and Marciano, Walcott, Robinson, Johnson, Armstrong, Villa, Elorde, or any other "old school" fighter were great.

THink back even further to the bare knuckle days. Those mother fcukers were pretty tough. That style of fighting is also completely different.