which decade u guys think was tha best for boxing

was it tha 1920's when jack dempsey was boxin
or tha 1930s where joe louis came into play
OR THA 1940's when sugar ray robinson started to make some excitement
or tha 50's where rocky marciano a heavyweight legend started boxing

or tha 1960's (i think) when there was ThaGreatest, smokin Joe, big foreman. Roberto Duran
1970's - Larry holmes,gerry cooney, michael spinks. Duran, marvelous marvin, sugar ray, tha hitman.
1980's- chavez tyson same welterweights as 70's
or the 90's or 2000

70s... with a moderately slower Ali and some worthwhile opponents it made his bouts more competitive. Though that's just heavyweights, obviously. I suppose you could answer this question weight class by weight class.

Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Norton, Quarry...

which decade u guys think was tha best for boxing

was it tha 1920's when jack dempsey was boxin
or tha 1930s where joe louis came into play
OR THA 1940's when sugar ray robinson started to make some excitement
or tha 50's where rocky marciano a heavyweight legend started boxing

or tha 1960's (i think) when there was ThaGreatest, smokin Joe, big foreman. Roberto Duran
1970's - Larry holmes,gerry cooney, michael spinks. Duran, marvelous marvin, sugar ray, tha hitman.
1980's- chavez tyson same welterweights as 70's
or the 90's or 2000I'll take the 70s (with carry over from late 60s and spill over to the early 80s) when the likes of Pryor, Arguello, WGomez, SSanchez, Mancini, A young Azumah Nelson, La Porte, Zarate, Pedroza, Kobayashi, Harada, WBenitez, Alfonso Zamora, Little Red, Saad Muhammad, Quawi, Cruiser Holyfield, etc., were giving the heavyweights (as well as Leonard and company), a run for the fans' admission money. :)

The 19teens, followed by the 1960s

Toss up between the 50's ( Marciano, Ezzard Charles, Arhie Moore, Ray Robinson, Jake Lamotta, Basilio ) and the 80's ( Leonard, Hearns, Duran, Hagler, Chavez, Etc..)

The 50s was a packed decade.

50 and 70, I think.

50, 70 and 80.

1964-1974..

2000's. Ruiz, Peters, Williams, Byrd,
Butterbean (carried over from 90's). :p

2000's. Ruiz, Peters, Williams, Byrd,
Butterbean (carried over from 90's). :pNow, why didn't I think of that!!! ;) :D

I'll take the 70s (with carry over from late 60s and spill over to the early 80s) when the likes of Pryor, Arguello, WGomez, SSanchez, Mancini, A young Azumah Nelson, La Porte, Zarate, Pedroza, Kobayashi, Harada, WBenitez, Alfonso Zamora, Little Red, Saad Muhammad, Quawi, Cruiser Holyfield, etc., were giving the heavyweights (as well as Leonard and company), a run for the fans' admission money. :)



you hit the nail right on the head, no doubt that was the best era.

One thing to note. The best era for boxing, in my opinion, is the one with the most evenly matched fighters. That being said, those fighters within the competitive eras are not nessacarily the best boxers.

I 'll say 70's to 80's.

An era when a lot of good fighters crop up . . . some of my favorites

Ali, Foreman, Frazier, Norton, Sugar Ray Leonard, Hearns, Hagler, Duran, Hector Camacho, Jesus Cesar Chavez, Boom Boom Mancini, Alexis Arguello, Salvador Sanchez . . . . just to name a few. But there are still so many and I can't remember them all rightnow :D

you hit the nail right on the head, no doubt that was the best era.Thanks pal! ;) :)

One thing to note. The best era for boxing, in my opinion, is the one with the most evenly matched fighters. That being said, those fighters within the competitive eras are not nessacarily the best boxers.Matches: '70's:

Arguello-Pryor
Arguello-WGomez
Zarate- La Porte
Little Red- Arguello
Little Red-Mancini
Azumah- etc.
Ali- Frazier 2 and 3
WGomez- La Porte
Mancini- and everyone he met ;) Sadly including In Dok Chu, who died a few hours after having been KO'd.
Harada-Jofre 1 and 2
The Duran fights, the Leonard fights, the Hearns fights, the Hagler fights, the Holmes fights, the MSpinks fights, Ali- Spinks (the elder),The fights featuring Saad-Quawi, Holyfield, etc., etc, etc, ;)

Matches?

Boxers competitive in an era may not be the best?

Sure. Sanchez vs.? Maybe, Saddler. Ok. But, who else? :rolleyes: Zarate- La Porte? Zarate did not show enough? Harada? was not good enough? News: Most of those guys above are in Canastota.

Actually, Jofre-Harada 1 and 2 were in the 60s.