Is There Enough Opposition For A Future G.O.A.T.?

Its impossible. IMO the top 10 is set in stone. In todays age there's not enough competition, not enough fighters, not enough activity and not enough fights between elite fighters. BITD there were more fighters who fought more often. Its a case of classic competition. When the competition is greater, you have to better to excel. If you have 100 fighters who battle it out to determine the top 10 and compare those 10 to a top 10 determined by 1,000 fighters I think it is quite clear which crop is the best.

of course there is. nobody is stopping a small guy from fighting his way through HW, the way sam langford did. you've got to win the fights and actually accomplish things, though, and that's just not happening.

In my honest opinion, no. The current state of boxing and society as a whole would need to burst, so that you get people fighting on a weekly basis. As things stand stars are manufactured, and losers are seldom celebrated; as a result, fighters' are often protected and any accomplishment they make is often cheapened.

Not really possible, there are too many non-boxing factors involved. If you had someone exceptionally talented (as in SRR level), who was impossibly famous and therefore had the clout to set up their own promotional company (as in Leonard), who didn't mind getting less money to fight more often, AND who was at the epicentre of a major cultural event (as in Ali and civil rights) then that would be a STARTING PLATFORM. Had Lomachenko learned English, fought and beaten Salido, Rigo, Donaire and Garcia this year while fighting in the Russo-Crimean war, then that's a tilt. Not gonna happen though. Ever.

Right now I honestly don't think this era could provide a fighter with the wins to break into ATG (top 10) discussions. It is common knowledge that by this point in our era today, the main fighters are Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, both exceptionally great fighters...In 20/30+ years, they will be spoken about in a legendary way and even they will not be in any top 10 ATG lists. So no I do not think this era in particular could produce a future top tier ATG. I will use Floyd as an example because you did also...He is our P4P-1 at the moment, great great fighter, is he top tier in ATG lists? No. Is there anyone out there right now that him beating would help get him there? Realistically, again it's a no. His showtime contract and his admission of not wanting the hard fights etc will stop him. Imagine (imagine being the key word coz I know how improbable this is) he was to beat GGG, Martinez, Ward in the next couple of years. That would make him insanely great for our time, but ATG lists? I doubt he overtakes many of the fighters already top 10. But like I said, just theorising...I kind of drifted off a little but maybe you'll see my point.

Talent wise yes, but its hard when you factor in compensation it's impossible for today's ighters to fight as often. Guys like SRR and ARmstrong fought so much because the money was so little. Imagine if a floyd or manny tried to fight 6-10 times in a year with their purse structure? It'd be impossible with the promotion they need for their fights. Promoters wouldn't even have time for other guys But saying that, there was a large group of ATG talent that weren't considered like the murderer's row obviously, even then. The GOAT even headed for the hills when those guys were around

Actually outside of this board there are alot of writers who say Floyd may very well be the GOAT. I do think he still has a chance to solidify it in his last few bouts. Pac, Danny Garcia Tim Bradley/Sergio Martinez would get him there. I do feel like boxing is one of the only sports where people will refuse to label you better than SRR. He has been the GOAT for so long it would take moving the sun and moon to usurp him. no, there are not. there are no respectable writers who call floyd mayweather the greatest of all time. boxing writers are a very small fraternity. anybody who came out in public calling floyd mayweather the greatest of all time would be shunned. pacquiao has a better resume.

No. Look at Duran's reign at lightweight, then factor in his middleweight win and his win against Leonard. That is monstrous. And even he isn't close to becoming the GOAT with Armstrong, Langford, Charles, etc. in the way Talent wise yes, but its hard when you factor in compensation it's impossible for today's ighters to fight as often. Guys like SRR and ARmstrong fought so much because the money was so little. Imagine if a floyd or manny tried to fight 6-10 times in a year with their purse structure?

No. Look at Duran's reign at lightweight, then factor in his middleweight win and his win against Leonard. That is monstrous. And even he isn't close to becoming the GOAT with Armstrong, Langford, Charles, etc. in the way

Actually outside of this board there are alot of writers who say Floyd may very well be the GOAT. I do think he still has a chance to solidify it in his last few bouts. Pac, Danny Garcia Tim Bradley/Sergio Martinez would get him there. I do feel like boxing is one of the only sports where people will refuse to label you better than SRR. He has been the GOAT for so long it would take moving the sun and moon to usurp him.

For one thing, you can't fight only twice a year to get there. It'd take someone who fights frequently, at least 4x a year like a Golovkin. Heck, If Golovkin were to unify at every division from middle to heavy, I'd consider him the greatest lol. Never gonna happen though Or if Loma unified every division up to Middle. But his power didn't seem to be all that even against Salido If Pacquiao had not fought Marquez the 3rd and 4th times, beaten Floyd, PWill and Sergio he'd be in the top ten/15 for me; Same goes for Floyd, if he had fought and beat Kosta, prime Mosley, Margarito, prime Cotto, PWill and Sergio (Baldomirs, Ortiz's and Guerreros don't do much for legacy) Yea, now that I'm looking at it, not gonna happen. Ali or SRR are pretty safe for the time being

Fans wouldn't allow it you could beat 300 cab drivers then beat every top fighter in the division 5 times over and the fighter would be told they fought in a weak era.