Originally posted by TheMagicMan
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As for Klitschko vs. Braddock, that would easily go Klitschko's way. There's no point in being overly balanced to the past. But nor is there a good reason to believe that boxers now are superior to those of the past. Klitschko is superior to Braddock because he is more dominant against a higher quality of opposition, not because he is champion in a more modern era.
Originally posted by TheMagicMan
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But again, this is completely missing the point. Like I said before, when ranking fighters across history you do not consider who would beat who, as, in some people's opinions (such as yours) this gives an advantage to more modern fighters. Rather, you need to compensate for the era in which the boxer lived and ask yourself how he would do if he lived now. The best way to do this is not to have a "mental match-up" of the fighters but rather to consider their DOMINANCE against their QUALITY OF OPPOSITION, factoring in things like how long their careers were and how often they fought.
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