Are Today’s Fighters Better Than The Great Fighters Of The Past?

[TheMexHurricane]

The article- the thread- was not about race, nor was it really about any evolution or devolution in athleticism over time. The thesis here is that, while raw ability may or may not have increased since the "old days", the number of people who are actually learned in the art, the science, of fighting has decreased dramatically.

Didn't say it was but the article says yesterdays fighters were better than today's and it's simply false. There are alot of fighters with superior skills who lose to fighters with better ability BTW.

[StarshipTrooper]

I read it. It was written by somebody who's intellegence doesn't begin to impress me. Maybe it's his subjectivity that lowers his IQ.

Funny, the racial prism through which you view the world doesn't begin to impress me. Maybe it's your ignorance that lowers your IQ.

Poet

[StarshipTrooper]

Didn't say it was but the article says yesterdays fighters were better than today's and it's simply false. There are alot of fighters with superior skills who lose to fighters with better ability BTW.

Skill trumps athleticism in practically every major sport.

Poet

[SBleeder]

Skill trumps athleticism in practically every major sport.

Poet

Especially one where size and strength are limited by weight class restrictions.

[TheMexHurricane]

Skill trumps athleticism in practically every major sport.

Poet

If the old fighters would have more skill it's because they didn't hit as hard so they could afford to fight on the inside more and have careers of 100 fights or more. 30 or less fights in todays world and alot of fighters are washed up. And boxing from the outside while utilizing your speed is a skill that is superior to inside fighting skills. There is more of that today than yesterday.

[TheMexHurricane]

Funny, the racial prism through which you view the world doesn't begin to impress me. Maybe it's your ignorance that lowers your IQ.

Poet

You'd do better to show me to be ignorant. Otherwise you're making ignorant claims.

[StarshipTrooper]

You'd do better to show me to be ignorant. Otherwise you're making ignorant claims.

Making blanket claims based on race is the height of ignorance 'nuff said.

Poet

[StarshipTrooper]

If the old fighters would have more skill it's because they didn't hit as hard so they could afford to fight on the inside more and have careers of 100 fights or more.

Evidence please? If anything fighting on the inside puts more wear and tear on the body so basically you're full of ****.

And boxing from the outside while utilizing your speed is a skill that is superior to inside fighting skills.

Says who? You? :hahahaha9:

Poet

[StarshipTrooper]

Blacks are faster than everybody?

Mexicans are tougher than blacks?

Ignorance or truth? Once again, ignorant claims. Nuff said.

Got any more stereotypes you want to lay on us?

[TheMexHurricane]

Evidence please? If anything fighting on the inside puts more wear and tear on the body so basically you're full of ****.




Says who? You? :hahahaha9:

Poet

Of course it does but it was white fighters doing the punching so it was common for fighters to have 100 fights or more back then. It's rare today. Blacks were tougher than the whites then and Mexicans are tougher today than blacks in todays boxing world. And the blacks today generally make better use of their speed. So you're the one full of shet.