Black and White syndrome

[bklynboy]

the thing about boxing is that the better athlete doesnt always win. Boxing has WAY more mental factors than basketball or football, and you cant even compare it to a sport as simple as track. not only skill, but determination, heart, and prefight strategy play a huge roll.

That's one of the things that separate boxing from other sports.

in terms of straight up athletic prowess, most the best athletes came around the 1980s and 90s, not present day. At least when considering things like long jump, high jump, and shotput.

I don't think any generation has a lock on athletic prowess. One of the interesting things is that now athletics is a road to fame and fortune the world over. I'm sure there were great marathon runners in Kenya 100years ago. We just never heard of them.