1980's best decade of boxing?

[QueensburyRules]

- -Iron Mike was the iconic heavy who cleaned up the mess of tubby Lar and his WBA cokeheads to reunify the division, first torn asunder 10 yrs prior during the Ali/Neon Leon disgrace.

1980s

1. Mike

Then the mess of the unrated discards. Rate them at yer own peril...snickers galore I say!

[15round]

slightly different topic...

the current disgusting casual-fan trend...

... of bashing fighters from past era's... insisting that they were bums... insisting that modern training methods (lol) have somehow magically improved the landscape... despite the fact that many fighters today gas in the first half, and most do not seem as versatile/well-rounded as a majority of fighters from the past... we have champions today who are not comfortable on the inside and cannot fight on the back foot

... that is actually not a new trend at all

that ignorance and ******ity has been around a long time

that is a classic example of the dictionary definition for, casual fan

our sport is full of morons who think boxing is a maths game...

... fought entirely on paper... the next-level examples of intangibles, individual brilliance, intestinal fortitude, that took over 100 years to rise to the top... is just old stuff that is no longer relevant... any modern fighter can simply do all that old stuff lol

and when you hear these clowns talk, they insist that only a casual-fan would rate older fighters LMAO...

guys, do not listen to those shltheads, they have no boxing instincts whatsoever, very listen understanding, and almost no feel for the game

casual-fans are shltheads... a lot of fans will never realize just how shltty they are... but it's ok... I will be here to remind them just how low and shltty they are, for a long time yet

great thread, pity it wasn't more active

I agree, just look at the heavyweights... it seems like back in the 80's every heavyweight could fight off the back foot... every heavyweight could fight on the inside... in large, fighters seemed better and more well-rounded than they are today

welter was stacked full of cold-blooded killers, everywhere you looked

gyms today seem to be full of " mitt-men "... very few old-school mentors/trainers... mentoring is the key, which is why guys like Canelo have developed so well... they literally know their fighter inside out, they know what he is thinking, they create understandable/useful situations in the gym, they know any doubts/fears as soon as they enter his mind

casuals paint Tyson as a two-fisted hulk who walked through everyone... but he was a well-schooled defence-first technician with dynamite in both hands

if Cus had lived another 10-15 years, Tyson would be regarded as a greater fighter than he is today... because he would have achieved more

You are spot on! The thread is not more active because the active are far from great. I can see there are many ignorant boxing fans if they could be given that title. Part of the problem is most are too young. It would have been interesting if Cus could have stayed longer. I am not sure if the money got to Tyson also. The distractions play a big part in a fighters continued success. Compu box provides a dim view of how a fight should be scored, however for the younger generation this is how life is lived. Technology rules their lives and they know nothing more. I think the majority of so called fans just see the compu box numbers and think they are fight experts.

[15round]

Yea ,Watching fights like Leonard vs Duran or Hearns vs Leonard you just feel the tension and this fights dellivered ,rearly big modern match ups live up to the hype.
60s and 70s were great too .but 80s are special.

Yes, it was! I remember getting those butterflies before watching one of these fights. These are real fighters too. Duran moved up from lightweight to eventually fight Hagler at middle. Duran almost had him in the 12th and 13th, but Hagler was trained to take it. Leonard and Hearns also moved up from welter to take on Hagler. These fighters were fighting for pride, more than money. When it was time to make the fight it was signed.

[Bundana]

Yes, it was! I remember getting those butterflies before watching one of these fights. These are real fighters too. Duran moved up from lightweight to eventually fight Hagler at middle. Duran almost had him in the 12th and 13th, but Hagler was trained to take it. Leonard and Hearns also moved up from welter to take on Hagler. These fighters were fighting for pride, more than money. When it was time to make the fight it was signed.

I don't think there was ever a time, when boxers were fighting primarily for pride. Money has always been the biggest motivation.

Hagler-Leonard should have happened 3 years earlier. Instead Ray waited until he was confident, Hagler was ready to be taken. Not much different from the Mayweather-Pacquiao situation.