im sorry but pacquiao would wipe the floor with henry armstrong...

[TheGreatA]

and who was the modern day athlete who was top 5 ranked?? wait are you talking about Valuev hahahahahahahhahaha

also i never sed old school wouldnt beat modern on the odd occasion. foreman was LUCKY and he knows it

Again you're simply proving my point.

Is Valuev a great or even a good athlete? No chance but he is a top ranked boxer because he is stronger and tougher than most people.

Don't you think Muhammad Ali, who fought in the 1960's, is ten times the athlete that Valuev is? Is there a single heavyweight around today with Ali's athleticism?

[BrooklynBomber]

I am still not sure what is athletism, is it some magic combination of dynamic strength, coordination and speed of reflexes?

[*2TOUGH*]

Again you're simply proving my point.

Is Valuev a great or even a good athlete? No chance but he is a top ranked boxer because he is stronger and tougher than most people.

Don't you think Muhammad Ali, who fought in the 1960's, is ten times the athlete that Valuev is? Is there a single heavyweight around today with Ali's athleticism?

no valuev is disrespecting the sport of boxing.

if you rate him then im sorry your nuts,

watch haye destroy him, modern vs old school yeh?

[*2TOUGH*]

Alis movement was VERY OVER-RATED...

and i have sed b4 ali is border-line modern

[JM1]

as ive posted earlier

every single sports in every sing positions, the greatest players have always come in modern times.

otto graham,bart star,johnny unitas,< joe montana, john elway, payton, brady

bird,magic,mj,hakeem, shaq,kobe,lebron>mikan,russell,wilt,cousy,west


gary player, arnold palmer, sam snead jack nicklaus < tiger woods

jesse owens..... carl lewis.........< usain bolt

but the only sport that seems immune to this is boxing. Nostalgia & oldschool bias seems to guard & makes 20s,30s,50s,60s boxers immune to evolution & are hence rendered immortal & invincible.

Ive seen henry armstrong fights, pacquiao & a dozen other fighters from the 80s & up would box circles around & eventually destroy him.

HOW COME BOXING IS THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE?

good post. boxing has evolved and many people here dont realize that

[DonTaseMeBrah]

i dont understand your posts.. are you for or against modern boxers?

its not that hard to comprehend, im for modern fighters.

70s,80s,90s,00s>20s,30s,40s,50s,60s. Anytime, anywhere.

Old school farts like to talk about 100 plus fights yet when you look at all those old school great records with 100 plus wins you can see them take on guys with 10,15,20 losses on their records some are 6-22 & have horrible win lose records. But all you hear about is "ohhh every fight was against great hall of fame opposition."

Quality over Quantity.

[DonTaseMeBrah]

Alis movement was VERY OVER-RATED...

and i have sed b4 ali is border-line modern

WTF u red k me for douche bag? i am trying on the same side of the argument dip****. dont red k me because you lack reading comprehension u ****in imbecile.

[*2TOUGH*]

WTF u red k me for douche bag? i am trying on the same side of the argument dip****. dont red k me because you lack reading comprehension u ****in imbecile.

dont big up ali then..

i hate ali

[DonTaseMeBrah]

dont big up ali then..

i hate ali

when did i big up ali?

[TheGreatA]

its not that hard to comprehend, im for modern fighters.

70s,80s,90s,00s>20s,30s,40s,50s,60s. Anytime, anywhere.

Old school farts like to talk about 100 plus fights yet when you look at all those old school great records with 100 plus wins you can see them take on guys with 10,15,20 losses on their records some are 6-22 & have horrible win lose records. But all you hear about is "ohhh every fight was against great hall of fame opposition."

Quality over Quantity.

Is there some kind of a magical line in between the 1960's and the 1970's? Boxers just suddenly got better during that time period?

The 1970's were 30 years ago, shouldn't the boxers today be far better than they were then? Just compare 100m records from the 1970's to today.

Fighting 200 times with 10% of those fights being against top competition is better than fighting 30 times with 50% of those fights being against top competition.