Why does everyone think old sschool boxers...

[Alex.Hdz]

Why does everybody say old school boxers are automatically better than this age's boxers? Some say because they had stamina for 15 rounds...since the fights were 15 rounds, well thats bull****! If our fighters fought for 15 rounds they too would have the stamina for the 15 rounds.

[larry x]

probally because they fought 100-200 fights..even tho alot of those fights were against the same person or random cab drivers..they fought more because they made less..so people overate alot of old school fighters and act like its impossible for a modern day fighter to be ranked ahead of them

[Uncle Ruckus]

I know its a bunch of B.S I had this argument with some guy at work about who was the true al time great and he kept saying how Ali could K.O any of this times boxers, and at the end he admitted he knew nothing about Ali and never seen any of his fights.

[Libido Sanchez]

It works both ways. Some people automatically dismiss old school fighters just because they're old school.

[TheGreatA]

Some fighters certainly could but do you think the likes of Jermain Taylor would have found any success in 15 round bouts? I doubt it. Nor would have most of today's heavyweights.

[deanrw]

probally because they fought 100-200 fights..even tho alot of those fights were against the same person or random cab drivers..they fought more because they made less..so people overate alot of old school fighters and act like its impossible for a modern day fighter to be ranked ahead of them

They also would stay in shape by fighting. They were always in fighting condition. Boxing truly was their life. Today's fighters get breaks, get to relax and soften up between fights.

It really depends on the fighter more than era IMO. So many fighters back then fought injured, rolled over easily and fought just to get a payday. For a bit more cash they would roll over also. Records back then were not scrutinized like they are today. A loss meant nothing to them.

Right now Floyd gets no respect at all. 20 years from now he will be seen as an all time great by everyone!!. Todays fighters in the modern area 1980's till now, will get more respected years down the road.

[larry x]

but old school boxing was alot more easy to understand..less weight classes,1 champ per division..which means to jump divisions you had to REALLY jump divisions..and if you wanted a belt you had to beat the BEST...so there is a reasonable arguement there..nowadays there are so many belts and weightclasses are only 5 pounds apart..its not hard to jump weight classes and knock off the weakest link to get a title

[xAUGUSTUSx]

Not better skilled but more heart and will. People in general were much harder back in the day. Those guys had real fights back then and lots of them. How do you think Floyd would do if he had to fight 3 time in 2 weeks against world ranked fighters? Fighting 15 or 20 rounds with 6 ounce gloves on?

[larry x]

Some fighters certainly could but do you think the likes of Jermain Taylor would have found any success in 15 round bouts? I doubt it. Nor would have most of today's heavyweights.

true..theres a reason when you look back in history heavyweights were in alot better shape..now heavyweights are out of shape fighters that could be cruiserweights

[Alex.Hdz]

probally because they fought 100-200 fights..even tho alot of those fights were against the same person or random cab drivers..they fought more because they made less..so people overate alot of old school fighters and act like its impossible for a modern day fighter to be ranked ahead of them

True, kinda like Chavez, 100+ wins but only about 7 were legit opponents. I think our guys(90s-2000s) would beat, if not, give the oldies hell prime for prime...

De La Hoya
Mayweather
Sugar Shane
Cotto
B-Hop
Jones Jr
Pacman
JMM
Barrera
Morales
Trinidad
Calzaghe
The Klits

These are just a few names too...