Why does everyone think old sschool boxers...

[BoxingChaos]

today it's harder fighting more round cuz most people are packin more muscle

I dont think muscles play to big of a role in boxing



El Gringo has muscles.

But he got spanked

[Dynamite Kid]

Even though i agree to an extent you are generalizing too much here.

I dont think Eric Morales chances against Wilfredo Gomez would be that great.


Did you see what happened when an ancient!! Foreman stepped in the ring with the guy whom took the title of Evander Holyfield?

[Bushidō]

Becuase they were willing to fight each other and not worry about a 0 loss record

Its kind of the fans fault for that. Since eveyrone is exposed after 1 loss

[sweetpea87]

good post other than the sneaky Mayweather dissing.....

why is it that Mayweather is the only guy that is afraid to fight>?..Arguably the most skilled, or most intelligent fighter of this era is AFRAID to fight?

Yeah I didn't mean to single out Floyd I guess he is just the first who came to mind.

[Mania]

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.

Prime Tyson would've knock Ali out. Tyson had better stamina, combination and as much power or more than Foreman. Others had a chance like Evander, Bowe or Lewis. Everyone just lives in their generation and pretend that their generation had the best fighters.

[GoogleMe]

Old school fighters were proven warriors who did more with less,just like Larry said who didn't have the luxury of todays fighters!!Imagine just for a second,if Sugar Ray Robinson was fighting right now with all the Luxuries of today's fighters,he would be on a whole other level,plus probabaly undefeated,after beating the best fighters!!Better training equipment,time off after fights,less rounds,better nutrition,the list goes on,think about it!!

You'd never know!

But besides that. Back then they were nowhere near the technical level we have today. It's way more point based, then just preassuring and winning the rounds. Many fighters back then didn't have any real amateur career, and most today have 100+ fight before turning prof, so it actually starts to add up around the many fights. Yeah they sometimes fight every month, but they were also very crappy opponents. Today everything has to be learned to perfection. It's boxing that's changing not the peoples heart.

[Kevin Jesus]

I have the same problem.



Like the best of MLB, NBA, NFL can't go back in time and face the best of the 90s, 80s, 70s because they would smashed easily.


That sounds pathetic and unfair to modern sports because it's not like we're going to make a time machine and go back in time so they can play these "golden players" anytime soon and find out if this is true or false, all i know is that it's an opinion.

[GoogleMe]

Maybe the old generation has to pass away, before people like RJJ, Bhop, Lewis and many more will earn the respect they deserve.

[The Gambler1981]

Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis and Micheal Johnson do not have **** on Usain Bolt. It is simple evolution, the fact that people think old fighters were tougher is laughable they are all human and all have limitations in what they could handle.

A human that gets frusterated becomes much weaker, that is a simple fact that never changes.

[RightCross94]

Overall I'd say today's guys are probably stronger, faster and more explosive than the guys before the 60's/70's. There are many exceptions though. But I would say the older fighters were fitter on the whole, tougher, and generally had it harder to make their way up- that's one thing I hate about today. A fighter can get a padded road to a world title, and only start facing real comp when they have a belt. BITD, a fighter started facing real comp as soon as they moved into contendership.