Are Fighters of the past Overrated?; Poll

[Benny Leonard]

How far are we going back by the way?

I would take Tommy Hearns and SRL over today's WW for example.

[Dynamite Kid]

There are overrated fighters today (PBF) as well as the past (Sweet Pea). No era has a preponderance (if you will) of overrated fighters. I have a general bias for fighters of the past for one reason only - the KO is (was) more of a urgency to them. Too many of today's fighters are willing to meander to the limit of a fight and then ***** that they were robbed.

Pea would white washed Duran

[SplitSecond]

If say so? its not if i say so, watch the fight, Lewis had all he could handle against a guy who got beat by Jesse Ferguson, he was knocked out twice by less than stellar opposition and you want to make out one of the best punchers in HW history who is a durable fighter has no chance of beating him.

Ray Mercer cant box, difference is Foreman hits twice as hard as him.

mercer cant box and neither can foreman(atleast not physcally, he was a smart fighter tho that chose his opponents openinngs well), it's that massive power and size he's got.
and so lennox does'nt have the sturdiest chins of all time, i still think foreman is too slow, and that alone with his poor defence will have him beat soundly by lennox

[Mugwump]

That is why Foreman could beat him, that is why Rahman beat him.

Foreman had major weaknesses of his own to guard.

[SplitSecond]

Exactly, difference between Holmes, Ali and Lewis is that Lewis did not have the option to use his legs like those guys, his footwork was always pretty sloppy even when he was with Steward. Imagine Lewis getting tired the way he did against Mercer when he is fighting Foreman, it would be all over for him.

showing a clip of a fight against someone else to compare how a lennox would fight against foreman does'nt really work, you come in with a differrent strategy every fight, lennox would'nt fight like that

[bobo_bobo]

I think they are overrated. If you take any other sport the current athletes are better. The level of competition goes up with every passing year and athletes are training accordingly to be the best. Swimming is an example with Phelps, and runing with Usain Bolt.

[SplitSecond]

i'd pick lennox to win against george 7 times out of 10

[Stoppage]

Lewis would be able to outbox Foreman. The question is whether Foreman would be able to connect a good punch.

[SplitSecond]

How far are we going back by the way?

I would take Tommy Hearns and SRL over today's WW for example.

im thinkin 1900's to...i dunno about the 1950's

[Dynamite Kid]

mercer cant box and neither can foreman(atleast not physcally, he was a smart fighter tho that chose his opponents openinngs well), it's that massive power and size he's got.
and so lennox does'nt have the studiest chins of all time, i still think foreman is too slow, and that alone with his poor defence will have him beat soundly by lennox

That is why i brought it up

Speed of hand dont mean **** when you are as consistent as Foreman he will get to you eventually, Lewis was not exceptionally quick anyway imo.

Lewis was pretty much a stationary target, what happens when he gets tired from all the pressure Foreman is putting him under ?