Originally posted by Tweezy316
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however, bigger stronger faster doesn't apply to genetics. coordination, speed, agility and athletic ability are not a result of bigger and stronger
now add in the most important fact that there are weight classes in boxing so it shouldn't make a difference when guys match up at the same weight.
maybe at heavyweight there is a big difference but not at ww for example.
man no one is saying may doesnt have the skills and speed.
see may has that coordination, athletic ability along with phenomenal skills, especially quickness and speed to compete in any era....POINT being bigger faster stronger does not apply to boxing except hw in my opinion, because there can drastic differences in size and height, not in the lower classes.
it is not pure speculation my friend because there are ways to compare speed of the past fighters and athletes to today. first you can watch videos of past fights/sports, secondly you can go and find statistics, olympics or pros/collegiate, of guys making and breaking records. statistics are recorded over the years and we are capable of comparing them to records of today.
before reggie bush 25 years ago there was bo jackson and hershel walker.
sammy sosa hit 63 homeruns in 1999 and roger maris hit 61 in 1961 with heavier bats, bigger ballparks and baseballs that were not wound as tight and didnt travel as far.
im not gonna go thro every sport but u get the idea.
i played basketball, baseball, football and boxed. and honestly i hit farther in baseball and hit harder in boxing when weighing 172 lbs then i did when i weighed 185. speed equals power along with genetics of course.
so bigger stronger faster mainly applies to football and probably basketball, but not boxing or baseball for instance.
so it depends on the sport.
therefore i dont think the athletes are better today, especially in boxing. also, another note, there were many more boxers 30 years ago especially in the american hw division, elite athletes that no longer are involved in boxing due to the fact they are playing or played collegiate and pro football and basketball.
u also mentioned guys couldnt keep up back then like today, untrue. i am a physical therapist and have spent the last ten years studying anatomy and physiology along with kinesiology. this **** is my lifes work..............
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