which decade was boxin tha best?

**Guest** · 12-11-2004, 10:04 AM

70s... with a moderately slower Ali and some worthwhile opponents it made his bouts more competitive. Though that's just heavyweights, obviously. I suppose you could answer this question weight class by weight class.

Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Norton, Quarry...

**grayfist** · 12-11-2004, 11:15 AM

Originally posted by ThaGreatest

which decade u guys think was tha best for boxing

was it tha 1920's when jack dempsey was boxin
or tha 1930s where joe louis came into play
OR THA 1940's when sugar ray robinson started to make some excitement
or tha 50's where rocky marciano a heavyweight legend started boxing

or tha 1960's (i think) when there was ThaGreatest, smokin Joe, big foreman. Roberto Duran
1970's - Larry holmes,gerry cooney, michael spinks. Duran, marvelous marvin, sugar ray, tha hitman.
1980's- chavez tyson same welterweights as 70's
or the 90's or 2000

I'll take the 70s (with carry over from late 60s and spill over to the early 80s) when the likes of Pryor, Arguello, WGomez, SSanchez, Mancini, A young Azumah Nelson, La Porte, Zarate, Pedroza, Kobayashi, Harada, WBenitez, Alfonso Zamora, Little Red, Saad Muhammad, Quawi, Cruiser Holyfield, etc., were giving the heavyweights (as well as Leonard and company), a run for the fans' admission money.

**dempseyfire** · 12-11-2004, 11:55 AM

The 19teens, followed by the 1960s

**Italian250** · 12-11-2004, 01:02 PM

Toss up between the 50's ( Marciano, Ezzard Charles, Arhie Moore, Ray Robinson, Jake Lamotta, Basilio ) and the 80's ( Leonard, Hearns, Duran, Hagler, Chavez, Etc..)

**cple** · 12-11-2004, 02:16 PM

The 50s was a packed decade.

**Great** · 12-11-2004, 02:18 PM

50 and 70, I think.

**sssse** · 12-11-2004, 03:42 PM

50, 70 and 80.

**trephination** · 12-11-2004, 04:49 PM

1964-1974..

**bchynn** · 12-11-2004, 05:09 PM

2000's. Ruiz, Peters, Williams, Byrd,
Butterbean (carried over from 90's).

which decade was boxin tha best?