A Day Like Today, Puerto Rico Suffer, Gomez First Loss

[dYeyKob]

People need to hop off the d*ck of the golden years of boxing and give up on these ridiculous comparisons. Those were days where head movement and proper guard were not used as much. I see a lot of swinging with both hands not protecting the head at all. If you place a counter puncher with the speed and power of Nonito Donaire (not FW yet I know) or a JMM someone is getting sat down. But the difference is, those guys weren't in the ring. They didn't prepare for those guys. They prepared for a fan friendly all out war, which is what the fans got and is why they will always be remembered. But when you take a fighter that's passed away or retired, and you give them god status, suddenly nobody can compare to them. Why not just enjoy both eras and not claim that ours today will never be as great, because just a few years ago the Featherweight division was bigger than it was in a very long time.

^^ Good post

[theplayerpimp]

The intros for this fight where epic but the pr where disrespectfull their band started to inturupt the mariachis when sanchez was being walked in. They where all quiet though after the first round.

[UglyPug]

i think nostalgia is a little too strong. . . yeah these guys are legends, and legends never die - but you can't really compare fighters today from 30 years ago. lets just keep it all in perspective. training and sports medicine (NOT steroids) has evolved a lot. . . im not so sure all these guys from the past would destroy the modern champions. . . that's why we should only gauge based on each fighters era, and not that of the past.

but yeah - what a hell of a fight between two legends. would have loved to watch that fight live.

[Finito2K]

No disrespect to fighters now a days but the skill level of these two guys compared to guys like Orlando Salido and JML is insane. Boxing just has dropped off in so many divisions, not just featherweight. Kind of sad tbh.

What a 20 year pro like Orlando Salido lacks in skill, he makes up for it with his level of discipline.

[dannnnn]

Not sure why this was bumped but anyway this fight is one of my all-time favourites. It's one of those I just find endlessly re-watchable any time.

People need to hop off the d*ck of the golden years of boxing and give up on these ridiculous comparisons. Those were days where head movement and proper guard were not used as much. I see a lot of swinging with both hands not protecting the head at all.

Imagine talking about lack of head movement and defense when discussing Salvador Sanchez...