Glorified Oldies....

[talip bin osman]

Agreed. Training and nutrition has come a long way since then. Even with boxing being behind all of the other major sports it still is much more improved from the olden days.

But be warned people get really offended on this topic.

nutrition maybe... rice or chicken back in the day for some unknown reason may have less carbo or protein compared to the rice and chicken today...

but training? a lot of the old-skool fighters had more "boxing tricks" in the bag so to speak...

a lot of fighters today (save PBF and hopkins) doesnt even have a good "inside game" if u know what i mean...

[turbotime]

Sure, in Head to Head most of the modern guys would tool fighters from the first 50 years of the 1900s.

But most of them can't hold a candle to what Greb had accomplished in his career. In fact, only about 3 fighters ever actually can.
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[Larry the boss]

Sam langford looked like Tim Bradley

[Larry the boss]

Jeshhhh! 16 year old boxing experts!

naw im 30 and that **** was horrible

[turbotime]

Sam langford looked like Tim Bradley

I swear Tim Bradley looks just like one of them Tar Babies in those old racist Betty Boop cartoons

[Larry the boss]

Sure, in Head to Head most of the modern guys would tool fighters from the first 50 years of the 1900s.

But most of them can't hold a candle to what Greb had accomplished in his career. In fact, only about 3 fighters ever actually can.
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hell look who he was fighting....none of his opponents would even be journey men today.they'd be club fighters at best.

[turbotime]

hell look who he was fighting....none of his opponents would even be journey men today.they'd be club fighters at best.

Yeah guys like Genne Tunney and Tiger Flowers couldn't box at all right?

[turbotime]

naw im 30 and that **** was horrible

A lot of Ray Robinson's opponents wouldn't be journeyman today, either going by your standards.

[rorymac]

HAHA another typical NSB thread...

Boxers fought far more often, and experience is one of the key factors which determines proficiency in boxing.

There are so many tricks and techniques that have been lost...

Fighters were tougher, far far more heart.

As well conditioned if not better.

Even if you think Pac would beat Greb H2H for example, Greb simply achieved so so much more than Pac ever will. He beat 21 HOFers. Pacquiao has beaten about 3 or 4, most of whom were shot to ****.

[Future Trunks]

New Generation "fans" have no respect, proper perspective or knowledge for or of the past accomplisments, pioneers, innovators, champs, great legends, and warriors of the past.


Heres some of the bullshi iv'e heard or been told through the years......

"Oh Manny Pacquiao is the modern day Henry Armstrong!"

"Floyd Mayweather invented the pullcounter technique!"

"Joe Frazier was a one handed Boxer!"

"Sugar Ray Robinson was not as skilled as Floyd Mayweather!"

"Jake Lomatta, Gene Fullmer, and Rocky Graziano were nothing brawling bums!"

etc....


I can go on and on....


Roger Mayweather sounds like a genius man when he says "Most people don't know **** about Boxing!"