Im sorry Old school fighters are not automatically the best

[BoxingGenius27]

I mean, do people know what the **** they're talking about? A champion for six of seven years. Threw over 100 punches a round and got stronger as the fight progressed. Threw EXCELLENT combinations. Heck, if that was Roy Jones throwing a triple left uppercut (like Tony did to Cotto) we'd be on our knees. Excellent body puncher. Sturdy chin. Aggressive. Could force any boxer to brawl with him. ****, he made Daniel Santos exciting. Power/cement in both fists. Underrated boxing skills. Knew how to cut off the ring. Incredible pressure-fighter. Experienced. Savvy. Average? That muther****er was downright scary in his prime.

lol Literally

[IMDAZED]

No but reality is even the Marg of today would lace the head off most of these ATGs

Even at a weight disadvantage against Jake Lamotta, he would of smashed him to fcukin' pieces. If this guy was getting smashed left, right & centre by fat bartenders who trained 1 hour a week WTF do you think would happen if he met Marg?

Sure. Just give LaMotta six months to prepare, new school supplements, PEDs and techniques and then let's see.

[New England]

yea and you are the one who said SRR had 0 flaws................lol

the question would then be, did you read the rest of what i said?
physically he had no flaws.
chin
speed
power
size

did you read the part where i go on about how his offensive tendencies are likely what's responsible for his propensity to get hit?

and getting hit isnt great for your career, but it's not like these guys tagging him was enough to win them the fight when he was in his prime. he lost once, and to a great MW, when he was at his very best.



and for all his defensive deficiencies, was he ever knocked out?
nope. he fought the LHW champion of the world and he became exhausted and couldn't continue.

was he ever really even beaten up?
nope

much better defensive fighter than for which he's credited by some of the people who have actually watched him fight.




how on earth you discuss matches between fighters when you only know about one fighter is beyond me.

[Glamour Puss]

It's ironic how skilled pressure is the hardest way to fight, I think it is, yet skilled pressure fighters are called face first brawlers.

Its true man. People think there's something easy to applying pressure. That's like saying an infantry man on the front line is a bum and the sniper sitting in a tree a mile away is the real soldier.

Good pressure fighters make it look easy but it still isn't.

[Roman Moreno]

I mean, do people know what the **** they're talking about? A champion for six of seven years. Threw over 100 punches a round and got stronger as the fight progressed. Threw EXCELLENT combinations. Heck, if that was Roy Jones throwing a triple left uppercut (like Tony did to Cotto) we'd be on our knees. Excellent body puncher. Sturdy chin. Aggressive. Could force any boxer to brawl with him. ****, he made Daniel Santos exciting. Power/cement in both fists. Underrated boxing skills. Knew how to cut off the ring. Incredible pressure-fighter. Experienced. Savvy. Average? That muther****er was downright scary in his prime.

That in bold is absolutely true.

And, I never seen Santos fight in that manner before or since Margarito.

[New England]

Sure. Just give LaMotta six months to prepare, new school supplements, PEDs and techniques and then let's see.

if all the guys fighting today are on dope i'm going to feel shame.

[Big_L]

one thing that bugs me about the old fighters is people talk about the number of fights they had. pick an old great and check his record on boxrec and you'll see most of them 100+ wins was against straight bums. mayweather or pacquaio could fight twice a month against ESPN level fighters and win everytime and pad their record but they would not be given credit for it. just because you have 100 wins doesn't make you better than someone with 50.

[Larry the boss]

look at my avy and sig.ima great poster.oh let me go post in the history section.that way you cant argue with me................oh and i never boxed in my damn life so there you have it im a boxing historian

[IMDAZED]

if all the guys fighting today are on dope i'm going to feel shame.

Well throw dirt on your robe and strap up your girdle, bud. Because the new-school Popeye's spinach is definitely in full effect across the board.

[fceeviper]

Damn right i love this era and i have been witnessed to some damn great fighters in this era and just cause a fighter fought in black and damn white does not mean they can beat the greats of this era.people watch a few damn old fights that their grand dad told them to watch and act like it is the damn gospel...hell yea there where great fighters back then but damn it there are great fighters from present day as well....it's like a fighter can't get props until he is old or dead............Hell when Sugar Ray Leonard was fighting he was considered a duck and a pre madana just like sugar ray robinson was.now years later they are warriors.they are fighters i have seen that would wipe the floor with some of these old school cats

Sorry, but fixed all those grammar errors...

Damn right I love this era and I have been witnessed to some damn great fighters in this era and just because a fighter fought in black and damn white does not mean they can beat the greats of this era. People watch a few damn old fights that their grand dad told them to watch and they act like it's the damn gospel.Hell yeah there where great fighters back then but damn it there are great fighters from present day as well. It's like a fighter can't get props until he is old or dead.

Hell when Sugar Ray Leonard was fighting, he was considered a duck and a prima donna just like sugar ray Robinson was. Now years later they are warriors. They are fighters I have seen that would wipe the floor with some of these old school cats.