Who are your favorite retired boxers? How succesful would they versus current boxers?

[onetwopunch]

Tyson - He would blast everyone in the HW division today.
Hagler - He would be undisputed MW champ.
Hearns - at 147..I think he would be the most avoided guy out there today.
Benitez - at 140 school everyone at 140
Trinidad - at 154 wish he would of stayed at 154..he looked like a monster. I dont see anyone today at 154 beating him

[The Nephilim]

[QUOTE=JAB5239;12864302] Joe Louis - Would be champion today

Sure he would be, fat boy. I guess the meds they gave you this time around in the psych ward still aren't helping, eh?

All fighters from the past are better than fighters from the present, we know, we know.

[The Nephilim]

Tyson - He would blast everyone in the HW division today.

Midget Mikey Tyson would get blasted out by the Klitschkos, Fury, Price, maybe even Pulev.

The little madman midget is truly the most overrated HW in boxing history.

[Riptor]

Roberto Duran - would walk through anybody out there at the lighter divisions.
Ali - would easily dispatch everyone out there including the Klitchkos
Marvin Hagler -Same deal destroys everyone and everything out there.
George Foreman - destroys everyone (The heavyweight Division is horrible now)
Pernell whitaker - Mayweather gives some trouble but still loses to him.
Evaynder Holyfield - The klitchkos size might trouble him but at light heavy he stops everybody out there (At cruiser same thing).


Honestly though, anyone who fought in the early 90's or prior to that would stop or defeat any of todays fighters with the exception of Mayweather, perhaps young Jones and Pacquaio. (In the past the fighters trained to fight 12-15 rounds. Not 8 rounds like today's fighters. Most of todays fighters have to be threatened just to get them to come in shape. Half of them whine over money etc and then they do everything they can to train less than necessary. Or they train just enough to get a W. THe Klitchkos also consistently come into the ring in shape but alas (They are just not great. They are good but alive in a division that has noo talent at all. When your biggest threats are blown up light-heavies and cruisers then something is wrong)

[Simurgh]

Roberto Duran - would walk through anybody out there at the lighter divisions.
Ali - would easily dispatch everyone out there including the Klitchkos
Marvin Hagler -Same deal destroys everyone and everything out there.
George Foreman - destroys everyone (The heavyweight Division is horrible now)
Pernell whitaker - Mayweather gives some trouble but still loses to him.
Evaynder Holyfield - The klitchkos size might trouble him but at light heavy he stops everybody out there (At cruiser same thing).


Honestly though, anyone who fought in the early 90's or prior to that would stop or defeat any of todays fighters with the exception of Mayweather, perhaps young Jones and Pacquaio. (In the past the fighters trained to fight 12-15 rounds. Not 8 rounds like today's fighters. Most of todays fighters have to be threatened just to get them to come in shape. Half of them whine over money etc and then they do everything they can to train less than necessary. Or they train just enough to get a W. THe Klitchkos also consistently come into the ring in shape but alas (They are just not great. They are good but alive in a division that has noo talent at all. When your biggest threats are blown up light-heavies and cruisers then something is wrong)

"anyone who fought in the early 90's or prior to that would stop or defeat any of todays fighters"

I see Butterbean destroys Wlad, Naseem Hamed destroys Pacman and Vinny Paz destroys Ward...

[hweightblogger]

Honestly though, anyone who fought in the early 90's or prior to that would stop or defeat any of todays fighters

Your nonsense stems from an illusion:

90s (and prior) boxing consisted mainly of US boxers boxing US boxers.

Hence you think that US boxers were any good, because there was always an US boxer winning.

In reality the opposite is true: US boxers were untested and judging by how fast they disappeared as soon as (ex-)soviets entered the arena they were never really good.

All the Alis, Foremans, Tysons would be B-level fighters nowadays. They already struggled during their own eras, nowadays they would get killed.

[mconstantine]

I would LOVE to see a prime Roy Jones Jr. against Ward or Martinez.

I think Roy would make easy work of Ward. I think Sergio would be a much more entertaining fight. But Sergio's defense relies HEAVILY on his feet's ability to get him out of harm's way. RJJ is more than fast enough to take that away.

RJJ vs. Martinez would be a dream match up to me. Two quick, unorthodox styled fighters, one righty one lefty. Good stuff.