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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - By rule, we old guys tend to over-romanticize the past.
Back in our day, we insist, the cars were faster, the women prettier and the food tastier.
Or something like that.
Anyway, under further review and across all walks of life, it’s not always the case. But when it comes to boxing, it seems the “things were better in the past” approach really does hold a little more water.
We’ve all heard the gray-beards rant about the days of eight weight divisions, when champions fought several times a year and how matches between the best fighters were more common than today.
And when it came to fight cards, well… there was more to them than simply a main event. As recently as the 1980s, in fact, when I attended my first professional shows, the evenings seemed far weightier from beginning to end than is typically case on today’s made-for-TV extravaganzas. [Click Here To Read More]
Back in our day, we insist, the cars were faster, the women prettier and the food tastier.
Or something like that.
Anyway, under further review and across all walks of life, it’s not always the case. But when it comes to boxing, it seems the “things were better in the past” approach really does hold a little more water.
We’ve all heard the gray-beards rant about the days of eight weight divisions, when champions fought several times a year and how matches between the best fighters were more common than today.
And when it came to fight cards, well… there was more to them than simply a main event. As recently as the 1980s, in fact, when I attended my first professional shows, the evenings seemed far weightier from beginning to end than is typically case on today’s made-for-TV extravaganzas. [Click Here To Read More]
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