Did boxers fight more often in the past?

[IronDanHamza]

Go ahead, they were conteders. This is when Toney was a top 10 pfp fighter.

At no point did James Toney fight 5-6 contenders in one year.

[meme_man]

At no point did James Toney fight 5-6 contenders in one year.

[Barcham]

At no point did James Toney fight 5-6 contenders in one year.

At the beginning of his career, Toney fought 12 times in 1989 and 10 times in 1990. After that he had a few years with 5-6 fights but soon leveled out to three or less by 2000. At no time did he face 5-6 real contenders in one year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Toney

[Showtime..]

Easy enough question to answer. Think of a fighter from the past and look his record up on Wikipedia. You will see how often he used to fight very easily.
Take Ali for instance. He was a very active fighter. He fought 4 times in 1971, 6 times in 72, 4 times in 73, twice in 74 and back to 4 times in 75 and 76.
That makes 24 fights in 6 years. Much more than just about any top fighter today not named Golovkin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali

But you will never see anyone in their prime today fight at that pace. For one thing, there simply are not enough opponents and top fighters demand too high a price to make it practical.

Not to mention that some of them have an overinflated sense of self importance and think they are actually corporate CEOs instead of someone who would probably have trouble holding down a job flipping burgers if he didn't have a talent for beating people up.

Pretty much this.
Pacquiao would be a cook and Floyd would be a dealer if not for talent lmao..

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