Why are fighters from the past glorified so much?

[i got the keys]

im not mate, 27-12 rubin carter they were all telling me would beat golovkin on one of my other threads, wasnt just one person saying it either lol

But you say no middleweight in history could touch Golovkin...

[Mequetrefe]

Cause they never fought GGG. (Drop the mic)

[i got the keys]

Cause they never fought GGG. (Drop the mic)

Haha...GGG fans coming out of nowhere....

[Kigali]

Haha...GGG fans coming out of nowhere....

...yet he could only sell 97k

They must be broke.

[Mequetrefe]

Haha...GGG fans coming out of nowhere....

I just recognize the truth when I see it.

[Mequetrefe]

...yet he could only sell 97k

They must be broke.

What does selling 97k have to do with him being great or a wrecking machine, or a russian experiment gone wrong? Stop hating and start appreciating.

[Kigali]

What does selling 97k have to do with him being great or a wrecking machine, or a russian experiment gone wrong? Stop hating and start appreciating.

A 34 y/o fighter with a WW as his best win is nobody to appreciate.

[Citizen Koba]

I hear you man but lets take the best of this era and compare them to the old timers. You don't need to go very far because some of these fighters we all know them. You mentioned Rigondeux and Lomanchenko. Would they beat Naseem Hamed, Kelly from the 90s? Lets take the welterweights right now, Garcia, Thurman, Khan, Brook- would they beat Mosley, Dela Hoya from the 90s and early 2000s or shall we go down to the likes of Sugar Ray Robinsons, Leonard, Armstrong, Naples, Griffiths? Would the current Cruiserweights beat the likes of Holyfield, and how about the heavyweights? How many of them could fight in the 1960s and 70s or less still would they beat Lennox Lewis, Tyson, Holyfield or even Bowe? I dont think so man. Even now if you want a good boxing coach get yourself an old school coach.

Hmmm. well, massive fan of Hamed here, but no I absolutely wouldn't say with any certainty that he beats either Rigo or Lomachenko... not a bad call though. Kelley? Well he did show what a fighter with good speed and timing could do with Prince Naz, and I don't quite hold him on the same level as Rigo or Loma in those regards...so... And with your other examples again you're cherrypicking the best or close to the best from a 50 odd year spread (or longer if you mean Benny rather than Sugar Ray) and from a range of weightclasses.

DLH and Mosley in their primes I'll give you over Garcia, Khan, Brook and Keith, though again none of them have really had time at the top to establish themselves. Of course, the real top guy at WW just retired and yeah, I'd have Floyd above Shane and Oscar, let's give some time for the next guy to arrive. For me that's not grounds to declare the decline of boxing skill.

[i got the keys]

What does selling 97k have to do with him being great or a wrecking machine, or a russian experiment gone wrong? Stop hating and start appreciating.

You GGG fans are getting to that ******* territory...you may already be there....

No one is denying the man is skilled, but you all are going haywire...

[Mequetrefe]

You GGG fans are getting to that ******* territory...you may already be there....

No one is denying the man is skilled, but you all are going haywire...

Bruh, stop being brainwashed. The only reason his resume is not better is because NOBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wants to sign on that dotted line. NOBODY! Kell Brook is the exception, he's not that crazy to reject that payday. And if u come with oh but Lara and Ward...man stop being delusional. Lara got knocked down by Alfredo El Mummie Angulo and Ward by The boogieman himself Darnell Boone which happens to be Gennady's sparring partner and can attest Ward can't beat him. Stand down boy.