Ridiculous things you've heard casuals say

[-Johannes-]

Bruce Lee would've been an elite boxer

[-Johannes-]

No boxer could last one round against bruce lee because he was too fast

Beat me too it. The Bruce Lee **** is annoying.

[Bad_Guy]

"Canelo was smart to avoid GGG because he knew he was not ready yet."

[vaborikua2014]

In 2005 in my senior year of high school i was talking to a friend who was also puerto rican and boxing topic came up and we started talking about Trinidad and he started talking about how trinidad knocked out delahoya in the rematch. Lmao once he said that i knew never to speak boxing with him again.

[TheBigLug]

Today's fighters are more advanced and skilled than fighters of previous generations.

It's possible, it's just impossible know for sure because everything is relative but the overall standard today might be higher.

In every sport where there's a definitive measure of greatness, like a world record such as a time record, weight record, distance, etc etc. the records continued to be broken again and again as time goes on because the athletes get better. It's just that in sports like boxing, football etc, it's all opinion based and there's no true measurement.

It would be quite ignorant to disregard it when it's proven in pretty much every other sport where possible that athletes are basically way better than the past.

[TMT Hassan]

I've heard plenty of the "Mike Tyson would have easily beaten Mayweather" -

Also, basically anything Skip Bayless says

yh skip bayless is the biggest ****** ive seen in my life

[TMT Hassan]

My uncle once said Batista (the wwe guy) would beat Wlad Klitscko

[GhostofDempsey]

It's possible, it's just impossible know for sure because everything is relative but the overall standard today might be higher.

In every sport where there's a definitive measure of greatness, like a world record such as a time record, weight record, distance, etc etc. the records continued to be broken again and again as time goes on because the athletes get better. It's just that in sports like boxing, football etc, it's all opinion based and there's no true measurement.

It would be quite ignorant to disregard it when it's proven in pretty much every other sport where possible that athletes are basically way better than the past.

In boxing, you get better with experience. Your reflexes will be sharper fighting six times per year versus one or two.

Not all athletes today are better from a technical aspect. They may be bigger, stronger and faster in sports such as football, basketball, baseball, hockey, etc., but not necessary better at the fundamentals of the sport. Shooting accuracy at a ten foot basket is still a ten foot basket today as it was 30 or 40 years ago. The ability to hit a 95 MPH fastball is still the same today as it was 40 or 50 years ago. We also have to factor in how modern era athletes are playing under much more protective and restrictive rules today versus previous eras.

There are other variables to measure as well. Quality of opposition, durability, stamina (15 rounds vs. 12 rounds), number of fights per year, amateur backgrounds or lack of, all factor in.

[Leonis]

"Floyd has never faced a puncher like Mcgregor".
And i havent only heard it from casuals. The truth is the average boxer punches much harder than the average mma fighter

[Leonis]

Bruce Lee would've been an elite boxer

After seeing Bruce Lee beating two ping pong world champions with his mitsako i wouldn't be surprised lol