Why does it seem this era of boxing can never dominate any real tests/threats?

[BoxingIsGreat]

I read an article by a famous manager who said that by the time a boxer gets to the top, he is already on the decline, which means that promoters/managers/trainers wait too long or it takes too long to get fights so their prime is spent beating guys that they were way too good for so you don't often see their best versus someone else talented's best.

I think of the super fights, and rarely it's in both guys primes.

Excellent post. I'm drunk and going to bed now. Green Karma sent.

[Real King Kong]

You had clear best of the best back in the day, they kicked ass and took names..now guys just want handouts and struggle against other guys who havent beat anyone worth a damn..

Who were all the clear best guys who dominated all the other elite opponents they faced? For the most part, top fighters dominate the guys a tier below and have close fights with other elite guys. If a fighter is dominating so called elite opposition, it tells you that opposition may not have as elite as we thought.

[LoadedWraps]

Who were all the clear best guys who dominated all the other elite opponents they faced? For the most part, top fighters dominate the guys a tier below and have close fights with other elite guys. If a fighter is dominating so called elite opposition, it tells you that opposition may not have as elite as we thought.

That's not what it tells you at all. It tells you one fighter was just better than the other, and styles make fights.

Reality is there are many reasons why a fighter can lose a fight.

[Real King Kong]

That's not what it tells you at all. It tells you one fighter was just better than the other, and styles make fights.

Reality is there are many reasons why a fighter can lose a fight.

Fair enough, but who were all these top fighters who were “dominating” elite opposition? When a great fighter fights other great fighters in their primes, it’s more often a close type of fight than a dominant performance by either.

I think this is just another indirect Larry blowing mayweather thread.

[ruedboy]

You had clear best of the best back in the day, they kicked ass and took names..now guys just want handouts and struggle against other guys who havent beat anyone worth a damn..

Ah yes, "...the back in the day scenario', "when men were men".
Who were these legends?
Did they have names?