Is this the worst era in boxing history?

[Inspired]

Fury beats Wilder // this is da wurst era in boxin
the likes of STIVERNE AND CHARLES MARTIN HOLD BELTS //wut wut black powa wuttt

[Gate keeper]

The most glamorous division, heavyweight, is so bad that a guy was able to come back from being a 400-something pound drunk/coke head to take it over. One of the four other recent champions is a 300 pound fat guy. Another of the four recent champions can’t even box. One of the best boxers in the division and a consensus top five guy might be 60 years old

The next most glamorous division, middleweight, is ruled by a fighter who has arguably gotten FIVE gift decisions in recent years. That’s the guy most people feel is the best boxer in the entire world.

In the third most glamorous division, welterweight, the champion with the best resume is 147 years old.

The next best resume belonging to a champion at welterweight belongs to an alcoholic who has been too busy partying to focus on boxing.

The next most glamorous division, lightweight, is being ruled by a natural featherweight who could probably make 122 if he really wanted too.

The only two current fighters to actually become undisputed champions have no name victories on their resume.

Honestly sounds like you're cherry picking scenarios and putting them in a particularly negative context to support your claim which is a persuasive argument. I won't pretend to be an expert on boxing in the past but I'm pretty sure you could cherry pick an enumerable number of circumstances in any era to make it look weak or strong. That is not to say that no era is weaker or stronger than another, but an objective and fair criteria to must be established to objectively determine how strong any era is compared to another. Without that, it's just subjective opinions for which anyone can use make any era seem really strong or weak.

[MartialMind]

Is it not just due to the fact that in the 60s, 70s, 80s, boxing was viewed as a more glamorous sport and you had a lot more people wanting to get into it?

Talent always follows the money and prestige. The prevalence of CTE discussion can't help either.

[BangEM]

Are you serious, ruiz might beat tucker. That is all, and Bowe would destroy him.

The same Bowe that got his career ended by Golota? Same Bowe that blocked punches with his face and fought at midrange and inside throughout his career?

Ruiz Would destroy Bowe. He would destroy Tua as well. And knock Morrison out cold.

[Quicksilver*]

The same Bowe that got his career ended by Golota? Same Bowe that blocked punches with his face and fought at midrange and inside throughout his career?

Ruiz Would destroy Bowe. He would destroy Tua as well. And knock Morrison out cold.

Agree to disagree, that fat slob who showed up for the rematch must be related to you.

[just the facts]

Act like Ali didn’t come back from prison to dominate the division.

That almost 300lbs guy would be top 10 in any era - he’s that good. I’d pick Ruiz in any weight to beat Tua silly and the likes of Ruddock, Morrison, Tucker, etc. I think Ruiz beats Bowe in his prime and will beat the Foreman the became champion in the 90s.

HILARIOUS! This is a thinly disguised attempt to make Joshua look good by making his conqueror into some kind of monster, which Ruiz isn't. Ruiz ain't beaten any of those fighters, not even Morrison.

Your love interest got his ass handed to him by an average out of shape contender and the he fought like a scared little girl in the rematch and your undying man love will never change that.

And Ali never went to prison, idiot.

[Marchegiano]

Mid-1820s to 1850s.

But this one ain't great.

[The D3vil]

Act like Ali didn’t come back from prison to dominate the division.

That almost 300lbs guy would be top 10 in any era - he’s that good. I’d pick Ruiz in any weight to beat Tua silly and the likes of Ruddock, Morrison, Tucker, etc. I think Ruiz beats Bowe in his prime and will beat the Foreman the became champion in the 90s.

Um, Ali didn't go to prison.

Your arrogance in spite of your ignorance of the sport continues to amaze me

The same Bowe that got his career ended by Golota? Same Bowe that blocked punches with his face and fought at midrange and inside throughout his career?

Ruiz Would destroy Bowe. He would destroy Tua as well. And knock Morrison out cold.

Bowe did not get his career "ended" by Golota.

Bowe had nothing left after the Holyfield trilogy & his weight problems started to derail him.

Agree to disagree, that fat slob who showed up for the rematch must be related to you.

Nah, he's just an Anthony Joshua stan, who spends his entire life attacking anyone who's a threat to his legacy in anyway (Deontay Wilder, Mike Tyson, or any great heavyweights from the past)

[alexguiness]

Every era can be picked apart like this - good and bad at any given point in time.

What is the worse about this current era is the deluded hype around certain fighters and the excuses made by others.

[Ray*]

That cokehead is a gypsy warrior, who was born into fighting. He had the ring generalship intact, the only worries was the fitness, and he showed that after 4 fights he can play with his “Rivals” or “Competition”