Originally posted by JAB5239
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Except Wladimir Klitschko has cleaned out the heavyweight division during his prime (from 2005 - 2012). He fought every mandatory. He fought highest ranked opponents repeatedly. So that's a myth in Wladimir Klitschko's perspective.
As for skills being bad, this is merely an unsubstantiated claim, unless proven. Can you demonstrate how the top boxers of Wladimir Klitschko's era were any less skilled than the top boxers of other eras?
You may argue that the biggest sized heavyweights in the modern era were less skilled than the top boxers of past eras. However, we run into a few problems with that:
1) Comparing the top boxers of one era to the lower boxer of another era is a false equivalent logical fallacy.
2) The top boxers of past eras were much smaller in size, to the point where they were closer to the size of modern cruiserweights, rather than the biggest modern heavyweights. So even if they were more skilled than the biggest sized heavyweights today, then the same can be stated about modern cruiserweights too. That they are also more skilled than the biggest heavyweights today. However, do any modern cruiserweights stand a chance against against Kubrat Pulev, Jarrell Miller or Alexander Dimitrenko?
To me, it's ridiculous to claim that modern athletes are going to be inferior to athletes of past eras. World records are being broken by athletes in nearly every athletic sport in the modern era. So to me, it's not too far fetched to believe that boxers today are also faster, more powerful, more agile, more responsive and simply superior athletes overall than boxers of past era, assuming the comparison is between athletes of similar size.
For example, a 6 foot 5, 240+ man during the 70's or 60's were usually sick, uncoordinated, unathletic, slow and etc. None of them were anywhere near as athletic as the Klitshcko brothers. It's only today we have athletes that big who are also extremely athletic.
Modern cruiserweights to me appear as superior athletes compared to the heavyweights of the 60's and 70's. They also appear to have better technique as well.
Take Oleksandr Usyk, he can do everything Muhammad was able to do, plus more. His technique is far superior. His footwork variation is also superior. This is just an example of the best cruiserweight today being superior to the best heavyweight of the 60's / 70's.
If anything, the past eras before Mike Tyson's era were all significantly weaker as far as I'm concerned.
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