Quote Originally Posted by Max Power View Post
Joe Louis has been described as one of the greatest HW's of all time by the old timers.

But if that is so then why isn't the division today dominated by and populated with 200lb plodders anymore like Louis?

You see, the OTNB (Old Time Nut-Bag) community has never been able to formulate a coherent answer to this question?

The question can be further extended to other boxers...

Why is it not populated/dominated by 185lb plodders like MArciano?
Or 210lb string beans with no power or proper defence like Ali?
Or 5'10" 205lb handicaps with no power or chin or skills like Frazier?

Basically if these blueprints for fighters would be so effective today... Where are they?

None of these styles were particularly uncopyable or special! So simple physical laws suggest that they should be there kicking ass!!
Sir, you are what we OTNBs call a YK (Young Knothead), why in the hell would anyone try to answer or explain anything so damned obvious. Yes, some of us OTNBs drink too much, or get our MEDS mixed up, or our bodies hurt and we want to argue, or do a little trolling when we run on about the sorry state of the heavies and the heavies themselves, but do you really think they can't see the difference in the size and weight of the modern heavy and what that means?
You used to hear "a good big man will beat a good small man" when talking about a difference of 20lbs, if you talk about the modern heavies compared to earlier heavies the difference can be 60lbs!
There were a couple of exceptions Willard and Carnera, both dismissed for their size with Carnera thought to have shady connections.
There is noway for you to come out ahead if you start calling Louis, Marciano, Ali and Frazier bums, you are asking everyone to dismiss the rest of what you have to say as more BS, in my opinion.