An era with big HWs will be an era with less skill. "Big" and "dumb" go together. This is why LHWs and even middles like Walker, Greb and Conn think they can win the title. And "slow." Can't forget "slow."

Some people think Ali was skilled. He was not. He was fast and, since he fought "big", "slow", "dumb" guys he seemed skilled. This showed when he got slow; even then he got away with it because he was smarter than foreman, etc... Foreman retired and got smarter than the other big dummies he had to fight. watch moorer fight and you'll see and big dumb slow mofo in action.

An era with the most talented HWs, in terms of boxing skill? There was a time when ezzard Charles, Joe Walcott, Archie moore all fought there and that is three very skilled men.