@joe smith

I'm genuinely interested in pursuing this "old vs new" argument, because I feel there is some merit to it. But I have some questions. Is this a gradual improvement that continues through each decade? Is there a cutoff point where all heavyweights from there forward are comparable with each other? I put together a partial list of representative champions in each decade. I'm sure I've missed some good candidates, but it's a start.

1940s: Joe Louis, Jersey Joe Walcott, Ezzard Charles
1950s: Rocky Marciano, Floyd Patterson, Archie Moore
1960s: Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston, Joe Frazier
1970s: Ali, Frazier, George Foreman, Ken Norton, Ron Lyle, Earnie Shavers
1980s: Larry Holmes, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Tim Witherspoon
1990s: Holyfield, Tyson, Foreman (comeback), Lennox Lewis, Riddick Bowe
2000s: Wladimir Klitschko, Vitali Klitschko, Chris Byrd
2010s: Wladimir, Alexander Povetkin, Tyson Fury
2020s: Fury, Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder


So again... do you feel there is a decade from which the level of heavyweights has remained level? Because in some threads I've seen the 80s treated as old. Or the 70s... or the 90s.

These are serious questions, meant for a good debate. We've seen your videos. It's discussion we like to have here, also. I encourage you to try and not be aggressive or insulting.

Thanks.