Why do people consider Castillo and Corrales push overs comapred to the 80's?

[El Gamo]

Castillo and Corrales made a good fight when they fought, but to say they are in the Hearns /Duran /Leonard /Hagler category is ridiculous. They have not beaten and have not had title winning wins or efforts like those guys did. Just because they had a great fight does not put them in the class with the legends. In their own divisions they are not the cream of the crops.. That says it all. You cannot make guys great just because of one fight. Corrales has a weak chin and does not seem to hold up and win all his fights, and Castillo is limited.

Perfect post bro,totally agree,took the words out of my mouth. I LOVE Chico and Castillo but they are just not in the league of the legends,and would get crushed by them. The sport has evolved but legends like Duran,Leonard,Hagler, Hearns would fit in anywhere simply because they are soo dam good!

This evolution bullsh*t is stupidity at its finest. Especially when applied to boxing. ESPECIALLY.

Why though? I used to be of the same thought and I think that there are a bunch of exceptions to the rule (Robinson, Leonard, Hearns, Hagler ect.) but the sport evolves. Now I don't know much about boxing training but surely fighters get better with time right? I mean look at the gap between the fighters from the 40's to the 60's. I love Willie Pep. I mean I LOVE Willie Pep. 3rd greatest pound for pound fighter of all time in my book, but if he were fighting Sugar Ramos...would he have stood a chance? No. How would Ramos fair against Arguello? Probably not very good. I mean the sport evolves and what reason is there to beleive it stops? Now maybe it is slowing down (I think it's clear that the elite fighters from the 80's aren't to far behind the elite fighters of today's age) but has it completely stopped? Don't think so.

There has to be better training nowadays, and in the last 20 years or so we've seen boxing progress from something that was still sort of a tooth and nail blood sport to be much more technical and even more of a science, especially from welterweight up.

Like I said, there isn't as much of a gap between the elite fighters, but the sport has advanced nonetheless. I'm not a total suscriber to the evolution theory but I do think it still applies a little bit.

True the evolution theory does apply in instances but I think we are mainly talking about Hagler Hearns Leonard and Duran and those guys could do it all,15 rounds warring,box,brawl EVERYTHING so I believe that they could have fit into most generations!PBF has never never faced anyone like a Duran and Duran in my and most opinions would destroy JLC and Chico!!!!!