How to shake free of Old School bias.

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I think if these modern fighters went back in time Rocky would wear them all down over those long last rounds. If he came forward in time he would be disqualified for hitting with the side of the glove too often.
Tough mindedness and hard times would weigh against easier times and better food and more technical training. Some fighters are hungry for fame and a name these days but rarely would they have grown up with real hunger and having to work from the ground up. No chainsaws back then, men did 12 hours in the field or on roads then went to train in the ring later. I'll go with the old.

I'm sure a lot of the guys Mayweather fought at the point they did were more desparate than he was, but look how foolish he made them look, or RJJ was a better example of that. The truth is that heart only goes so far against superior athleticism coupled with extensive elite experience and amazing technical soundness.

IMO there is no way Marciano would have beaten either Klitschko brother, a healthy Holyfield, Lennox Lewis.

truly look how slow he was . SUre he had good power and amazing determination, but how would a guy that slow ever reach a guy like Wladimir or Vitali or Lewis? How would he be able to beat a guy like Holyfield who is bigger, faster, stronger, and has just as much heart and stamina? Or a guy like David Tua? Or Ike Ibeabuchi? He was just truly blessed to be at the right place at the right time in the greatest sense of it. Ali or Holmes would have also picked him apart, and either version of Foreman would have knocked him out. So would have Liston.

Here is the one guy of the past who I think transcends any timeperiod in boxing, and IMO is better than Ray Robinson, its just too bad he got in a plane crash