Quote Originally Posted by boozeboxer View Post
you are comparing the golden age of boxing to one of its lowest times.
Well, yeah. Waddya think MAKES this a "down era?"

But I'll play along. Let me try another down era, 1958 (I am doing this blind, no idea what I'll find out).

In 1958 the following fights among ranked contenders took place

Liston-Bethea
DeJohn-Valdes
Machen-Folley
Machen-Johansen
Valdez-Bethea
Valdes-Miteff
McMurtry-Valdes
Cooper-Folley
Folley-Miteff
London-Pastrano (twice)

I'm not sure I got all of them. But that's at least ten fights among contenders in 1958, another down era.