Who compares them?Seriously it's that hard for you to figure out? All the fighters you named that fought world-class opposition had amatuer backgrounds. Chavez did not. What Cotto, De La Hoya and the rest learned as amatuers, Chavez learned as a pro. It's not being coddled it's on the job training.Alvarez had 30+ fights before fighting for a "world" title. Chavez jr 40+ fights.
Moore, Marciano, Conn and Zarate had 40+ plus fights before a "world" title shot.
Foreman had 30+
Duran near 30
Pac 25+
Toney 25+
For sure this era is different, with multi champions, but it shows there's nothing new about fighters having loads of contests before getting to the top. What's the big deal?
Yes there's a lot of "in-between", but you got your extremes as well. Chavez Jr as you said had 40+ fights before fighting a world-class fighter for a championship. I pointed out other fighters that were fighting world-class opposition before their 20th fight. If nothing else, it supports my point that fighters like JCC Jr are coddled beyond belief... and their W-L record is pretty much meaningless.
I get the "no-amateur" background stuff. I just continue to point out that these pro records are misleading. They cannot be compared solely on the basis of numbers.
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