Quote Originally Posted by justaguy View Post
Fact is, we don't know.

Training looks a lot different now... different techniques, different philosophies, and different science to the sport. It is close to impossible to say who would have done what in what era.

When we look at boxing IQ and beating the man in front of you - which is all that a boxer can be asked to do - fighters today would have done just fine against fighters back in the day. The Klits would have held their own - they are HUGE compared to many of the ATG heavyweight champs. Those guys would have never seen the likes of them. But does that mean the innate skills are the same? No.

Fighters in Duran's day fought at least two to three times a year - most fought more. That's not the case anymore... if all of these guys fought more often and TRULY had to clear out a division, would they be undefeated? Doubtful. But I have no doubt that they would hold their own.
lol U make it sound like Duran fought in the 30s or something. All the methods you mentioned hasn't evolved all that much since Duran's era.. If anything, it has regressed..

You want to talk about conditioning? Fighters back then were conditioned to go 15 hard rounds and Duran certainly had no problems with it..

Technique did u say? We can argue that fighters back were superior in that area as well.. They were more skilled in terms of Inside-fighting, body punching and combination punching ..

Some of these techniques are a lost art in today's boxing.

Boxing and Baseball are two sports that hasn't evolved much..