lb for lb, steroid for steroid, training for training whatever. That is not what this is about. It's about how they IN FACT WERE.

You MAY or MAY NOT be right there but that is a purely subjective thing to assess and if that could be the case those guys would all BE just like modern fighters, they would not BE who they were then!

Your statement is, at it's core... Utterly ridiculous.

And just what the hell has Maidana vs Broner got to do with this topic?

Maidana and Broner might be cut from a different cloth. Yeah that may be true, I'll throw you that bone, Broner shoots his mouth beyond his ability and Maidana prefers to let his fists decide those matters first. Good for Maidana there. But he is just as "modern" as Broner is. He's no throw back.