Quote Originally Posted by mrbig1 View Post
Look at the fighters in the last five years. Is any of them worth a damn. I'll be 59 Saturday. I was in the Ali era. I remember when he beat Liston the first time. That was a very good era. Lennox Lewis also fought in a good era. Fighters like Bowe Holyfield Tyson mercer and others made it a tough era. After Lewis retired there hasn't been one guy you can say was great or even very good. The K brothers has never been tested against other good fighters. If I'm wrong please tell me why.
The Larry Holmes era wasn't great. The 20's and parts of 50's weren't great either.

How do you measure eras? It's subjective. I agree with you though that this is not a great era. How many "greats" have there been over the last 10 years? Not too many. It clearly doesn't compare to the 70's or 90's. I'm not sure it is the worst though.

Frankly, it's been said since the beginning of boxing that the then-current era of heavyweights is the worst. None of these guys could compare to Jack Johnson, could compare to Jack Dempsey, could compare to Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano etc.

There's a good argument the heavyweight division has been overrated and there have only been a few really good eras, and most of the rest are mediocre.