Any argument of past versus present is just dumb, especially when you reach that far back. Things were different. The sport was different and Pep should never in a million years be compared to Mayweather or vice versa. I always use the example of Leonard-Hearns I, Leonard would have lost that fight if it took place 10 years later.
Any "old timers" still around never saw Ray Robinson fight in his prime, how the hell could they be so definitive that he would have beat anyone? And it works the other way around to. If Mayweather fought 10 times a year, he would be a different fighter and boxing would be a different sport. This goes for all sports and the topic is really just a bore. The same goes for every sport, every movie and everything beyond that.
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