What Era had the Most Talented HeavyWeights?

[IamInuit]

So in essence and based on the criteria of seen little or none, by extension,


Lou Ambers
Baby Arizmendi
Abe Attell
Max Baer
Jimmy Barry
Benny Bass
Battling Battalino
Paul Berlenbach
James J. Braddock
Jack Britton
Lou Brouillard
Panama Al Brown
Newsboy Brown
Tommy Burns
Tony Canzoneri
Georges Carpentier
George (K.O.) Chaney
Kid Chocolate
Joe Choynski
James. J. Corbett
Young Corbett II
Young Corbett III
Johnny Coulon
Eugene Criqui
Les Darcy
Jack Delaney
Jack Dempsey (Nonpareil)
Jack Dempsey
Jack Dillon
Dixie Kid
George Dixon
Jim Driscoll
Johnny Dundee
Sixto Escobar
Jackie Fields
Bob Fitzsimmons
Tiger Flowers
Joe Gans
Frankie Genaro
Mike Gibbons
Tommy Gibbons
George Godfrey
Harry Greb
Young Griffo
Harry Harris
Len Harvey
Pete Herman
Leo Houck
Peter Jackson
Joe Jeannette
James J. Jeffries
Jack Johnson
(Gorilla) Jones
Rocky Kansas
Louis (Kid) Kaplan
Stanley Ketchel
Johnny Kilbane
Jake Kilrain
Frank Klaus
Fidel LaBarba
Sam Langford
George (Kid) Lavigne
Charles Ledoux
Benny Leonard
Battling Levinsky
Harry Lewis
John Henry Lewis
Ted (Kid) Lewis
Tommy Loughran
Benny Lynch
Joe Lynch
Jack McAuliffe
Charles (Kid) McCoy
Packey McFarland
Terry McGovern
Jimmy McLarnin
Sam McVey
Sammy Mandell
Freddie Miller
Billy Miske
Charley Mitchell
Pedro Montanez
Owen Moran
Memphis Pal Moore
Battling Nelson
Kid Norfolk
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
Mike O'Dowd
Billy Papke
Billy Petrolle
Wesley Ramey
Willie Ritchie
Maxie Rosenbloom
Barney Ross
Jack Root
Tommy Ryan
Dave Shade
Jack Sharkey
Tom Sharkey
Jimmy Slattery
Mysterious Billy Smith
Jeff Smith
Billy Soose
Freddie Steele
Young Stribling
Charles (Bud) Taylor
Lew Tendler
Marcel Thil
Gene Tunney
Pancho Villa
(Barbados) Joe Walcott
Mickey Walker
Freddie Welsh
Jimmy Wilde
Jess Willard
Kid Williams
Harry Wills
Ad Wolgast
Midget Wolgast
Teddy Yarosz
Sammy Angott
Fred Apostoli
Henry Armstrong
Carmen Basilio
Jackie (Kid) Berg
Jimmy Bivins
Joe Brown
Charley Burley
Orlando Canizales
Miguel Canto
Jimmy Carter
Marcel Cerdan
Antonio Cervantes
Jung-Koo Chang
Billy Conn
Flash Elorde
Bob Foster
Gene Fullmer
Victor Galindez
Kid Gavilan
Joey Giardello
Humberto Gonzalez
Billy Graham
Rocky Graziano
(Fighting) Harada
Beau Jack
Lew Jenkins
Eder Jofre
Ingemar Johansson
Harold Johnson
Mark Johnson
Cocoa Kid
Ismael Laguna
Nicolino Locche
Duilio Loi
Lloyd Marshall
Joey Maxim
Brian Mitchell
Bob Montgomery
Carl (Bobo) Olson
Carlos Ortiz
Manuel Ortiz
Carlos Palomino
Laszlo Papp
Willie Pastrano
Eusebio Pedroza
Willie Pep
Sugar Ramos
Sugar Ray Robinson
Luis Rodriguez
Sandy Saddler
Vicente Saldivar
Dick Tiger
Jose Torres
Holman Williams
Ike Williams
Chalky Wright
Myung - Woo Yuh
Tony Zale
Daniel Zaragoza


All shit fighters.

[Master]

Tunney was a skilled boxer, that video clip shows that! Tunney was fighting a old but still fierce Dempsey and handles him with ease. What more do you need to see?

[Max Power]

Either what might be termed the Klitschko era, or what might be termed the Lewis/Holyfield era.

Tyson himself was spectcular in the 80's in his own right but the other 80's opponents were lack lustre.

Apart from Foreman and Holmes who debuted at earlier times, there was nothing special about any previous HW's from a strictly performance perspective. Maybe from an historical one.

Today, more than at any other time, the fight can be ended with just a single punch, the blows are so hard.

[Master]

Either what might be termed the Klitschko era, or what might be termed the Lewis/Holyfield era.

Tyson himself was spectcular in the 80's in his own right but the other 80's opponents were lack lustre.

Apart from Foreman and Holmes who debuted at earlier times, there was nothing special about any previous HW's from a strictly performance perspective. Maybe from an historical one.

Today, more than at any other time, the fight can be ended with just a single punch, the blows are so hard.

We really missed you funny posts. Where have you been?

[Max Power]

Either what might be termed the Klitschko era, or what might be termed the Lewis/Holyfield era.

Tyson himself was spectcular in the 80's in his own right but the other 80's opponents were lack lustre.

Apart from Foreman and Holmes who debuted at earlier times, there was nothing special about any previous HW's from a strictly performance perspective. Maybe from an historical one.

Today, more than at any other time, the fight can be ended with just a single punch, the blows are so hard.

We really missed you funny posts. Where have you been?

I was spending too much time on boxing forums so I got banned. And now restricted! LOL

[Beanflicker]

Tunney was a skilled boxer, that video clip shows that! Tunney was fighting a old but still fierce Dempsey and handles him with ease. What more do you need to see?

I don't need to see anything, I never said Tunney wasn't a skilled boxer. I'm wondering what he does better than Wlad.

[Master]

Tunney was a skilled boxer, that video clip shows that! Tunney was fighting a old but still fierce Dempsey and handles him with ease. What more do you need to see?

I don't need to see anything, I never said Tunney wasn't a skilled boxer. I'm wondering what he does better than Wlad.

Not get knocked out for a start.

[Max Power]

Tunney was a skilled boxer, that video clip shows that! Tunney was fighting a old but still fierce Dempsey and handles him with ease. What more do you need to see?

I don't need to see anything, I never said Tunney wasn't a skilled boxer. I'm wondering what he does better than Wlad.

Not get knocked out for a start.

In heavyweight boxing, even the best fighters lose sometimes and get knocked out sometimes. Only a very few ever escape this fate.

Does it lessen any of them? OF course not! What your basically claiming here is that guys like Dempsey/Marciano are better than all the other champs that did get knocked out.

Completely ignoring the fact that these 2 boxers in particular fought in the war eras where the talent took a MASSIVE dive, and neither man ever even FOUGHT a decent 200+ HW, let alone beat one!

Want to know what would happen if Puritty or Sanders got unleashed against Jack Dempsey?

Purrity would score a touch down.
And Sanders would land a hole in one!

[Master]

Greynotsoold said other than the size the skill of these fighters like Wlad were not on par with Tunney.

You bring sanders and purity into this just shows the stupidity of your argument. What skill do they have compared to Tunney.

[Max Power]

Greynotsoold said other than the size the skill of these fighters like Wlad were not on par with Tunney.

You bring sanders and purity into this just shows the stupidity of your argument. What skill do they have compared to Tunney.

Sanders is more skilled than Tunney. He has exceptional handspeed and snaky short southpaw inside shots. Sanders is actually a very good boxer, let down only by his conditioning at times.

Puritty is nothing special in the skills department at all, a convert from Gridiron. But Puritty is so strong and powerful there's no contest.

Neither would ever be allowed to knock out Tunney, no fans would ever see them knock out Tunney, they'd both be accused of a disgusting mismatch were they allowed to, and in effect, they would knock Tunney out with the first connected square punch! And brush off anything from Tunney as if it were nothing.

As for Wladimir, your trying to compare the most perfected technical style of all time by far to a crude drunken-style light HW boxer from 100 years ago?

Want to buy a bridge I'm selling Master?

[Master]

Max what are you talking about?

Tunney 191lb v Kovolev 175lb and you think Kov wins!

You are a contradiction.

You say these old heavyweights are too small for the heavyweights today yet James Toney, Roy Jones and Chris Byrd can beat them.

Make up your mind.

[SlimTrae]

Max what are you talking about?

Tunney 191lb v Kovolev 175lb and you think Kov wins!

You are a contradiction.

You say these old heavyweights are too small for the heavyweights today yet James Toney, Roy Jones and Chris Byrd can beat them.

Make up your mind.

Agreed. I didn't even question Rjj vs Tunney.

[Beanflicker]

Yeah but Tunney weighed in at 191 without cutting weight, that was his real weight.

Kovalev cuts weight, weights in at 175 and then goes back up to 190, so they're pretty much the same weight.

[Master]

Yeah but Tunney weighed in at 191 without cutting weight, that was his real weight.

Kovalev cuts weight, weights in at 175 and then goes back up to 190, so they're pretty much the same weight.

Do you think Kov beats Tunney?

[Beanflicker]

Yeah but Tunney weighed in at 191 without cutting weight, that was his real weight.

Kovalev cuts weight, weights in at 175 and then goes back up to 190, so they're pretty much the same weight.

Do you think Kov beats Tunney?

Shit yeah. Different times, different quality athletes.