Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
It was not a drunken era. That was the golden age of boxing where the crowds and boxing matches were huge social events. Compared to now boxing was mainstream sport that was enormous and the boxers were super stars. As a result they were tough, skilled and top of their game. Those guys would have been sad at how boxing is now as a marginalised sport where even big athletic fighters do not know how to box properly.
- They were not HW boxers as we call them today

- Boxing was not an enormous and mainstream sport back then, it was an American backyard contest with very little world involvement. Today it is a globalised and professionalised sport in a world with more people with far higher participation.

- Bigger fighters are generally slower and taller ones generally have more challenging balance if that's what you mean. Do not get confused with that and not "possessing" the skills.

I can't think of any HW fight off hand I've seen lately which featured less skills than Tunney or Dempsey. Really I can't!