shame on modern boxers

[Master]

If you look at the best of one generation and compare it to the worst of another, of course that generation is going to look bad.

Some people say fighters were tougher back then. Bullshit. There were warriors in cowards back in the 1930s just like there are warriors and cowards now. There were great fights and boring fights back then like there are today.

The problem is boxing fans have a limited perspective. They look at the broad scope of boxing currently, but look at the highlights of boxing in the past. I've never heard any great arguments as to why boxers would have been better back in the day (if you say it's because "life was harder", you're an idiot).

If anything, with more advancements in nutrition, training knowledge and technology, athletes are better than they've ever been.

you sound like max power now.

It is a fact that boxing peaked 1970's for heavyweights and 80's for the smaller fighters.

[Beanflicker]

you sound like max power now.

It is a fact that boxing peaked 1970's for heavyweights and 80's for the smaller fighters.

Tell me where I'm wrong.

Maybe boxing peaked. More than likely it's just our perception.

We say boxing peaked in the 70s because it was the era of Ali, but why was anyone else better than anyone else from any other era?

I'd love to hear from someone why exactly a Ken Norton, Jerry Quarry, Ron Lyle, ect were any better than guys from today, but when I ask people for specifics people get silent all of a sudden because they don't have the answers.

[Sleepwalker]

you sound like max power now.

It is a fact that boxing peaked 1970's for heavyweights and 80's for the smaller fighters.

Tell me where I'm wrong.

Maybe boxing peaked. More than likely it's just our perception.

We say boxing peaked in the 70s because it was the era of Ali, but why was anyone else better than anyone else from any other era?

I'd love to hear from someone why exactly a Ken Norton, Jerry Quarry, Ron Lyle, ect were any better than guys from today, but when I ask people for specifics people get silent all of a sudden because they don't have the answers.

I don't see those guys being any better than the ilk of Michael Dokes, Mike Weaver, Tim Witherspoon, Carl The Tooth Williams, etc.... Marginal at best.

The 70s was a tough era, but realistically quite a few of those guys were not as great as people made them out to be yet their reputations were inflated because of the top fighters they faced.

[Master]

you sound like max power now.

It is a fact that boxing peaked 1970's for heavyweights and 80's for the smaller fighters.

Tell me where I'm wrong.

Maybe boxing peaked. More than likely it's just our perception.

We say boxing peaked in the 70s because it was the era of Ali, but why was anyone else better than anyone else from any other era?

I'd love to hear from someone why exactly a Ken Norton, Jerry Quarry, Ron Lyle, ect were any better than guys from today, but when I ask people for specifics people get silent all of a sudden because they don't have the answers.

I don't see those guys being any better than the ilk of Michael Dokes, Mike Weaker, Tim Witherspoon, Carl The Tooth Williams, etc.... Marginal at best.

The 70s was a tough era, but realistically quite a few of those guys were not as great as people made them out to be yet their reputations were inflated because of the top fighters they faced.

You answered your own question. The top fighters faced one another.