Re: Present V Past

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I used to fight at welterweight and I met a young guy last week who is a current amateur welterweight - he was nearly 6 foot tall and looked like a big middleweight to me!
No way are we th same weight division, so these era by era comparisons are flawed at the lighter weights to be honest.
I guess that's something that's glossed over or not added to the equation. It almost becomes a P4P debate. I don't know if they did in ring weights back then but the assumption would have to be that Hagler would be a fair bit smaller than GGG on the night. Picking up on what Spicoli said about past generations just being a bit tougher. I'd go along with that to an extent. Again like the Lewis arguement or any era V era arguement, it's kind of a blanket statement in that everyone was tougher, they were all made of sterner stuff and that gets thrown into the mix. If environment back then is a factor in making a case. So is environment now and sub heavyweight, fighters from the past would be up against far bigger fighters than they would have at the time.
When God said to the both of us "Which one of you wants to be Sugar Ray?" I guess I didnt raise my hand fast enough
Charley Burley
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