Quote Originally Posted by Britkid
Robinson was Greatest of all time, and when rating the Welterweights, he walks the all time list, and Lil Floyd is not even top 10.

But if you built a time machine, and brought prime SRR back to this era, he would do well to last the distance with Floyd Jr.... Darwin has shown this
Come on, Britkid, you are nomally quite knowledgeable and reasonable. You know very well that evolution takes many many generations before any differences are noticeable. SRR was genetically exactly the same as PBF.

Yes, nutrition is better, training is more advanced (arguably), but if SRR was here now he would have those advantages as well.

Asking the question the other way round is also interesting - how would PBF fare fighting SRR in the 1950's. I think he would struggle with the 15 round distance, he would find the gloves heavy and tiring, Robinson would rough him up much more than fighters do nowadays. SRR by KO if they fought in the 50's.