My Greatest Boxers Of All Time(some Of U Wont Like This)!

[Beanflicker]

Yeah I hear you loud and clear. My thing is this: I really respect the old time guys, they were cut from a tougher cloth and they paved the way for boxers today. They fought more, and they lived in tougher conditions.

But I really hate the bias that exists in a lot of boxing fans towards the old school guys. A lot of people speak as though the old guys were clearly superior, and that our generation's great would have been journeymen back then. Guys like Pernell, RJJ, Floyd Mayweahter, Hopkins, Toney, ect would have been great in any era. So when I see people dismissing the greats from the past 30 years or so in favor of the old timers who all we really have to go on is a few grainy news reels and newspaper clippings, that kind of irks me.

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

Yeah I hear you loud and clear. My thing is this: I really respect the old time guys, they were cut from a tougher cloth and they paved the way for boxers today. They fought more, and they lived in tougher conditions.

But I really hate the bias that exists in a lot of boxing fans towards the old school guys. A lot of people speak as though the old guys were clearly superior, and that our generation's great would have been journeymen back then. Guys like Pernell, RJJ, Floyd Mayweahter, Hopkins, Toney, ect would have been great in any era. So when I see people dismissing the greats from the past 30 years or so in favor of the old timers who all we really have to go on is a few grainy news reels and newspaper clippings, that kind of irks me.

Oh, I totally agree... I am guilty of doing sometimes aswell... It's funny, I NEVER take peoples word on fighters today... I need to see em but I feel like these guys from the past you kinda have to... there's not really a choice.