Quote Originally Posted by Lyle View Post
I know people will say I'm a Wlad "nut hugger" but I say this in general and I'm definently not using Wlad as THE example BUT.....the fighters today are bigger and stronger than they used to be.


Ali is one of the greatest of all-time but he was THE BIGGEST heavyweight of his era as well. Which is why him beating Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, Riddick Bowe....it would be a lot harder than beating Foreman as those guys are all bigger than Ali AND they had good technical boxing skills.
Foreman was bigger than Holyfield. He also came back as an old overweight man and won the heavyweight title. So to me the 70s crop would beat the modern BIGGER heavyweights. There have always been giants in heavyweight division like Carnera, Abe Simon and Buddy Baer from the old days but when they got in the ring with a well trained mobile heavyweight they got beaten badly (Carnera Vs Max Baer and Buddy Baer and Abe Simon Vs Joe Louis)