Light Heavyweight's Today Haven't Got A Patch On The Past Light Heavyweight's

[Taeth]

IMO Glen Johnson, Chad Dawson, some ofthe guys at 168(which wasn't around in the 70's) would stand up well to these guys you've mentioned.
Whoops I should read all the comments before posting, people beat me to it.

[porkypara]

Hopkins would be a tought fight for anybody of any era.



Some people seem to antomaticaly thinkthat anything from the past is better than what we have today.

[ICB]

Hopkins would be a tought fight for anybody of any era.



Some people seem to antomaticaly thinkthat anything from the past is better than what we have today.

Well im not one of those people but come on, how many fighters are there that are over 40's, in the Light Heavyweight division today ? there were so many great fights and great fighters in the era i mentioned, aswell as so many tough challengers. Just watch some of the Light Heavyweight fights from that era, and you'll see what i mean totally different ball game.

[ICB]

IMO Glen Johnson, Chad Dawson, some ofthe guys at 168(which wasn't around in the 70's) would stand up well to these guys you've mentioned.
Whoops I should read all the comments before posting, people beat me to it.

Dwight Muhammad Qawi who had a similar style to Glen Johnson, was a better fighter than Glen Johnson. And as for Chad Dawson i agree he would be a tough fight for the fighters of the era.

But again Chad Dawson's chin is shaky, and we don't know how well he would do in a real tough fight. The Glen Johnson one was only tough in the later rounds, and can you imagine had he come up against a prime Dwight Muhammad Qawi, in that situation ?

Lastly i think your missing the point, this isn't so much about hypothetical match ups. Its more to do with comparing how strong the era's were. And when i think how many fighters we have over 40 in the Light Heavyweight division, and hardly any real young guns.

It makes me wish i was born in the classic Light Heavyweight era, so i could of seen fights like Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Marvin Johnson 1 live as it happened.