Beanflicker, all the guys you named had their spot in the limelight and honestly if you think of Sam Peter, Ruslan Chagaev, Lamon Brewster, Chris Byrd, etc they all had their day in the spotlight too. And what's lacking from comparing older fights vs more recent ones is the lack of context ie everyone knows when Ali fought George Foreman everyone thought Foreman was unbeatable due to what he did to Frazier and what Frazier did to Ali, but they didn't take into account the different styles just liek when people look at Wladimir Klitschko-Sam Peter I they don't realize that Wlad was at a career low and his career was on the line for that fight and that Sam Peter had looked amazing in his most recent fights leading up to the match vs Wlad. And it's not just that fight it's all fights in recent history, I mean hell look at Michael Dokes, he used to be a somebody and now you see him on somebody's record and they pay him no mind....Dokes was a pretty solid fighter!