How to shake free of Old School bias.

[generalbulldog]

Interestingly, in contrast to your wealth of first hand experience of being of that era, my era is still ongoing. Right now, today.

I'm not young by any means, Freya and kids prove that. But certainly not old enough to really know Rocky and co.

Yes I've watched videos, yes I've seen the records. But for me I'll never honestly know how good these guys were and I wonder how many of my generation and moving forward the next generation will remember these guys as legends, but possibly over hyped ones?

Well youtube and videos help, but I think it's important to remember a fight in the context in which it was held to get the full appreciation. Being 73 gives me a bit of an edge, but youtube has begun to level the playing field.

73? Wow, that's pretty impressive. You lived through an era when baseball and boxing were the no. 1 and 2 sports in America. Well baseball has only slipped to the no. 2 sport while boxing is almost dead from the general US public.