That's simply not true. From about 1905-1919 you had Jeffries, Langford, Johnson, Wills, Dempsey, Jeanette, McVea and George Godfrey. In the 1940's you had Louis, Bivins, Ezzard, Elmer Ray, Tami Mauriello, and Walcott. In the late 1950's-early 1960's you had Sonny Liston, Eddie Machen, Zora Folley, Ingo, Valdes and Cooper. Each of those three eras were a whole lot better than weak, though of course not the equal of the 1965-1975 zenith.
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