Fighters Who Feasted On Previous Generation Opponents

And yet defintely of the previous generation.

Hopkins was past it. Still brilliant, but not as his best.

 

marciano, jack johnson, mike tyson, wladamir and vitali - they were old but young in fight years

 

Jim Jeffries... beat Corbett x2, Fitz x2 and even old ass Peter Jackson.

 

Pac Mannyuiao below 135

 

Buchanan is worth a mention

He was hitting his peak as the fighters who had fought for the entirety of the 60s were in various degrees of decline and shotness, beat the big two in Ortiz and Laguna(as well as Cullen domestically and a few others like Narvaez, Hernandez) and just as it looked like he had cleaned up and was set for a potentially great reign, he was undone by Duran.

 

Dawson....

 

And 40 years old Joe Goddard.

 

does hagler fit the bill at all? just in terms of the philly contingent

mike tyson cleaned out the holmes era contenders

 

Y'know. It is a rite of passage to take down some of the old guard in becoming the new stud, in boxing, other sports, literature, music, damn near every endeavor man undertakes.

 

for literature and music that should be rip off instead of take down:yep

 

I have no issue with fighters feasting on has-beens, or, for that matter, never-weres, or other assorted 'bums.'

As long as they have a decent resume of 'good' wins, that's mostly what they should be judged on.

E.g.

All true, but all three (Louis, Ali and Lewis) have more than enough solid wins (Charles, Walcott, Schmeling, Liston, Terrell, Frazier, Foreman, Ruddock, Tua, Briggs etc.) to merit consideration as greats.

Past-prime scalps would have to be considered in proper context.

 

"Mediocre artists borrow. Great artists steal."

-Charlie Parker

 

This.

Norris not only defeated the remnants of a previous generation, but his entire resume was based almost exclusively on it.. Leonard, Curry, Mugabi, even Simon Brown who kicked his ass in the first fight.