What ERA of boxing was the most skilled?

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  1. IsaL

    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    P4P which was the most skilled era?

    I think it may be the late 70's into the 80's, when you had fighters with elite skills:

    Roberto Duran
    Julio Cesar Chavez
    Salvador Sanchez
    Ray Leonard
    Thomas Hearns
    Pernell Whitaker
    Mike Tyson
    Marvin Hagler
    Wilfredo Benitez

    I'm not a boxing historian but I think that's a pretty solid list for an era.

    What other era(s) rival that?
     
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  2. The Masked Man

    The Masked Man Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I will lean towards this
     
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  3. Imperial1

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    What era was Ezzard Charles in 70's ?
     
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  4. IsaL

    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    Would the 90's be next?

    Finito Lopez
    Julio Cesar Chavez
    Oscar De La Hoya
    Pernell Whitaker
    Hector Camacho
    Roy Jones Jr
    Felix Trinidad
    Ike Quartey
    Fernando Vargas
    James Toney
    Lennox Lewis
    Bernard Hopkins
     
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  5. Console Command

    Console Command Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Floyd ''money'' mayweather JR, #1 p4p of all time.
     
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  6. schooling

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    SRR was perfection had every thing.
     
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  7. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    I was going to say the same, I'm in agreement with you.
     
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  8. lepinthehood

    lepinthehood When I'm drinking you leave me well alone banned Full Member

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    This one:

    Tyson Fury
    Ali Raymi
    Sergey Kovalev
     
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  9. cslb

    cslb Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    MId to late forties

    Ray Robinson
    Willie Pep
    Ike Williams
    Joe Louis
    Ezzard Charles
    Billy Conn
    Sandly Saddler
    Joe Walcott
    Archie Moore
     
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  10. MN_Logan

    MN_Logan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    :deal
    Holyfield and Eubank as well.
     
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  11. Imperial1

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    :deal
     
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  12. Flyers2001

    Flyers2001 Active Member Full Member

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    40's into early 50's was by far the greatest era of fighters.
     
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  13. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    So many great boxers and so many great trainers
     
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  14. Peppermint

    Peppermint Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    late 40s- early 80's was boxing at its best. 20s-30s boxing was great, but still somewhat in its infancy to a degree. Mid 80's to today, we definitely saw plenty of talent, but it is also around the time we started seeing more belts and a growing presence of social medias, which play into the hands of the hype machine.
     
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  15. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    Sad that in the 2000's boxing started to decline ..There are no more great trainers and even fewer great fighters
     
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