Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Sugar Ray Robinson, who takes it?

Robinson is another Level...

 

lmao, srr is lucky salido wasnt around back then, he woulda got stopped at the gate, lol.

 

omg the stupidity.

 

There is truth to his post, he was a head of his time, boxings evolved also, there was crudeness back then a bit

 

Free post thread!

 

If you were to set up a fight for SRR against lets say Spence and gave him 3 months to train in todays era in prep for the fight by the time he stepped in the ring he would be prepared to deal with Spence and would knock him out cold. SRR was not crude he had average defense but his offense was top of the line even by todays standards. His speed, skill and power at his size 5`11 wouldve been a problem even in todays age.

 

theres crudeness now. i dont think boxing has evolved, i think its devolved. i think it peaked between 70's and 90's and has been devolving ever since. i see better athletes today, but i saw tougher, more skilled men back then.

 

Sorry Bro, you got me wrong, his opposition sometimes was very crude back then not SRR

 

I agree in general, there's better training methods, but a jabs a jab a left hook is a left hook, what's evolved really ? Nutrition ? I actually think the 90's was the best most competitive time in boxing, the welters, Heavies, middles, every division had multiple all time greats

 

His speed and skill imo was what was spectacular and timing, he could land the perfect shot in a split second

 

If you think a jab is a jab and a hook is a hook then you simply don’t understand boxing. There are nuances and different contexts, different game plans and styles from all over the world. It’s not the World Series of baseball anymore. It’s absurd to think that boxing is the only sport that hasn’t changed and evolved since the 90s.

 

Obviously there's SLIGHTLY different ways to every punch thrown, but you think they couldn't throw the same physically 50/60 years ago ?? Why ??

 

I’m stupid when you clearly have no concept of styles and context? You’re an idiot to think of comparing Salido to SRR. That’s like me comparing Lomachenko to one of the guys SRR lost to.
SRR was 5cm taller than Lomachenko. How easy is SRR to hit compared to Lomachenko, despite Loma’s aggressive style? SRR’ power and chin was good relative to his bum opponents at the time who were poor athletes going for long jogs and doing sit ups. You can’t compare ancient eras to a new style of boxing, Lomachenko is clearly an evolution of boxing and better than anything seen before. Even now you can see how far the top 90s styles have fallen behind, never mind SRR era.

 

Pace was slower (15 rounds), athletes were poor and didn’t know how to train, boxers were in different weight classes than they would be now (so a middleweight then is a welterweight today, and obviously a welter looks faster and more skilled than a middle) due to same day weigh ins, boxing is now more of a global sport, soviets and Cubans brought in different styles that are dominant over bread and butter US style, I could go on and on.
I once saw a side by side of Ali and Haye throwing the same punch and the difference in speed and power was absurd, with Ali being an anomaly of his time. You have your head in the sand if you can watch boxing from the 80s and you can’t see the difference between that and Lomachenko.

 

He was 5’9 and Spence would beat the **** out of him. Did they even have southpaws in SRR’ day?