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This. Skill, ability, and conditioning in boxing haven’t improved at all really, but what has improved is medical technology and sports medicine, which gives modern fighters a better chance at longevity in their sport.

40 years ago a detached retina or a torn ACL often meant the end for a fighter’s career while with today’s technology a torn ACL or detached retina is no big deal and can be easily repaired. If SRL had started his career just a few years earlier his detached retina would’ve ended his career for good.

Joe Louis in his late 30’s also had major shoulder problems that greatly diminished his punching ability that would’ve easily been fixed with modern surgery.

 

Okay, let's examine further. So, if possible, please list next to the fighters below, which fighters you'd make them favored over from the second list below:

Jack Roper
Tony Musto
Gus Dorazio
Johnny Paycheck
Johnny Davis
Al Mccoy
Jim Braddock
Tony Galento
Harry Thomas
Abe Simon

Norton (Holmes)
Mike Weaver
Tony Tucker
Tony Tubbs
Tim Witherspoon
Michael Moorer
Gerry Cooney
Michael Dokes
Buster Douglas
Michael Spinks

As an example:

Jack Roper (Holmes, Weaver, Tucker etc etc)

 

The obvious criticism is that you have taken the crem du la crem of the 80s, and thrown the B to C crop of Louis's era against them.

But OK:

Roper would have to be a long shot against anybody.

Musto was a spoiler, who could win, but probably wouldn't.

Dorazio, another underdog spoiler.

Paycheck would be a long shot against anybody.

Davis should just try to get out of the ring alive.

Al McCoy, big risk to some of them in his prime, but not when the fight took place.

Jim Braddock, big risk to most of them, and favorite over some.

Tony Galento, big risk to most of them, and favorite over some.

Harry Thomas, fairly safe for all of them, unless they take too much cocaine.

Abe Simon, big risk for most of them, and favorite over some.

 

But even in this rudimentary exercise, and going with your views, the 80's list would be unquestionably harder to get through correct? Which was my exact statement which you replied with, I'm not so sure!!!

 

Hey man where ya been?!

 

Do you really want to argue that human species changed after 100 years from biological point of view? Do you know how evolution works?

 

Correct.

I assumed that we were working with the best that Louis defended against, as the op implied by omission.

 

Hi, Swag. Been unable to log on for a long time due to various reasons (mainly PC related). Back online now, and glad to see some familiar names. Didn't realise it had been so long!

 

No. I'm just skeptical about his Owens-Bolt claims. But I'm not exactly sure what any of it reveals about the sport of boxing though.

Speaking of knowledge about evolution though, I just stumbled across this interesting article: https://www.ft.com/content/6fc26e8c-ada8-11e9-8030-530adfa879c2