What Advantages Did The Old Time Fighters Have, Over Todays Guys?

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  1. ThatOne

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    Hungrier. Hungry is an amorphous term but when ever two evenly matched athletes or teams meet bet on the hungrier athlete or team.
     
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  2. Richard M Murrieta

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    Determination to make money especially during the times of The Great Depression, people were hungry, the soup lines were long, people living in cars, there was very little media, earning a buck to survive from day to day.
     
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  3. Fergy

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    Paints a bleak picture, Richard, but unfortunately that's what it was like. Hard, hard times.
     
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  4. Fergy

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    That's why Buster Douglas and Bowe lost their titles, they'd stopped being hungry..
     
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  5. Richard M Murrieta

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    They developed a taste for the fortune and fame that went along with it, but were not willing to work for it.
     
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  6. ThatOne

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    And why Rocky lost against Clubber Lang.
     
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  7. Fergy

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    You see, even happened to Rocky !
     
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  8. ThatOne

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    He lost the "eye of the tiger".
     
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  9. Richard M Murrieta

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    No, Because he did not like the beat of Eye Of The Tiger. Ha Ha.
     
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  10. Richard M Murrieta

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    It fell on the ground rolling around thanks to a right hand from Paulie. Ha Ha.
     
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  11. ThatOne

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    Frazier auditioned for that role.
     
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  12. Richard M Murrieta

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    Mickey said: He Will Knock You Into Tomorrow Rock.
     
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  13. Richard M Murrieta

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    Imagine if Joe Frazier had been selected for that role?
     
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  14. NoNeck

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    Smaller, weaker, more regional path to the heavyweight championship.
     
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  15. Melankomas

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    Drinking between rounds seemed like a vibe
     
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