How much weight did Armstrong & his contemporaries giv up when they went up in weight

I read on the internet that Armstrong routinely fought with disadvantages of 10-20 lbs during the time when he conquered the higher weight divisions. How much weight was he really disadvantaged considering that he fought during the era of same-day weigh-ins (correct me if I am wrong)?

 

No not really. That is not the question. I just would like to get a proper perspective on modern greats vs classic greats. This question comes to mind, if Armstrong fought in the era of same-day weigh-ins, how did his opponents outweigh him by 10-20 lbs?

 

How about on fight night, how much weight disparity could they have had? Am I correct that these fights happened during the era of same-day weigh-ins?

 

I am looking at Wilde's record, and what I see is that he did fight with 10-15-lb handicap on fight night but most of those fights are against up and comers. Also, even when he is already an experienced boxer, he was still fighting boxers with 0's or 1 win or with losing records. And looking at other legend's resume, this also holds true against them. I am not trying to diminish their achievements, but this does show that the modern greats' resume can stand side by side against the classical greats. Even if they are fighting every 2 weeks, they were not exactly fighting big fights. This explains why they had longevity despite having 80+ career fights.

 

Try checking Wilde's boxrec. Armstrong's resume is impressive and worthy of his ATG status. However, if for example, Pacquiao on fight night weighs in 148 and Cotto weighs in 158, that is not too far from Armstrong (142) vs Garcia (153.5).

 

In general, although classic greats have a lot more fights, they did fight more cans even when they are already experienced. While most modern greats have a lot less fights they fight in bigger fights more or less every 3 months. Although, I still think that classic greats are tougher, but not a lot tougher.