Has the standards in boxing really declined during this decade?

If standards are that bad where are all the fighters from the 80s/90s that are taking advantage of the poor divisions today? Hopkins is 1 I suppose. But him aside not too many

 

That was probably Lennox's most boring fight and it was still far more action packed than Wlad-Ibragimov or most Wlad fight for that matter

Wlad and Vitali are very good just not as good as Lennox

 

Doesn't anyone else think the 108 pound division is good? Even if some of the top guys are seemingly not going to be at the level for too much longer.

 

Mosley is probably the best example of that i guess.He's been just a solid fighter for years now.I've never been impressed with one single performance in absolute terms since he lost to forrest.Smashing MArgarito was great though.

 

Sultan's "Run for the Hills" strategy didn't mesh well with Wlad's minimial effort. Last Wlad fight I really enjoyed was the Calvin Brock meeting, competitive rounds and a crushing finish. I think his conservative style and recent string of "survival" minded opponents has made people forget how exciting he can be. Also, he did save us from an increasingly painful Chris Byrd reign.

More positive writing on the 90s heavyweights:


Inasmuch as the result provoked no congressional inquiries, you might say it was a great night for boxing. Nobody died in the ring, the fix wasn't in, the performers were good sportsmen, and there was no obvious malfeasance at ringside, where the scoring is often so perverse that not even incompetence is a sufficiently plausible explanation. And, yes, the sport has, at long last, an undisputed heavyweight champion.
But it's important to observe that at this point we no longer have any expectations when it comes to boxing. If last Saturday's rematch between

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and Lennox Lewis—required not because their fight last March was particularly compelling but because it resulted in a most curious draw—is the best the game has to offer, well, that just proves that boxing remains exempt from the customary demands of the consuming public, if not the law. It was an uninspiring fight for the most part, and the best that can be said of

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's victory by a unanimous decision is...finally.

 

Teeto 108lbs is a good division right now.

You got 3 undefeated champs dont you? All exciting and all good if they just inified

 

Can't believe I wasn't pulled up on this.

 

Thank you for that amazing insight atsch Mayweather wouldnt be a champion? Are you about 80 years old?

 

Considering Mayweather couldve achieved far more than he already
has if he truely tested himself, then its arguable that in another era
he couldve been more dominant, plus Mayweather is widely
regarded in the top 5 defensive fighters ever, and thats whilst he
is still fighting, which counts for a lot.

A great defence goes a long way, I think Pac/Floyd, they have
attributes that would hold up in any era, speed, elusiveness of
Mayweather and the freakish explosiveness of Pac.

 

Yes, Unquestioningly. I dont see many elite fighters around today.

Elite to me are fighters of this era who would be able to hang with great fighters of yester year. David Haye would be lucky to get by Mercer, Tim Witherspoon let alone Lewis, Tyson, Ali, Holmes etc.

 

What are you on about, ****.

 

Good point, I had him beating Cotto too but Mosley is an ATG and has managed to retain allot of his assets. However I'd see him losing wide UDs to Mayweather and Paul Williams at 147

Other examples would be

Hopkins-Pavlik
Calzaghe-Kessler
Lennox-Vitali

But then again most eras have an older great running over young upstarts

 

Not with Armstrong or Ross cleaning out the divison, he wont.l

 

He'd beat both and comfortably

 

:rofl