This shows to me that guys who fought at heavyweight in the Amateurs at 91kg are the real heavyweights. Everything else is a Superheavyweight. Please change the division names to match amateur boxing.
Yeah, I know, it's fashionable to ridicule the precent, and say it has never been worse - but is that really a fair way to describe today's heavyweights? If, for example, we look at the The Ring's 1930s world rankings, can we find a single year, where we would favour the Top-11 (champs included) to best The Ring's latest list of HW "pudding"? The Ring Magazine's Annual Ratings: Heavyweight--1930s - BoxRec Ratings - The Ring (ringtv.com)
the problem with today heavyweight contender is they do not get in boxing ring & box very very rare might be 1 fight in year might be 2 sometimes is 0 fight cannot say same of most 1930s decade heavyweight contender.
About that, we can not disagree! However, we're talking about "pudding" here... and I don't really see anything soft about guys like Joyce and Hrgovic, for example. Now take a close look at the buttom half of the 1930s rankings. Plenty of pudding there, I should say!
I think Roy Jones Jr was the last under 200lb fighter to win a Heavyweight world title belt but that was almost 20 years ago.
yes 1938 or 1939. I favour Joe Louis to beat Tyson Fury. And Lou nova or Max Scmeling deserves a 50-50 chance versus Usyk. Then there’s Tommy Farr, Red Birman, Bob pastor, Roscoe Toles and Max Baer…all good fighters. When AJ can lose to fat Andy, Who are they going to lose against? Even Tony Galento beats the pants off half of the top ten today. Gus Dorazio might even win a fight too. He might get lucky.
I have no problem with Louis beating Fury... If anyone from back then could, it would most likely be Louis. Nova and Schmeling 50-50 against Usyk? Hmm... I have my doubts. Galento beating the pants off half of today's top 10? I would sincerely question that! And against whom do you think 5'11", 72" reach, 189lbs Dorazio "might get lucky"
Schmeling would definitely be competitive against Usyk. Nova probably not, but Max was legit great fighter with right style to trouble Usyk.
Lets take a look: 2000 (end of year) Title Vacant This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected 2022 (as of July 23) Campion Tyson Fury Oleksander Usky Anthony Joshua Deontay Wilder Joseph Parker Dilliam Whyte Andy Ruiz Jr Luis Ortiz Joe Joyce Filip Hergovic Frank Sanchez This comparison shows what I expected, and that is that the average size of the top ten has increased. Yes there were big men in 2000, but there was a lot more diversity of sizes and styles, and there were still guys under 6' in the mix. Today it is pretty much all big heavyweights, with the odd exception.