I think the biggest difference is that most well-trained fighters today seem more defensively-oriented than their predecessors from the 30s-50s....
Great shout on Kovalev.
So you're essentially asking me to generalize about the differences between heavyweights of the past decade and heavyweights of the 30s? I'll do...
Great picks of course but who else would you list? (I just edited the thread title).
Depends how you define "skills," I guess. The biggest differences are in technique, strategy, and tactics, imo.
Which fighters would you say threw the most powerful jabs? (This won't necessarily be the fighters you think had the "best" jabs).
I know that a lot of people judge a fighter's prime by eyeballing the results on his boxrec page but for those who've actually watched Ruiz's...
I agree, Mark. Having rewatched the fight carefully last year, I disagree with the conventional wisdom and classic boxing cliches about the...
Excellent work, George! I hope you keep at it.
Do you think Locche would have done any better against those guys than Duran did? I'm not even sure Locche fares as well as Duran did against...
Tua's biggest problems always seemed psychological to me. He was a good looking fighter when he was motivated and aggressive, but he too often...
Schmeling would be a very easy fight for Tua, if Tua brings his A game.
https://streamable.com/dtece A Razor Ruddock smash might have ended this one very early.
Who did he stop who you'd consider to be nearly as durable as Tua?
Best post of the thread so far.
