In the 3rd world, there's nothing available to someone contemplating a pro boxing career, to make it worth going that route? So we don't see...
Yes, it's a reality, that boxing is known as a poor man's sport. But that doesn't mean that boxers, generally speaking, were somehow better...
I wonder, who came up with the idea... that if you wanted to develop into a super-conditioned fighter, it would be beneficial to have grown up...
Which is an opinion - not a fact!
Why? Because so much more is known today about physical training, and what is most effective. I find it strange, if boxing is the only physical...
I'm not trying to make a point. I was only commenting on your claim, that once it was found out, the old no-talent journeymen couldn't "hang" with...
At 54, former cruiserweight champion Firat Arslan is still active - and is so far 27-4-2 since his 40th birthday. All 4 defeats have been in world...
Or could it be, that if you kept losing all the time, you could make a decent living as a "safe" opponent? You know, someone promoters could use...
I'm not sure, if you guys already know this - but earlier this morning I was informed by Henry Hascup, that Burt Bienstock passed away on November...
And my point is, that we have no way of knowing, if there are more fighters out of shape nowadays - for the simple reason, that we have only seen...
Surely, the only reason we haven't seen a lot of out-of-shape boxers from back in the day... is because the old films we have, only feature the...
So you don't agree, that there probably have been top-trained, as well as out-of-shape, boxers in all eras - just as we see it today?
You don't think, that may be because we, with few exceptions, only have film of the very best old-timers? Surely every era must have had it's fair...
With all we know about physical training, and how to train the human body to it's max capacity... I would be surprised, if the old-timers were in...
My guess is, that in today's huge talent pool there must be many new pro boxers from Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, South- and Middle America, who...
