By and large though these big men were rarely world class and you could easily avoid fighting them if you chose to do so (even the journeyman...
He somehow failed to fight virtually all the eras top fighters, no Bowe, Lewis, Tyson, Ruddock, etc. Moorer didn't obliterate Holyfield but was...
Old Foreman had an extremely poor record when it came to fighting dangerous opponents. What makes you think he would get in the ring with Bakole...
In shape he would be like 210, 215
Tubbs is no bigger than some of today's cruiserweights so why would that be an issue
Foreman doesn't have great defense himself though and Bakole regardless of what you think of his resume could be the biggest puncher Foreman has faced
There's nothing hypothetical about the vast majority of heavyweights of that era being smaller than today's cruiserweights and many being super...
McVea beat Langford at 198 in 1911 at age 27 in his 9th year as a professional. Nothing to do with being 19. Wills is about the size of Steve...
McVea was as light as 189 and beat Jeanette at 200 and Langford at 198. Given those are his best wins I would say that was a good weight for him.
Realistically the guys Langford beat would be extremely unlikely to enjoy success at heavyweight today so its not reasonable to hold...
Very few of these men were world class though. Wills and maybe Tate are the only men significantly over 200 who Langford beat when they were top...
Men over 200 pounds consistently lost to smaller fighters pre-Liston so Langford is not an outlier here. And the typical heavyweight from that...
Realistically though many of the heavyweights Langford fought were not heavies by todays standards. Plenty of guys Canelo beat would be...
It being one of the strongest middleweight divisions is an extremely subjective argument. Papke reputation is based partially on beating Ketchel...
Ketchel isn't greater than Canelo though. He was largely fighting guys his size and didn't move up in weight. Also lost to Papke. There is also...
