Just to make one thing clear: I do NOT believe new is better, and that today's boxers are superior to the oldtimers. I have argued many times on...
BoxRec lists a little more than 300,000 KNOWN fights from the 1920s decade. I say "known" - because obviously not all fights from that era have...
Are you saying, that Austinboxing's post is FACTUALLY wrong?
How about boxing's "Golden Age", the busy 1920s - would you say, that boxers back then, ON AVERAGE, were fitter than today?
There have been loads of fights between moderns, where the intensity and tempo can compare to the busiest fights from "back in the day". How...
Why would today's fighters need to change into different, fitter versions of themselves, if they wanted to be able to fight for 15 rounds? Are you...
I'm not saying, that today's boxers are better or fitter than the oldtimers! All I'm saying, is that the idea, that modern boxers would find it...
If they had to, I see no reason why modern boxers wouldn't be able to adjust to 15 round fights - just like the oldtimers could.
If Wilder has anything left, he should easily beat Helenius, who is more or less finished. In the first Kownacki fight he looked on the way out...
Besides already mentioned Juarez and Lopez, the following have also challenged 5 times without capturing a world title: Santos Cardona Leonel...
Can't be 100% sure, but I think you got it on the first try - at least I can't think of anyone before Brian London (though I would be happy to be...
I immediately thought of Naoya Inoue!
I didn't think, it could be misunderstood, but to be clear... yes, this is what I'm looking for!
... who fought for a world title. (World ranked: Has appeared in The Ring's top-10, end-of-year ratings).
Extremely popular - and also extremely protected fighter. Lots of former champs, nearing the end of their respective careers, came to Denmark to...
