Your free to assess however you like. But your ideas regarding Owens sadly remain in the realm of guesswork. Also a 9.8 time wouldn't match...
Also the starting blocks explanation doesn't come close to accounting for other sports. How do you explain for example the massive differences in...
Thinking he could go faster with starting blocks is reasonable but there is no basis whatsoever for saying he would do 9.7 or 9.8. He could just...
Bolt's competitors also had access to all the nutrition, tracks and training regimes you speak of and still weren't able to compete with him.
Àthletes in the 1980s had good tracks, and the ability to compete beyond age 23 and loads and loads of steroids they could take with little fear...
My general theory is that athletes are getting better. Bowe would probably generally win against guys from earlier eras and lose to guys from...
The significance of the feat depends how you view the era I guess. You don't seem very impressed with Marciano's dominance so surely it shouldn't...
Also I don't see this seven year dominance you claim. About 3 years passed between Ali's suspension and the emergence of Foreman as a top...
I don't feel Fraziers era is as strong as Bowe's era. You might not think highly of Golota but frankly if you put him in Frazier's era I could...
Maybe Seamus created this thread as a joke. I find it hard to believe he genuinely thinks success against Ali is guaranteed to result in success...
Also I am a bit confused as to your definition of what constitutes a heavyweight. Todays cruiserweights are as big or bigger than Ali. Wouldn't...
How about getting brutally demolished by Foreman? I think that has some bearing as well.
Beating guys like Quarry, Ellis, and Bonavena doesn't give me much confidence in Frazier's ability to handle someone like Riddick Bowe.
This thread is a bit of a surprise coming from someone who doesn't think Marciano could compete in later eras.
I would think come-forward fighters that are easy to hit would work to Louis''s strengths
