How can you possibly know this?
Ok... then let us see the numbers you have, that back up this claim.
Are you saying, that back in the 40s and 50s there were far more registered fighters in the US alone - than in the entire world today?
Exactly!
If you brought the old timers to this era, why would they be facing much bigger opposition? Wouldn't they be fighting under today's rules - which...
For this to be at all interesting, I presume you mean all 5 in one night?
Comedy gold!
Do you have any statistics, that back this up?
26 quiet rounds of ridiculous feinting, with a few punches thrown in here and there… yeah, I think a well trained heavyweight from today would be...
Ok, lets play this fantasy game: We time-machine today's top 20 heavyweights back to the 50s, when sub-200 pounders ruled the heavyweight...
So not only are feinting, slipping, body-punching, etc. lost arts... but now also footwork! And according to the original thread, also the jab is...
It would… but not very likely, I'm afraid.
Of course he is! He's too knowledgeable and smart to really mean all the silly stuff, he's saying here.
1. To meet US military BMI requirements. 2. To keep up with the fast, skillful boxers back then. 3. To be able to go 15 rounds without gassing.
I would be surprised, if the Ekaterinburg card isn't the all-time record. Not 100% sure, but 2nd place might be this 37-fight card from South...
