Are you sure? He may be able to find a 1.5 sec clip, where it looks like Corbett is doing something that resembles real boxing!
Yes, if that were possible, it would help us get a better understanding of things - but where can we find the number of licenses and boxing gyms...
You're touching on something very interesting here; perhaps one of the most essential problems when comparing eras: How many active boxers were...
So if their take on a fight film doesn't agree with your interpretation - it must be because they have missed everything significant? Wow - can...
How can you possibly know that?
If we look at BoxRec's DECADE numbers, we get a clearer picture of the development over time: 1850s 2 1860s 18 1870s 340 1880s 4,652 1890s 21,950...
30 years ago would be 1988... and for that year you'll find (as of April 9, 2017) 12.533 fights, worldwide, in BoxRec's database. Below we have...
You mean like today, where we have a huge worldwide pool to draw from?
Don't worry, inconvenience is not what I feel, when I read your posts... amazement is the word I would use. I don't know you, but I'm sure you're...
Don't you ever get tired of acting like this?
Wow… has it really been 3 years? One of the weirdest threads ever!
So the more athletic the practitioners of a sport get, the more the technical skills will fade away? What is the reasoning behind this claim?
SRL had only 40 pro fights... and Andre Ward retired last year with but 32 pro bouts under his belt. Back in "the day", boxers with these kind of...
Ok, no problem.
Why are you putting words in my mouth - I never posed that question!
