Hmm... you may be right! Maybe I have picked a year (1925) that isn't really representative of the whole decade. If I this way have...
Yes, I do understand, where you're coming from. And I don't blame people for thinking, that the old-timers were better conditioned - because...
Yeah, I see that now... sorry about that!
I'm obviously talking about the 20s and 30s, as I have already said! But let's go back 100 years - say to 1925. How much more often do you think...
In the 3rd world, there's nothing available to someone contemplating a pro boxing career, to make it worth going that route? So we don't see...
Yes, it's a reality, that boxing is known as a poor man's sport. But that doesn't mean that boxers, generally speaking, were somehow better...
I wonder, who came up with the idea... that if you wanted to develop into a super-conditioned fighter, it would be beneficial to have grown up...
Which is an opinion - not a fact!
Why? Because so much more is known today about physical training, and what is most effective. I find it strange, if boxing is the only physical...
I'm not trying to make a point. I was only commenting on your claim, that once it was found out, the old no-talent journeymen couldn't "hang" with...
At 54, former cruiserweight champion Firat Arslan is still active - and is so far 27-4-2 since his 40th birthday. All 4 defeats have been in world...
Or could it be, that if you kept losing all the time, you could make a decent living as a "safe" opponent? You know, someone promoters could use...
I'm not sure, if you guys already know this - but earlier this morning I was informed by Henry Hascup, that Burt Bienstock passed away on November...
And my point is, that we have no way of knowing, if there are more fighters out of shape nowadays - for the simple reason, that we have only seen...
Surely, the only reason we haven't seen a lot of out-of-shape boxers from back in the day... is because the old films we have, only feature the...