[1918 article] McAuliffe "Believes boxing is becoming a lost art"

If you had a pound for every retired champion who had written something like this, you would of course be a very rich man.

It wouldnt do to dismiss it entirely though.

McAuliffe considered Gene Tunney to be the second greatest heavyweight that ever drew breath.

 

Very interesting article. It's very similar to the rhetoric of the Mayweather era.

 

Of course, boxing was never what it used to be... not today, not 100 years ago.

I'm wondering; can we find any examples of someone with the reverse view? You know, an oldtimer who claims that boxing has evolved over the years, and is much better today, than when he was young?

 

What would he think of Mayweather?

 

I think that Mayweather or Lomachenko would be admired in any era.

The top heavyweights of today would receive a lot more criticism however.

 

Did you read the article? Did you really find May to be a risk taker?

 

McAuliffe seems to have given glowing write ups of some fighters who were carefully manged, and some fighters who employed a defensive approach.

Given that Mayweather was not loosing fights through his failure to press the action, I do not think that he would have a problem with his style.

 

McAuliffe isn't even quoted in that article.
The quotes are attributed to "a writer".

McAuliffe is mentioned as having joined the army at end of ww1 and apparently thinks no present day lightweight could compare with those of a decade or two previous.
A picture of McAuliffe in his army uniform.
That's it. He's not even quoted.

 

I agree with him somewhat, but i noticed its kinda typical of old men to call young men pussys compared to younger versions of themself

 

McAuliffe has a record of 38 fights 10 of which were "draws",10 of his opponents were debutees ,12 had losing records,what chances did he take?lol