80's heavies vs. today

Any fighter with a good gameplan, steady and hard jab and decent power can win against Valuev. He just isn't a volume puncher and throws little combinations
See what Chagaev did to him
Futhermore, his chin has not been tested.

 

Both eras are equally bad, so I'd expect something approaching a 50-50 split...although some beltholders from that period did pick up an alarming number of close fights and losses, at least they were SLIGHTLY more willing to fight each other.

 

S.I. win UD T. T. Tubbs wasn't much and was never in greatshape
P.T. win R. C. Thomas had a excellant jab, very powerful
N.V. TKO 10 F.B. Poor Frank tended to fall apart late in fights
T.W. TKO S.P. Tim way to good for primative Peter
T.T. W UD T.B. Berbick was very crude and stupid
O.M. TKO 9 M.D. Oleg still gets no respect, amazing

 

Valuve would cursh Bruno who is taylor made for him.

 

Valuev is just a big ol' oafish fighter.
Ok, Bruno is also but is a little more skilled and has had more big fight exposure

 

Chin up working behind a somewhat lazy jab is a recipe for getting ktfo against Valuev. Bruno gets koed.

 

Who has Valuev KOed then who was worth mentioning ?

 

I agree completely. Having followed boxing quite avidly in the 80s, I can verify that these guys were certainly no better than the current crop, and quite possibly worse. The only outcome you indicated that I disagree with is that I think Maskaev would knock Dokes out. Gerrie Coetzee, who was quite comparable in quality to Maskaev knocked out a "prime" Dokes, so I have little doubt that Oleg could replicate the feat.

There is good reason that they called this era "The Lost Generation." For the most part, all of these guys were seriously flawed, and many of them were never in tip top condition. With few exceptions, that is not the case with the current contenders.

 

BodyBlaster?
How's the footy career, guy?

 

Tony Tubbs vs. Sultan Ibragimov - Ibragimov SD
Pinklon Thomas vs. Ruslan Chagaev - Thomas UD
Frank Bruno vs. Nicolay Valuev - Valuev UD
Tim Witherspoon vs. Samuel Peter - Witherspoon UD
Trevor Berbick vs. Tony Thompson - Berbick UD
Michael Dokes vs. Oleg Maskaev - Dokes UD

 

The only thing I know is that there is no way Peter beats or knocks out Whitherspoon unlesss Spoon's out of shape.

 

Hey man. Im only a month/6 weeks back training.
My girl had our baby boy 11wks ago, so i took time out to help her through her pregnancy.

 

Today's division is far worse than the 80's hands down.

 

Hey congratulations mate.
I remember you from about a year ago, you were pretty clued up on things.
So you still playing footy on a high level?