80's heavies vs. today

Douglas while nothing great was a proven contender who had already fought for the title but Wlad the best HW today in his prime was brutally KTFO by 3 C class Bums who never won a big fight before Vitaly had a 38 yr old inactive ATG fighter in front of him in Lewis just like Tyson had with Holmes but the results were a whole hell of a lot different but he still gets hype since when does losing to the man make you the man? Ruiz actually has the best resume out of any of the active HW's but he and the rest of this division was exposed by RJJ . Byrd recieved gift after gift in his title defenses. Shot fighters like Briggs and Oleg who were not that good in the 90s' were able to become major players today in this division. The rest of today's current crop isn't even worth mentioning.

 

The one difference that seperates todays heavys from the 80's , the 80's heavyweights were hungry as hell.. Not as many big purses outside of massive superfights.. Too many self satisfied overpaid sloths today, Good pro's but never the superstars of yesteryear..

I don't like to generalise, but its more than likely true in this case..

Any on form highly motivated 80's heavyweight would muster up the performance to overcome the better half of todays heavyweights who get by too often on size..

 

1 more thing everyone fought each other in that division unlike today.

 

Well done. :deal

 

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Tubbs UD, he's a little too crafty for Sultan
Chagaev UD
Valuev KO, Bruno's chin was glass
Witherspoon UD, Peter's got nothing here
Thompson UD, Berbick was just an average guy who happened to be a titlist
Dokes by KO

 

nah berbick was better than thompson IMO. Berbick was far from great but that doesn't make him quite bad enough to lost to thompson. also Pinklon Thomas at his best was an outstanding HW, not great but still definetely top class. i don't see chagaev beating him but it would be interesting to see

 

:deal :good

 

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The Buster who fought that night, yes, I think he'd batter Wlad.
Or lets look at it another way, who thinks Ross Purity, Corrie Sanders or Lamon Brewster beats Tyson??

 

Tubbs UD over Sultan. Tubbs had a speed edge and was durable.

Thomas UD over Chageav. I'm talking about the Thomas that was top ten p4p, not the Berbick one.

Valuev vs. Bruno is a toss up. Bruno was a better boxer but Valuev has better stamina and obviously the size edge. If Bruno tires late Valuev might get him out of there like Barrett.

Witherspoon comfortable UD over Peter. The Spoon was a very good boxer and Peters power is over rated.

Berbick decision over Thompson as well. Thompson hasnt proven himself against the top guys yet, Berbick wasnt a bad fighter.

Peak Dokes beats Maskeav fairly easily as well. Dokes is under rated.

Bad matchups for todays fighters.