Are modern fighters underappreciated?

Jaws · May 12, 2009

Edit--Misread what was written.

GPater11093 · May 12, 2009

janitor said: ↑

The curent genaration of fighters always get sold short because you have to stand back to see their body of work.

Not only are they still active but their oponents might continue to be active and improve their resumes for some time after they retire.

To take Lennox Lewis as an example, three of his oponents went on to win titles after he retired thus improving their standing and therfore the value of his wins over them.

Paquiao will be regared as a pound for pound phenomenon by future genarations having held lineal titles from flyweight to jr welter. Your grandchildred will want to know what it was like to live through that.

Bernard Hopkins age defying wins will be compared to those of Archie Moore and Jersey Joe Walcott.

Even fighters like Jermain Taylor, Glen Johnson, and Antonio Tarver will have their advocates.
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i agreed with that post until i read that name. Thats one fighter i cant stand i dont rate him at all in fact he fought better in Rocky than he did in real life

SuzieQ49 · May 12, 2009

To take Lennox Lewis as an example, three of his oponents went on to win titles after he retired thus improving their standing and therfore the value of his wins over them.
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Good point. If Tua had ket himself in shape he would have picked up a belt too around 2001-2004.

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