Boxers have regressed a lot

Not crazy at all about his editorial opinions, which often are a clear example of the worst kind of simplistic nostalgia, but I think he's correct about the numbers.

 

Daivd Haye got put on his ass by Carl Thompson. This renders your point mute.

Joe Frazier not skilled . Please. Watch fights more than a decade old and you will see the difference.

 

Can you quote the part that says this for me, I had a look through it but all I could see was a senile idiot talking about how boxers used to be more active.

 

From the response to the third question:

 

Unless I see some statistics I'm not going to believe that and there's no reason why I should. Again you're talking about popularity and how often fighters fought, that's irrelevant. That's another common sense thing, if fighters are fighting all the time then the work they do is going to be lower quality. The more an athlete performs the more mentally and physically fatigued they will be, the less room they'll have to recover and actually improve their game. Periodisation came into existence for a reason.

 

An old guy with an obvious emotional bias just saying something isn't proof of anything. He talks a lot of nonsense in that interview so until there are some statistics presented...

 

The opinion seems to be the same amongst many boxing veterans and experts, boxing has been devolving rather than evolving. Hopefully with this return of popularity we'll see better technique and skill but it seems unlikely as no combat sport will ever reach the heights like boxing did in its heyday.

 

You haven't seen statistics if your source is a newspaper or a boxing book. That's not reputable, anyone can make anything up.

The talent pool is higher now imo because the Soviet countries and Cubans are entering the pro ranks, that was rare back in the day. I don't think it's any coincidence that the rise of those countries success coincides with the decline in American boxing. Boxing is alive and well around the world, it's only in the west that it's been lagging behind.

You're not doing the activity any less by fighting less... You're giving your nervous system time to recharge while you work on different aspects of your game. That results in motor learning and improvement at a greater rate. To learn it's been shown that doing little bits and putting it together results in greater performance, doing the same thing over and over again results in performance decrements. Competition is very stressful, especially when your opponent is trying to render you unconscious. Skills are memories, stress has a negative impact on memory.
The only thing fighters of the old days have over fighters today is toughness. For some people that's what boxing is all about, being tough. I equate toughness with stupidity personally.

You don't think if you saw less NBA games during the season the quality would be higher? The reason they play so often is because of money. Why do you think teams pace themselves throughout a season?

 

No they're not valid, unless those newspapers and books (or you) can present a source to a reputable statistic record keeping organisation that anybody can look at then whatever is said is meaningless. Are you telling me that you believe everything you read in a newspaper?

I'm not saying you should share my opinion, and I'm not going to blindly subscribe to your opinion when common sense says otherwise.
You haven't shown anything and neither have I. What I do know is that Eastern Bloc fighters are turning professional now and doing very well. Is it a coincidence that American boxing has gone missing at the same time? I don't know, but I doubt it.

 

Good for you, but those aren't sources any more than my Uncle Sue is.