Can You Rightly Call Modern Fighters ATGs?

I believe the fighters you just named would have been successful in any era. Every time we see a fighter with skill and grit,they label him a”throwback “

 

Floyd Mayweather could go 15 rounds easy. So could James Toney he’s so relaxed

 

Some very weird stuff being said here!

Are we supposed to believe, that the old-timers were genetically different to modern boxers - so they could somehow better stand the heat?

If the old-timers could go 15 rounds, wouldn't modern boxers be able to do the same - if it was required of them? Why would they be unable to adapt from 12 to 15 rounds?

And what is this thing about weighing in on the day of a fight being a problem? Is that also supposed to be an insurmountable obstacle for the modern boxers?

 

Shouldn’t this be in general instead of clutttering Classic up with....ahhhhh never mind

 

Just because modern fighters don't fight 15 rounds doesn't mean they're not great, just like how Joe Louis and SRR and Henry Armstrong never fought 40 round fights like some really old timers but that doesn't mean they're not ATGs.

 

Well if distance is the criteria then the 15 rds would not stack up with the 20 rds or the 25-45 etc....champions....yes IMO the criteria for ATG is met by some fighters in every generation modern era included.

 

In my opinion you cannot...most modern fighters haven't withstood the test of time yet.

 

It probably is for many of them.

But if they were fighting at their ‘natural’ weight? For example I’m pretty sure Jarret Hurd could make 175 on the day of the fight in the 60’s.

This is a weird thread. And really leans towards what people hate about ‘historians’/fans of old timers.

As for Floyd he could easily make all of his divisions on day of weigh in, maybe not towards the end of his super featherweight tenure, but he’s a welterweight in any era for all the years he fought there. Same goes for 135. He famously didn’t cut weight.

 

The flip side is worth considering: we don’t know for certain that Benny Leonard could cut to 122 with 36 hours to rehydrate, so how do we know he could prosper today fighting light middleweights at ‘lightweight’?

EDIT: It’s not worth considering, it is a good example of how rubbish this thread is though.

 

Of course all eras have guys that could be great.
If only one era had men boxing outdoors in winter conditions, would all others be inferior because nobody boxed near naked when it was freezing?
Sure old-timers had special conditions in which to prove their greatness.
But if you dominate through great effort & skill, you need not meet precise rule sets to be "great".
Until they make it absurdly easy, such as 3 round fights with no KO's allowed or something...

There are very challenging circumstances & goals throughout boxing history.

 

Excellent!

 

Agree 100 %