ESB Essay Writing Competition: Comparing fighters from different eras

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  1. rekcutnevets

    rekcutnevets Black Sash Full Member

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    They are warranted, because they are all engaged in a similar activity. Anytime you have a history of people involved in the same, or nearly the same, sport; you will always wonder how the best from different eras will match up. Even if it is impossible to determine an answer.

    I keep a guideline in mind whenever I analyze match ups. Techniques change throughout eras, and so do conditioning methods. Instead of thinking of these match ups happening as they would era against era, I pretend both fighters would have the same knowledge available to learn from. I try to pretend they would be from the same time period, rather than saying so and so would be in better shape because he knew the importance of interval training. I try not to hold some of the old timer's sometimes different technique as the deciding factor, because if fighters are from the same period they will have similar technical knowledge to draw from.

    I always remember that these match ups are strictly imaginary, and the outcomes never capable of proven.
     
  2. Manassa

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    Thank you.
     
  3. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    What for?
     
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    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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  5. Manassa

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    Thank you for taking the time to read my fine essay.
     
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  6. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    you must be younger than I thought!:yep
     
  7. Manassa

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    Ah, the opposite. Let's evolve our skills; at this time, we are merely revolving.
     
  8. Manassa

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    Eighteen, sir!
     
  9. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Thou art forgiven then! :good

    (Friendly advice...read the question carefully before attempting an anwer...will come in handy when you do exams as university...and...contrary to popular beliefs it's a myth that they give an alpha alpha double plus for smart-assed three-word answers...);)
     
  10. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    :lol: "rough" is a bit of an understatement...the gradient of the line falling to George Foreman implies a logical impossibility...but otherwise, it's a pretty picture!:good
     
  11. Manassa

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    Should have asked me during the week. At weekends I'm fully booked!
     
  12. Bummy Davis

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    :good :good :good
     
  13. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    :readthre:
     
  14. Manassa

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    Oh, I see - how many words does it have to be?
     
  15. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    If Muhammad doesn't want to go to the mountain, then I guess the mountain has to come to Muhammad...

    I pasted the answer below, so that you don't have to scroll to the first post...:-(

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    "Comparisons between fighters from different eras are unwarranted, and, as such, cannot reasonably be made."

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