How would the old time fighters compare today?

Perhaps you could narrow the question down a bit?

 

Many would crush todays fighters

 

They would get smashed, their technique was ****ing awful. ALL fighters before WWII would be midwestern circuit fighters. There were a couple surfacing around that time who could hang, from the SRR era on you can pick out a few here and there with a more modern style, the fifties a few more, and by the sixties we're pretty much in the modern era.

 

The modern era in terms of technique started closer to the 30's and 40's than the 60's. I feel that from that period one we're in what would be referred to as the modern era, peaking with the 40's through to the 80's, and generally on a slight slide past that point.

Margarito's technique is "****ing awful", yet somehow he's one of the top 10 P4P fighters in boxing at the moment. Odd.

 

They were a lot tougher than most of the current guys,so they would have beaten most of them

 

With modern nutrition and training most would have been superb. The guys back then had more heart than you could shake a stick at.

 

Carmen Basilio, and Ray Robinson both KILL Margarito:fire

 

The bigger faster more modern hevyweights are going to have an advantage.
At the lower weights the better man regaurdless of era is going to win.

 

THe "good Ol days" was also the golden age for boxing. You had to perform and fight with very little room for what some people call running . THeres wasnt as much lateral movement so that makes for a difference.

 

For those claiming modern nutrition is better. Can you please explain why guys like Marciano and Armstrong could fight 3 minutes of every round for 15 full rounds while a guy like De La Hoya, with the advantage of "modern nutrition", can't go past 9 rounds without gassing?

 

That's a pretty general statement. It all depends on the fighter and their style, not the era.

 

Agreed, most historians agree as, well if they had proper training and nutrition many (who already rank above today's boxers) would be dominant).

Head over to the Classic Forum for countless examples and most of you will be shocked at what you see.