Is this Currently The Weakest Boxing Era In A While?

It is a **** era.

 

There is a lot of depth in several weight classes. Stardom is also spread around the globe more than ever. The Klits might not be televised in America, but are huge in Europe. The Mexican fanbase is huge and supports a great stable of fighters. Even Canada has become a major player. America has the #1 star and Manny is energizing a huge Asian population like no other athlete before.

This era may not be as top heavy as eras of the past, but it is deep and talented.

 

Lennox, Holyfield, De la Hoya, Trinidad, Jones Jr, Barrera and Morales weren't in their prime at the same time. We've seen a lot of talents in the 2000's in Mayweather, Pacquiao, De La Hoya, the Klitshkos, Calzaghe, Hopkins, Morales, Barrera, the Marquez Bros, Vasquez, etc... The 2010's should be better than you expect.

 

It's a good era, but better at the lower weights, super middle, middle, welter.

 

I think we won't be able to accurately judge this era until about 10 years down the line

 

Nobody fights anymore. The big shift might have to be Europe becoming the true economic center for boxing. When the Pac/Mayweather bubbles burst, we'll be left with very little here in the States.

The only young fighters that can draw are Mexicans, and they can only draw in the Southwest. Nobody outside of hardcore boxing fans can name more than 5 fighters, and the fighters aren't active enough to generate fan interest. Most of them are taking some form of illegal supplements, and as testing gets more stringent, it will only lead to more fight cancellations.

 

Yeah this young generation all has DEAL BREAKING flaws.

Khan? stopped in ONE round, can't hit McCloskey.

Ward? pretty good, but pretty uninspiring to watch and boring

Dawson? getting up there already, and has very little killer instinct

Bradley? ugly spoiling style, no power, not fun to watch

Valero - best of a sorry lot, but dead prematurely

Linares - great speed, terrible instincts

Broner - good, but outboxed by Ponce De Leon - I have a feeling there will come a time when his inability to throw combinations against a superior opponent will cost him.

Rigodeaux - too old to transition well, doesn't fight often enough, doesn't throw enough

Kirkland - too much weight lifting, stiff and sometimes completely ineffective

Martinez - old, near the end of his career

Gary Russell Jr looks promising. Gamboa has terrible balance and is short but he might wind up being close to the real deal too.

Ortiz - not tough

Madaina - slow as molasses and already shopworn despite his power

It's a pretty sorry lot in comparison to past eras in my opinion - I think these guys are on the level of Agapito Sanchez and old Kevin Kelley.

 

I don't see things getting any better either. There are fewer fighters, fewer fight clubs, fewer gyms than there were years ago. The competition is not there like it was years ago. Guys make it to the top without really going to school with good fighters like you had to do years ago. There is so much money to be made in other sports that kids are not boxing like they used to, the kids in the ghetto, who used to be the lifeblood of the sport are doing other things nowadays, and can't be bothered with learning to box. I think what it boils down to, is that the competition is not even close to what it used to be, so the fighters are just not as good

 

This...^

There is a lot of talent, its just spread around the world. And the 5 sanctioning bodies really makes it hard for people to know who truly is talent and who isn't...something that a few generations ago didn't have to deal with...

 

This era definitely sucks......

Besides Pacquiao and Mayweather, the casual fan don't know these guys.....

Put it like this, Timothy Bradley is headlining the 2nd biggest PPV of the year......Timothy Bradley in OTHER eras is on the level and probably on a lower level than a guy like Buddy McGirt....

Can you imagine Buddy McGirt fighting on PPV:-(