Is this Currently The Weakest Boxing Era In A While?

It's one of the best eras of all time, definitely a top 10 era.

 

Yes it is. Seems just about any decent fighter being labeled an ATG now.

 

You are counting from 1990 until 2005.

So your next era should be 2005-2020. In eight years we will know how this era ends. But we've had Pacquiao, Mayweather, Marquez, Calzaghe, W. Klitschko, V. Klitschko, Cotto, Donaire, Ward.

 

what's a top ten era?

 

With all the big names in the sport and potential great fights, not to forget record breaking PPVs and so on, this era is hardly weak and not close. We have Pacquiao making history, the supersix, Mayweather, Marquez, Cotto, Khan, Bute, Ward, Hopkins making history, Gamboa, P.Williams, Lara, Dawson, Pascal, Alvarez, Mosley, Hatton, Ortiz, Berto, Klitschkos, Haye and MANY others.

Did the previous era have a highly anticipated/hoped for fight like Mayweather/Pacquiao which will surely break the PPV record of DLH/Mayweather(a fight that happened in THIS era)?

 

An era cannot be shorter than 25 years.

 

Like who?

The fighters being considered ATGs are obvious. RJJ, Mayweather, Pacquiao, Hopkins and Mosley. I don't see any more(Hope I'm not forgetting someone worthy) being considered ATGs by rational fans.

 

:huh

 

The 90s was considered slow compared to the 80s, the 80s slow compared to the 70s and so on. People love to complain.

 

okay, thanks for the clarification. I still dont get how this is a top ten era though, or how there can even be ten slots for the greatest eras. that's at the very least, 250 years of boxing history by your definition of an era's duration.

 

I think part of how people perceived the 90s depended on when they started watching boxing. Those brought up in the 70s would probably see it differently than if their first experience of the heavyweight championship was Tubbs-Page or Thomas-Berbick.

It could also have been more of a journalistic thing, as you couldn't open a copy of the Ring or KO without someone bemoaning the state of the heavyweight division.

I think as well the 90s looks better when viewed as a whole, rather than taking snapshots of particular years. At one point the 3 main champs were Seldon, Bruno and Botha (with late 40s Foreman the lineal champ), which is bizarre for an era where Lewis, Bowe, Holyfield and Tyson were active.

 

e·ra



noun /ˈi(&#601rə/  /ˈerə/ 
eras, plural


1.A long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic
- his death marked the end of an era
- the era of glasnost


2.A system of chronology dating from a particular noteworthy event
- the dawn of the Christian era


3.A major division of time that is a subdivision of an eon and is itself subdivided into periods
- the Mesozoic era


4.A date or event marking the beginning of a new and distinct period of time