May 91 Ring Ratings Of The Heavies, Compare To Now

Well seriously please enlighthen me as to who today compares to the following:

1.Holyfield
2.Tyson
3.Ruddock
4.Bowe
5.Witherspoon
6.Mercer
7.Foreman
8.Williams
9.Lewis
10.Coetzer

 

I gave my assessment already in this thread. Read it up.

Where´s yours btw. the only thing you provided so far are insults, is that all you can do? :think

 

Agreed,

Even a guy like Tim Witherspoon who was around 33 in 91' wouldn't be that bad today... People also forget that the current versions of Wlad and Vitali aren't prime, while Holy, Bowe, Tyson and Lewis were either at their best or close to it in 1991... Looking at it that way, I don't even know of the Klits would be top 5.

 

90s were way better///

 

A proper quote would be, outside the first 9 fighters, todays era is fairly comparble.

 

Wouldn´t be my opinion though.

 

Guys like Pierre Coetzer, Orlin Norris, and Francesco Damiani would be top contenders today.

 

deal:deal

Esp PRIME Orlin Norris - he was canny mint like a Prime Chrissy Byrd. :bbb

 

I think the 90s are overall better than the 70s.

 

Possibly from the standpoint of having more depth yes and guys with great overall athleticism... From a different standpoint however, I think if we were to take the best 3 heavy's from the 70's and match them with the best 3 or 4 of the 90's, the 70's come out better, but only when comparing the absolute elite, and not the whole division... I also think we saw more instances of the best facing the best on a fairly regular basis in the 70's than we did in the 90's.... Both eras were excellent, but had different strengths.

 

agree :thumbsup

 

To some degree i agree that the elite were more elite in the 70s , but I am not sure sure that the 3 best 70s men take the 3 best 90s men.

If the you agree on the athleticism and the division being deeper, then surely the guys that got to the top of it proved more than those who got to the top of the 70s?

 

well kinda sorta....

The 90's as I said were deeper and featured men who had exceptional athleticism... But I also observed that you had better matches made and more often in the 70's.. Look at all the ranked contenders that Jerry Quarry fought in order to get shots at the title when contrasted to someone like Riddick Bowe.... Or how many of the elite 90's champs fought out their entire division they way that Muhammad Ali did? That's the kind of stuff that I'm referring to.... That said though, I don't know if I can rate either era over the other... They both had their pros and cons.

 

you aint got no girlfirend mother ****er. Foo'

 

I think most of the fighters nowadays are badly managed and poorly promoted. The Klitschkos are really the only ones who have been developed right, and they are old men now. David Haye did a good job of selling himself but never really developed his ability coming up from cruiserweight with enough tests at heavyweight.

The early 1990s, fighters were promoted and managed better. Same thinhg with the 1970s.