When we judge the strength or weakness of an era, we too often look only at the top contenders and try to generalize across the field. This approach is too narrow. I suggest something different: post footage of pre-1980 journeymen. I'm talking decent fighters who nevertheless don't qualify for the top 10 lists -- NOT tomato cans. If we can assemble a good-sized collection of footage from several different eras, we might be able to understand different eras' depth better as a whole. We might even get a better view of the changes going on in boxing as a whole. After all, elite fighters don't always represent the average skillset of their eras; they're often ahead of the curve, or unorthodox. Post 'em if you have 'em.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKK_aN0pBaw[/ame] (not Sandy) [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLzR7X6HsTI[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w8JZ9kbAcU[/ame] (obviously not Moore) [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6oagovQgs8[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcPPt3MA-h0[/ame] (not Joey) If someone takes offense to these fighters being called journeyman, this is about the lowest level of contender that you can find footage on pre-80s. Boxers on the fringe who won some and lost some.
Can't post it as on iPhone, but Rudy Barro was a solid journeyman who picked up some good wins and mixed in good opposition. There is a clip of him on YouTube in full flow before getting brutally sparked, there must be something else out there on him (and I'd be interested to see it) I have a short clip of Borkhorsor-Montana, with the Mexican picking up his only really notable win (Bus Station later won the return in Thailand). Check out Saul Montanas ring record, probably the most intimidating list of opponents I've ever seen. Never come across anything else on Montana though, mad that considering all the quality men he faced.
