The HW division: What has changed?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Bubby, Aug 10, 2011.


  1. JASPER

    JASPER Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    yes, fox news is so pro black its sickening . . . lol. No, the talk of this being the weakest era started Just before LL retired and when he did Byrd/ruiz ruled the division.

    Man it sounds like there are a lot of fascist on this board . . . all of this superior race BS . . . would be scary if it wasn't so funny
     
  2. JASPER

    JASPER Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    two points:

    you put his name with in a cluster of others and i over looked it.

    what does MIGHT mean? lol

    besides he is a Cruiser . . . I do not consider him a part of this discussion we are talking Heavys which have evolved everywhere except in the USA. Since you agree with that point I do not really understand your point.
     
  3. HENDO

    HENDO Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nobody gives a **** anymore bubby. Haye vs Klitschko already happened. The heavyweight division has nobody else.

    Your wasting your time.
     
  4. HENDO

    HENDO Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The only racist in this conversation is YOU. You make that BLATANTLY CLEAR.

    And regardless of Wlad's win, it can't erase his losses to journeyman.

    With that said, I think he is a very formidable opponent and a great fighter.

    As far as the rest of the division though, aside from his brother and the already defeated David Haye, there is nobody worth **** in the division.

    I don't see how this is debateable.

    As I previously said, David Haye got beat, and Wlad isn't fighting his brother.

    There is no excitement left in the heavyweight division.

    Your threads are now boring and old. Please prove to people you are not a white supremicist by talking about a different division and not only WHITE fighters.

    BTW, shut the **** up.
     
  5. Ncc84

    Ncc84 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The purpose of bringing cunningham into the debate was to show that the usa is still producing boxers as they were in the 70s and if he was in the 70s he would be a very good heavyweight, he would be competitive with a list of;


    ali
    Foreman
    frazier
    holmes
    young
    norton
    Quarry
    Lyle
    Bonavena
    Shavers

    As he is about the same size as these, and this is a list of my top ten from 1970-1979. (I thought you'd prefer a list of the entire decade rather than one year;)

    However, I dont think he would fare any better in a list of;

    Wladimir
    Vitali
    Adamek
    Povetkin
    Haye
    Chagaev
    Chambers
    Dimitrenko
    Boytsov
    Helenius

    because these boxers are generally so much bigger. And these are just the current crop not the entire era.
     
  6. JASPER

    JASPER Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    lol, cunning ham would be blown out by the top two guys today and 5 of the top guys back then . . . thanks for proving my point . . .:good
     
  7. bremen

    bremen Boxing Addict Full Member

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    There are number of US boxers who are 6'5"+ so it is not the size that matters.
     
  8. Bubby

    Bubby Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Most all top fighters and even champions
    have had a loss or two against journeymen, Norton, Quarry, Young Patterson, ect,ect. Also when you take into account the "near misses",
    Ali/Jones, Ali/Cooper, Holyfield/Cooper, Holmes/Witherspoon ect, ect. There's really no champion in any weight division in boxing history unblemished.



    The same thing can be said for a snap shot of almost any weight division at any one point in history.


    I've said this many times before. I only like the heavier weight divisions.
    I couldn't care less about the little "Fart" weights.......
     
  9. Ncc84

    Ncc84 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    That doesn't prove your point. Cunningham would not beat 8 out the ten top heavyweights! He's already lost to Adamek. So do you think he would beat a klitscko.

    Also that is a list of just the top ten heavys from today. The 70s list is a top ten from the entire decade I could find more than 5 from the last 10 years.
     
  10. Is the hunger and desire really there now for big ass Americans to box when there's an easier option to make money in football or basketball ?

    It's a long hard road in the fight game before you start seeing the cash benefits. If ever.
     
  11. Bubby

    Bubby Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Let's look at a "snap shot" of the top ten from Ring Mag october 74.

    #1 George Foreman, unbeaten but considered still a little green.

    #2 Muhammad Ali, was 14-2-0 in this come back.

    #3 Joe Frazier, semi-retired, fought once or twice a year.

    #4 Ken Norton, 37-3-0, Ko'd by Garica, down 8 times in six fights.

    #5 Jerry Quarry, on his 3th comeback, considered over the hill at this point

    #6 Ron Lyle, Lost to Quarry, fought to a draw with LHW Peralta, next fight lost to Young.

    #7 Oscar Bonavena, end of his career, had just 3 more fights after 74

    #8 Jimmy Eills, had just 2 more fights after 74, 39-11-1 record.

    #9 Henry Clark, old war horse, never beat one named HW fighter.

    #10 Jose L Garica, a middleweight, considered grossy overweight,

    Now I picked Oct 74 at random. And just outside the top ten we had Chuck Wepner #11 and Randy Neuman #12.........
     
  12. Ncc84

    Ncc84 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'm not sure what the point your making is, I tried to get JASPER to comment on a like for like top ten (ie a current top ten and top ten at any point in history) but he wouldnt, so I made a top 10 of the 70s to make my point.

    If you point is that this is an era considered to be strong, but actually a top ten is weaker than today's, then I agree with you

    I think only two of them would definitely be in the top ten today, possibly frazier, but he would struggle against the larger opponents of today.


    Where did you get this information from, do you own the magazines or did you find an internet source?
     
  13. Bubby

    Bubby Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Just proving your point that comparing todays division with the cream of all years of the 70's is stupid and unfair.
    The top ten at any point of the 70s clearly shows a very shallow talent pool just like in 74. Four were at the end of their careers, one had never beat anybody, one was obese and one was too lose his next fight.

    I have some Ring Magazines from the 70s. But you can get all the ring rankings on Boxrec.......