Was the 1980's the Greatest Boxing Era?

The decade had "pockets" of good talent and great fights. Not sure if it was better than the 90's or even a few others, but there were some great fights. Holyfield vs Dokes is another that I'd ad to your list.

 

Yeah probably

 

60s.

 

Yeah, I'd say so.

 

Nope, close but no cigar. The best was the 70's...and you know it.

 

80s through into the 90s has more talent than anytime in history imo

 

I'd rate the 1940s, '30s or '20s as better.

There was a time when Sugar Ray Robinson, Willie Pep, Ezzard Charles were around their primes, Charley Burley were around, with Joe Louis heavyweight champion. Jimmy Bivins, Archie Moore, Ike Williams, Manuel Ortiz, Jake LaMotta, Marcel Cerdan, Kid Gavilan etc.

 

I rate the late 40s from feather to light heavy as the best ever.saddler, pep, williams, beau jack, bob montgomery, tippy Larkin, Willie joyce, bummy Davis, sugar ray, zivic, burley, Charles, Marshall, lamotta, Holman Williams, Moore, graziano, cerdan, zale.
The only fly in the ointment was the mafia and multiple bent managers and promoters which meant that most of these great, great fighters ended up broke

 

It might well have been the one with most talent, but it was also the decade when the alphabet soup era really started going. And that resulted in some very good fights not taking place at especially JMW, MW and HW.

 

I think it's quite possible that all the attention around HW fights in the 70's made more kids interested in boxing and quickly growing purses made them more interested in going pro which resulted in a large talent pool.

 

Brawl in Montreal was the last great fight? :blood

I guess you missed Vazquez vs. Marquez I-III, then?