Which common boxing take/opinion present or past frustrates you the most?

The notion that Jack Dempsey is an all-time great. He literally came about in the worst era ever, made a title defence every three years, went the distance with a middleweight and ducked his best contenders.

Anyone who says Ezzard Charles was a featherfist. That means they're either ignorant or clueless.

Anyone who says Canelo is one of the best Mexicans ever. He's not. Hell, he doesn't pass of as great with the amount of help he's had.

People who say Wilder is the hardest puncher ever but can't even give me a top five.

When someone uses a boxer's word as gospel. More time they have biases, agendas etc. and most of the time they're wrong anyway.

There's loads more too.

 

There's so much wrong with this statement, but it appears as though you are blissfully unaware.

For a start, the word "only" shouldn't precede 15lbs. Do you really need someone to explain why? It's obvious as to why you think this, though. Your line of thinking stems from the fact that he is already obese and another 15lbs is nothing but a drop in the ocean. I think that says it all.

Andy Ruiz, in that shape, would definitely struggle to land a glove on Malik Scott. There's no doubt about that. That's exactly how unremarkable Anthony Joshua's performance was.

 

Too many boxing 'officianados' calling all together far too many professional boxers 'bums'.

Wilder being the heaviest puncher in Boxing history - who exactly has he knocked out again to stake this claim? Oh yeah, that's right.... Luis Ortizn't and Dominc 'saggy tits' Breazeale.

People claiming that Nigel Benn cheated his way to victory against the G-Man..... He was practically fighting for HIS life at times in that fight.

People who state that 'modern' training techniques make today's fighters leagues above the Greats of the past. How many of today's fighters could put in a fight resume equivalent to SRR's and at the 15 round championship distance? I'll just let that one hang there for a while.

 

Yep!

 

I kind of agree with this one but also think it applies to the other way around. There are many that also say that the old fighters would kill these new fighters. Really? Some yeah but most? In the words of Mike Tyson, fighters are supposed to get better, not worse...

 

Making Golovkin Canelo 2 sound like like it was a BJS -LEMIEUX. Usyk-Gassiev schooling by ggg
Had ggg win the firsts 8-4
And the second one a toss up either way .


People saying Ruiz is actually a cruiser due to his height .

No geniuses its called a weight class ...not a height class.

Fans making excuses for Pacs losses acting as if the excuses get rid of the defeats and hes undefeated .

People saying Usyk is" too small " for the heavy weight division
When hes 6'3 215 ...
Not 5'9 185...


People saying rocky isn't great ....


Then also demanding a fight to happen.you wanting it to happen. Confidently picking your guy to win . explaining in detail how your guy will dominate one sided .

Then your guy loses. Or its close then you justs
Complain about how the other your fighter is pasts prime because he didnt live up to the hype you branded him to be going into the fight .

Sounding like a sore loser making excuses after wards



And mosts of all . if you dont agree with me thats fine . you have your opinion i have mine.
But getting butthurt because i dont agree with you.

 

The only one i agree with is fury was meant to be a cherrypick. Pretty much a cherry pick gone wrong. Ruiz would struggle to be in a top 5 heavyweights bearing in mind parker beat him. Whyte beat parker. Joshua beat him. Fury would beat him. As would wilder. I think ortiz would beat him as well. You go forward throwing at ortiz...he,ll hurt you. Povetkin would give him a great fight if not beat him. Usyk would probably beat him. A fit chisora would give him a better fight than joshua gave him the first time. The truth is ruiz is only great because he beat joshua. And thats because joshuas not all that special. His chin and recoveries not good enough. Guys would deal with ruiz much better without having to run for their lifes.

The reality is joshua can give it out but he cant take it back quite the same. Hes spent most of his time beating people up....yet hes still be rocked more times than i can remember.

 

Mostly....on mike tyson and muhammad ali. Possibly roy jones junior as well.

The one time the casuals got it right. The three of them we,re in a league of their own. Its almost like because the casuals seen it....the boxing hardcore go against them...to sort of try to prove their more knowledgable.

The reality is tho...these three we,re in a league of their own. Special fighters. All three brought back down to earth...thats boxing for you tho. But these guys we,re special fighters. Ali lost something after the lay off....tyson chucked it away by living like an amatuer and roy just declined by jumping weight classes or maybe it was the drugs. Regardless tho special talents.

 

The idea that feinting, body-punching and other old-time skills are now dying out - along with all the great trainers!

 

Calling a guy great while he's winning and then claiming he's past it as soon as he loses

 

"it's a poor era", "it's a weak division"

Bring back hanging.

 

Loosing seems to be a sin.

 

Since SRR is (probably) the greatest fighter ever, all of today's boxers will naturally come up short when compared to him. So any such talk doesn't prove anything, relating to the strengths of different eras.

I might as well claim, that most of today's champions are leagues above another fighter from Robinson's time, Freddie Mills - which, again, is neither here nor there, when comparing the two eras.