Which era had the most technically skilled HWs?

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Don't forget Zora Folley!!!!!

 

Hm, don´t think you can argue much with this.

 

Yes, I agree with all of the above, I may get an argument, but I believe that Ernie Terrell belongs on that list of skilled heavies, since he certainly didn't trade on his power.

 

I think the 80's had some very technically skilled heavies, especially coming out of the Ali camp. What was that group called that had Dokes and Page? Unfortunately, these same heavies were almost uniformly fat and lazy with a penchant for booger sugar.

 

I think its post war right up to 1970. this era should also include charles-walcott and the technically sound harold johnson at the begining and jimmy ellis- quarry at the tail end.

there was indeed gifted pure boxers like jimmy young that came later as well as inferior but still talented "ali clones" but the post war - 1970 new york hey days had a higher volume of stylists. It was about the time vegas casinos became the new capital of boxing that it thinned out a bit IMO.

 

I'd agree with the 50's.

 

First era that popped in my head :good

 

Late 50's-early 60's and include Erskine, Cooper, Jones and Cooper. Runner-up? 30's with Sharkey, Louis, Schmeling, Loughran, Hamas, Pastor etc?

 

If your going to include Joe Erskine, then you should include Nino Valdes, who blasted him away in 1 round.

 

This is a difficult one I think the 50's was the first that sprung to mind with the likes of Charles, Walcott, Archie Moore, even Roland LaStarza was technically very good...but then I think some of the best skilled boxers were challenging in the 20's aswell (but weren't natural heavyweights) Tom Gibbons, Georges Carpentier and then came Gene Tunney who was just a magnificent boxer, - very difficult one this - some great boxing hw's from all eras - Tommy Loughran, Billy Conn, all really clever skilled fighters - sometimes I get the impression with some of the bigger massive heavyweights - the knowledge of the skills is in there but they physically can't pull off some of the moves that the smaller more agile skilful boxers are capable of - so I would say give some of the big guys credit too - because certainly 'technichally' they have it all but once your over a certain size getting your frame to acheive the same results that a spritely 13 and a half stoner can be a virtual imposibility I guess

 

How about the era after Charles loses his title. You have Charles, Walcott, Machen, Johnson etc...

 

I would agree ,there was plenty of talent about then ,but not much dedication ,The Lost Generation ,of heavyweights.