Why do people compare old time fighters to modern day fighters when they. . .

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  1. unsentdemon

    unsentdemon Active Member Full Member

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    Was the light heavyweight division ever strong?? Hopkins has fought the best available competition though.
     
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  2. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    :huh
     
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  3. davebenoit

    davebenoit Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not all boxers of yesteryears are good compare tothe modern era.
     
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  4. unsentdemon

    unsentdemon Active Member Full Member

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    Was that an answer??
     
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  5. JMP

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    Between 1970 and the mid 80s you had: Bob Foster, Victor Galindez, Chris Finnegan, John Conteh, Jorge Ahumada, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Dwight Muhammad Qawi, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Yaqui Lopez, Marvin Johnson, Michael Spinks, Eddie Davis, Lottie Mwale, Vonzell Johnson, Murray Sutherland, etc....not to mention some other contenders and decent fighters in that time frame. That's ridiculous :shock:

    With Pascal twice, Calzaghe, Tarver, and now Dawson, no doubt the old man is still willing to fight tough guys and take risks.
     
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  6. unsentdemon

    unsentdemon Active Member Full Member

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    Are any of these better than Hopkins, Tarver or Jones?? Cuz I honestly never heard of them, the only one I ever heard anything good about was Michael Spinks and Bob Foster.
     
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  7. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Just because you never heard of them does not mean they aren't any good.

    It just means maybe you got a little bit to learn about this sport.
     
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  8. JMP

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    There's a lot of good things about quite a few of those guys. Check em out :good

    You'll probably enjoy their fights more than watching Shumenov, Cleverly, Chris Henry, Mack, etc.
     
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  9. Thinman

    Thinman Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Can someone tell me where the modern era starts????

    Is it from the 60s or is it from the 70s???
     
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  10. BremnerBomber

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    I'm not doubting boxing may have been big in these countries...but most fights would have been domestic i would have thought as travelling and finding money for travel would have been difficult.

    from the late 1800's to WW2 the "world" champions were at least 90% were soley from N.America...now we have fighters from around the world fighting each other...and these are all full professionals not part-timers which i'm certain alot of these registered boxers were at the time
     
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  11. Vysotsky

    Vysotsky Boxing Junkie banned

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    lol what's wrong with this picture.
     
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  12. Black2023

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdFSqQxQRYc&feature=related[/ame]


    Ali against a 6'3 223 fighter
     
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  13. unsentdemon

    unsentdemon Active Member Full Member

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    OMG,were you trying to prove a point with this boring ****???:D
     
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  14. Black2023

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDPp48AaO-I&feature=related[/ame]

    Ali against Young
     
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  15. madmanc3210

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    People would have you believe marciano louis and ali would stand a chance against 6"7 wreckingball klitschko its all bull**** and loved up nostalgia
     
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