Why does everyone say SRR was the best of all time

Sweetpea, I hate to disagree. Igenerally agrre with your posts , but..

Hearns' only chance would be a brawl where he landed like he did on Duran. I think he would lose the brawl, but he'd have a small chance.

If it became a boxing match, SRR was faster, had better movement, ring genaralship and more skill than the hitman.

I think either way, the sugarman stops the hitman.

 

Can we agree that fighting as many times as SRR did offers no overall advantage over todays elite fighters with 30+,40+ fights?

 

No overall advantage to ones ability to box?

 

Nice. Some of these JC fans are just too ridiculous....

 

Would you rather fly with a pilot who had 45 hours experience or one who had 1200 hours?

Would you rather have your surgery performed by a doctor who had done 27 previous similar surgeries or a doctor who had done 200?

The more time you spend doing something, the better you get at it.

 

imo it's the other way around. srr's would be better if he brawled with hearns. hearns outboxes ssr 6/10 times, hearns had to much of a reach and height advantage, not to mention a extremely well schooled fighter.

 

Why spar if you've already had a fight? Hell, why even train for a fight if you've already trained or fought already.

Perhaps Michael Jordan should have just shot ONE JUMPER as opposed to thousands and not watsed his time.

 

Great point.

Fact is that when you're forced on a regular basis to find a way to win against top fighter after top fighter, you either break or turn great. Period.

 

200+ real fights would leave you damaged goods.
The human body has limits.

Or you aren't left as damaged goods, in which case most the fights were no different from sparring.

All fighters peak at some point. Most after 30 or so fight. Robinson after however many.

Robinson gained nothing from his hundreds of fights+training (including sparring) that the modern elite don't gain from 30 fights+training (including sparring).

 

How do you know what the limits are? Human bodies do not follow some set of rules you make. There are variables to take into consideration for everyone. Nutriution, health, how many wars, drug usage...

I hope you realize how ridiculous this post is.

ALL fighters? atsch