Why Mayweather would beat anybody of a similar size in history...

Im not going to say Mayweather would beat fighters of the past such as Leonard or SRR.

But I will say HUMANS/ATHLETES have become stronger, faster, quicker in all aspects. Boxing is the sport where that is not recognized when comparing eras.

Although I feel it's unfair to compare era to era. (We truly dont know who would win in mythical match ups)

But when you look at Joe Louis or Rocky Marciano they wouldn't even fight at HW in todays generation.

 

What is a "similar" size? Could you be any more vague?

And you do realise, that we don't have to look back to the stone ages to find ATG fighters...

Do Pryor/Leonard/Duran/Chavez count as similar? I would say they do, and I would say you completely ruling them out makes you stupid.

 

The same Mayweather ascared to fight Margarito?

 

This is also stupid because your reasoning really only applies to the heavyweights, and even then, most will say that heavy's today are much less skilled than those of the past.

 

Fail!

 

Nope,because he might be better physical than the old tme fighters,but he just hasn't got the HEART

 

Your point is well taken about how sports have progressed over the years. I dont think anyone can argue that various sports performance metrics have not only gotten considerably better over the years. Athletes are using better nutrition (some steroids as well!), better training methods, have better medical technologies around them to enhance recovery/recuperation, and most importantly perhaps, have the COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE of the athletes before them to learn from and improve their own performance in their respective sports.

I am not going to say Mayweather could beat anybody of similar size (even though he is my favorite fighter, and I genuinely think he would at least give anybody in history major problems given his full skillset). The reason you cant make such assumptions is that in comparing eras, you have to ADJUST FOR ALL THE FACTORS I MENTIONED ABOVE and only THEN make your comparison. If Sugar Ray Robinson was around today and he had all the luxuries of modern sports training and medical advancements, imagine how good would he be then.

The bottom line is, yes, sports have advanced considerably over the years, but in comparing athletes, you must adjust for those factors and then make comparisons.

Btw, I liked your montage pictures comparing the past and present...very interesting.

 

George Best would own Ronaldo, you tool! In boxing as well as football your most valuable asset is your brain. Therefore your comparison is dumb.

Sports like running and all the other athletics rely on muscle groups and technique more than anything. Bolt doesn't have much thinking to do in those 9.69 seconds!

 

Your point is weak, hit man hears was much taller than mayweather all the muscle does is put you in a higher weight class, but you loose reach and power in most cases. longer leaner guys have more power in most cases when it comes to punching

 

That's a dumb argument. Hitman hearns started his career at 147. While Floyd at 147 is at his 4th weight class.

 

Is this a general argument on Old vs Modern fighters or is it actually Mayweather specific?

 

Old vs Modern

Or era by era by era.

 

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