Would Tony Thompson be competitive in the 80s ?

No chance. He’d scrape the top 35 or so.

 

People boxed back then. People don’t box since the 90s - gyms scarce and empty.

 

Not in a pro boxing country truth be told, but we have a single pure boxing gym in our state but dozens of BJJ, Muay Thai, Mcdojos, MMA and Taekwondo gyms the gym the boxing gym i am talking about has produced champions but is so thin for numbers WWs sparring LHWs is a natural sight...

 

Honestly, no. I don't think he ever gets his hands on a belt and he doesn't crack the top 10 ... Maybe top 20 or so ...

 

He's really not that good of a boxer ... And it was a joke that he even challenged Wlad twice ... He was no match for Klitschko

 

Not Ferguson or Tillis

 

Yes,I think so ,the following were ranked in that decade.
Tillis
Bey
Cobb
Biggs
Mercado
Snipes
Mason
Norris
Damiani
I think he might beat some of them.

 

Just out of interest how do you think Thompson does specifically with gary mason?

 

Thompson was a tall, durable, decent boxer with ok power. More importantly, he was a pro who showed up prepared every time unlike a lot of 80s guys.

He would most likely beat Bonecrusher, who was a worse boxer and probably wouldn’t crack his chin. That’s one title he could take. Then you’ve got Berbick, Weaver, and Coetzee who were smaller and not all that great at outboxing people. More chances. Then you’ve got Dokes, Witherspoon, Thomas, and Page who didn’t show up in top form every time. There’s also Tucker who was passive, Tate who faded, Holmes who was past it and underestimating opponents by the mid 80s, and Spinks who was undersized.

He’d probably take a title if given the right chances.

 

Yes he would of, 6’5 lefty that comes prepared does ok in any era. Maybe not great but he can crack the top 10