ESPN's 50 Greatest Boxer of All Time

SO you belong to the school of thought that compares today with yesterday? Something thats basically got nothing but opinion to base it on.

You're better off sticking with a fighter, their peers and their era.

 

You know nothing about boxing if you compare P4P #3 Barrera in 2003 to Roberto Duran of the 1990s or the Ray Leonard of 1997. I don't miss you anymore, I hope Steve_Dave gives you another vacation. :kick:

 

You're right. At least once upon a time, Ray Leonard was a great fighter.

 

He was great, but he tried to retire everytime someone punched him in the eye. That counts against his legacy.

 

Then how do you explain Ricardo Mayorga beating Vernon Forrest?

 

Cigarettes.

 

Iron Chin and KO power. No matter how far boxing evolves there will always be guys like that:bears:

 

He didn't have an iron chin.

 

Charles was more skilled and his resume was pretty amazing. I think he deserved a higher ranking.

 

People are the same way with baseball. They think pitchers from the deadball era are better than today's pitchers, and that Ty Cobb would hit .400 against today's hitters.

 

Is this list a joke?

I think its a joke...not even the fundamentalist quotes thing is this dumb

 

It does suck, but it's sure as hell better than anything you ever thought of writing.

 

IMO while possible that the improved dietary, health etc. conditions of today contribute to better athletes across the sports including boxing.....
this is balanced in the case of boxing by the fact that they fought a lot more often, more elite-match-ups were made more often (is this disputable?), that boxing was a lot more popular a sport (sticking to USA and western europe) and had a deeper talent pool to draw from as a result, and that this depth also resulted in a consequent greater depth at trainer level and a more varied and richer bank of knowledge from which they could tap...Therefore, I don't think in many ways that its a stretch to say that the training available at boxing gyms generally is of a lower quality now than what was available x number of years ago, and that we "know" less now...

 

Mayorga's Style isn't THAT Archaic:nono: ...

Even HE Has a CONSIDERABLE Talent & Skill ADVANTAGE over MANY Silent Film Era Fighters...

Football,Basketball,Baseball,Track & Field,Soccer & Countless Other Athletes R BETTER than the Forefathers of their Particular Sports...

Boxing's NO Different...

Michael Jordan could've AVERAGED 100ppg if he Played "Back N the Day"...& Roy Jones would B 200-0 w/ 195 KO's,if he Fought N the Silent Movie Era...

REED

 

That's just retarded. While there are a few total jobbers that have made it on film, there were no champions from that era any worse than Mayorga.