Floyd Mayweather vs Sugar Ray Robinson, P4P

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Shakur Stevenson thinks Floyd is too modern and advanced for the 147 lb version of SRR and would win comfortably. Anyone agree?

 

Well, Newark is known for crack addicts, so...

 

"Too advanced"

Robinson had about 200 pro fights and retired in 1965, not 1895.

 

For these young guys, anybody who fought pre-1990 is a caveman.

It dont take a goddamn rocket scientist to figure out that Floyd, who had his hands full with a washed up Oscar, aint beating Robinson.

Floyd doesn't beat Gavilan, let alone Robinson.

I got $500 that says Shakur doesn't know who Kid Gavilan is.

 

I think "athlete evolution" is overrated as a whole, but what's apparent is its more applicable to certain sports.

If you wanna tell me that Rod Laver couldn't compete with the tennis stars today, thats fine, and its probably true.

Boxing is different.

Boxing hasnt really evolved from Robinson's era at the ELITE level. Not talent wise nor skill wise.

Nobody can sit up here with a straight face and tell me that Ryan is more "advanced" than Jose Napoles, or Devin Haney is more "advanced" than Luis Rodriguez.

If anything, skill has REGRESSED, because the real teachers are dead.