Someone in the comments said boxing was better when Don King was on top. I think I agree

[CHICAGO]

Is boxing the only sport where the talent hasn’t evolved?

THERES NOTHING WRONG
WITH 2DAYS TALENT.

EVERYONE IS ALL ABOUT
PROTECTING THEIR RECORDS NOW
WHEN DON WOULD HAVE
HAD ALL OF THESE DUDES FIGHTING
EACH OTHER.

REMEMBER THAT MIDDLEWEIGHT TOURNEY HE PUT TOGETHER WITH
TINIDAD/HOPKINS/JOPPY/HOLMES?




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[RickyDiBiase]

I’m not saying I agree or disagree, but it seems like boxing is the main sport where people say fighters of the past would wash today’s fighters. In football or basketball, all we hear about is how the players evolved, especially basketball.

They always say that tired line

The Heavyweight division in boxing was in the skids by the time the 90’s rolled around. Now the 70’s is different story entirely but If I’m a betting man I’d take today’s class over 90’s outside of Tyson, Holyfield, Foreman, Lewos, Bowe and Ruddock

 

[CHICAGO]

Heavyweights of this era are way more talented than they were when DK was around

DON RAN shyt
FROM THE 70S -2000S.



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[CHICAGO]

They always say that tired line

The Heavyweight division in boxing was in the skids by the time the 90’s rolled around. Now the 70’s is different story entirely but If I’m a betting man I’d take today’s class over 90’s outside of Tyson, Holyfield, Foreman, Lewos, Bowe and Ruddock

HOW TF YOU GONNA
SAY OUTSIDE OF 6 FIGHTERS?

THAT MEANS YOU
TAKING THE 90S FIGHTERS


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[RickyDiBiase]

HOW TF YOU GONNA
SAY OUTSIDE OF 6 FIGHTERS?

THAT MEANS YOU
TAKING THE 90S FIGHTERS


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No it doesn’t

 

[jadillac]

Gotta give Don King his credit. Look at the under cards on his fights. He made the whole card interesting. That shyt is no more

You're saying Don King's cards were splendiferously and meretriciously put together?

 

[R=G]

Sports can face decline in talent if they have a serious drop in available talent pool due to cultural factors. In this case, the best athletes realized they could keep more of their paychecks with less brain damage by becoming DBs and RBs and LBs (or, occasionally, point guards or strikers/midfielders or even shortstops). Even the youth who weren't "good enough" to play pro football, are you going to spend your teenage years trying your best to develop yourself on the football field with a dream of making it, or are you going to spend every day getting your head bashed in for a sport that offers virtually nothing in the way of development at school or academic scholarships, just for the hope that you "might" make it as a boxer in the distant future?

The only place where boxing talent hasn't declined is for weight classes so short that they never had a hope of playing any other sport, or by super tall motherfukkers from cultures where you don't have a serious shot to play TE/DE.

Football is not a safe alternative. Not at all. One wrong play, leg is shattered or neck is broken.

 

[CHICAGO]

WILDER AND JOSHUA
WOULD HAVE FOUGHT 6 YRS AGO
IF KING WAS STILL RUNNING shyt.



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[Osmar]

You will never see a loaded card like this again.

Boxers today demand more money

and the 4 bottom fights would be headliners for a Showtime, DAZN, ESPN card

 

[MicIsGod]

Boxing is in an amazing space right now.

 

[Po pimp]

THERES NOTHING WRONG
WITH 2DAYS TALENT.

EVERYONE IS ALL ABOUT
PROTECTING THEIR RECORDS NOW
WHEN DON WOULD HAVE
HAD ALL OF THESE DUDES FIGHTING
EACH OTHER.

REMEMBER THAT MIDDLEWEIGHT TOURNEY HE PUT TOGETHER WITH
TINIDAD/HOPKINS/JOPPY/HOLMES?




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Oh, I agree. I’m just saying when people try to make these arguments, boxing is one of the main sports where people argue that fighters of the past would compete with todays fighters. Some of these fools think Willie Pep would give Floyd a good fight

I will say the heavyweight division isn’t the same now as it was back then. Big dudes would rather play basketball or football than get in a boxing gym. Or rather, they’re being pushed towards playing those sports.

They always say that tired line

The Heavyweight division in boxing was in the skids by the time the 90’s rolled around. Now the 70’s is different story entirely but If I’m a betting man I’d take today’s class over 90’s outside of Tyson, Holyfield, Foreman, Lewos, Bowe and Ruddock

Overall, I’m definitely taking the heavyweights from the 60s-90s over today

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Football is not a safe alternative. Not at all. One wrong play, leg is shattered or neck is broken.

I'm not calling football "safe", I've talked about that plenty in football context. But the average young person is going to find it safer and more appealing than boxing.

 

[WesCrook]

WILDER AND JOSHUA
WOULD HAVE FOUGHT 6 YRS AGO
IF KING WAS STILL RUNNING shyt.



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They fumbled the bag big time.

They kept posturing and dragging hoping to build it into a bigger megafight even though the bag was there for the taking initially.

They overplayed their hands and ended up with multiple L's on their records. Now the fight has lost of it's luster.

 

[WesCrook]

Oh, I agree. I’m just saying when people try to make these arguments, boxing is one of the main sports where people argue that fighters of the past would compete with todays fighters. Some of these fools think Willie Pep would give Floyd a good fight

I will say the heavyweight division isn’t the same now as it was back then. Big dudes would rather play basketball or football than get in a boxing gym. Or rather, they’re being pushed towards playing those sports.

Overall, I’m definitely taking the heavyweights from the 60s-90s over today

Floyd would absolutely NOT come out of the 80's undefeated as a Welterweight

Leonard
Hearns
Duran (a little past his prime)
Benitez

 

[NormanConnors]

Just been thinking about how boxing seems to be the only sport where the athletes aren't getting better.
It's like they peeked at a certain point, went down a notch and stayed there.

Also, it's a byproduct of society not really fukking with boxing like that anymore.

Your pops, All your uncles, and grandpa was taught how to box at the boys club, PAL, or by family.
Boxing was a part of life for most young men back in the day.
But it's fell out of favor.

So it really isn't a promotional issue, it's been a change in society from Dons time til now

After the 90's or at max the early 2000's most of the elite athletes focused/migrated strictly to football and basketball. Somebody like Miles Garrett with pedigree/boxing training would dominate the heavyweight division for 10-12 years easy