Originally Posted by Nova21:
“Joshua is good, but the shame is that there is no one even in the pipeline, its quite amazing the dearth of heavyweights in recent years. It reminds me of the way that West Indies top class cricketers have faded into oblivion.
Klitcschko will be well past it if/when Joshua faces him and Fury is no better than average. Its a shame that there just doesnt seem to be the production line anymore and no one (as far as i know) on the horizon).
The like of Wetherspoon, Razor Ruddock, Mccall etc would be by far the top men today.”
But when they were fighting they were said to be bums, as were the heavyweights before them, and back before them to the brutal days of Tom Cribb and beyond
Every single era of heavyweight boxing is seen as the worst ever at the time.
I remember articles bemoaning how utterly crap the division was with Lewis, Bowe, Tyson Holyfield and Ruddock in the top ten.
And I have seen writers stating how fighters like Ali, Frazier and Foreman would not have cut it 'in the good old days'.
More than any sport nostalgia plays a big part in boxing.
Just my opinion of course.