Originally Posted by Keyser_Soze1:
“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.”
“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.”
From reading and occasionally contributing to this thread I have to admit that your knowledge of boxing is more broad than mine, but I remember Razor ruddock for example being rated very highly before he fought Lewis. His only defetat being against Tyson I think. And surely you can't say the likes of foreman and Frazier weren't highly rated at the time.
Trevor Berbick, before Tyson destroyed him, was also a level above anyone currently righting.
I agree inI terms of Lewis, he didn't really get the plaudits he deserved until late in his career, but there is a huge death of heavyweights compared to previous eras I feel.



