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Not to mention it wasn't uncommon to average 15-30 fights a year in those days...and in most of those fights it was top tier opposition facing off against eachother....but for the "sports science & medicine" advanced boxers of today...a tough, 'grueling' schedule in modern times would be... 4 fights in a year, one with an elite champ/contender, one with a lower level contender and two against fringe contenders/journeymen all at 12 rds max :heh:

Jeanette went 49 rds with McVea...then fought two weeks after that (KO1) and fought 3 weeks after that fight in a 20 rd fight...and by the end of the year he fought McVea again in a 30 rd fight :wow:

That's like 10 years of modern pro fight experience squeezed into one year.

Floyd's body 'breaking down' after 49 fights using 8/10 oz. gloves in bouts that max out at 12 rds...with countless vacations in between :mjlol:


You can see why so many historians have a hard time rating modern 'greats' up there with guys like Langford, Greb, Gans etc. when you take into account that modern boxers just aren't as physically capable as alot of boxers in the past...there shoud be no dispute that human beings were physically tougher and more durable in those times....because of daily, strenuous activity which was the norm for an avg male in those times...just to get simple everyday activities completed....from youth to adulthood...where today, even our elite athletes are accustomed to spending hrs hunched over infront of video games, TV's, cell-phones & smart devices...and aren't raised in the same type of enviroments that are conducive to molding physical & mental toughness...on the same level as shown in that video...
Still a GOATED post :wow:
 

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Not to mention it wasn't uncommon to average 15-30 fights a year in those days...and in most of those fights it was top tier opposition facing off against eachother....but for the "sports science & medicine" advanced boxers of today...a tough, 'grueling' schedule in modern times would be... 4 fights in a year, one with an elite champ/contender, one with a lower level contender and two against fringe contenders/journeymen all at 12 rds max :heh:

Jeanette went 49 rds with McVea...then fought two weeks after that (KO1) and fought 3 weeks after that fight in a 20 rd fight...and by the end of the year he fought McVea again in a 30 rd fight :wow:

That's like 10 years of modern pro fight experience squeezed into one year.

Floyd's body 'breaking down' after 49 fights using 8/10 oz. gloves in bouts that max out at 12 rds...with countless vacations in between :mjlol:


You can see why so many historians have a hard time rating modern 'greats' up there with guys like Langford, Greb, Gans etc. when you take into account that modern boxers just aren't as physically capable as alot of boxers in the past...there shoud be no dispute that human beings were physically tougher and more durable in those times....because of daily, strenuous activity which was the norm for an avg male in those times...just to get simple everyday activities completed....from youth to adulthood...where today, even our elite athletes are accustomed to spending hrs hunched over infront of video games, TV's, cell-phones & smart devices...and aren't raised in the same type of enviroments that are conducive to molding physical & mental toughness...on the same level as shown in that video...
this is a great analysis
 
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