https://www.isegoria.net/2015/05/the-golden-age-of-boxing/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:25:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2015/05/the-golden-age-of-boxing/comment-page-1/#comment-2293975 Pat Delp Tue, 26 May 2015 17:16:15 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=38032#comment-2293975 While the “golden age” had great fighters — Tunney, Greb, Robinson, Armstrong, etc. — it is impossible to compare because of the population changes and training techniques, diet and Compubox stats. I believe the best of the golden age would statistically stack up 80% to today’s fighters. Conversely, I believe today’s fighters would fare slightly better on average to about 85% 65-90yrs ago. For example, Duran would defeat four of every five champions at lightweight from 1910–46.

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