With all the so called/self proclaimed great boxers around at the moment/recent History. I thought it would be interesting to compare them to one of my favourite era’s of boxing the 80’s. Below I have matched up 2 boxers from each era from most divisions to see how they fare,let me know what you think. The 80’s wins by some distance for me.
Heavyweight
Larry Holmes v Lennox Lewis (Lewis)
Mike Tyson v Vitali Klitschko (Tyson)
Cruiserweight
Evander Holyfield ( No current competition)
L.Heavyweight
Michael Spinks Vs Roy Jones Jnr (Spinks just)
Virgil Hill Vs Antonio Tarver (Hill)
S.Middleweight
Joe Calzaghe (No 80’s competition)
Middleweight
Marvin Hagler vs Bernard Hopkins (Hagler)
Michael Nunn vs Jermain Taylor (Nunn)
L.Middle
Thomas Hearns vs Felix Trinidad (Hearns)
Mike McCallum vs Ronald ‘Winky’ Wright (McCallum)
Welterweight
Sugar Ray Leonard vs Oscar De La Hoya (Sugar Ray)
Donald Curry vs Shane Mosley (Curry)
L.Welter
Aaron Pryor vs Ricky Hatton (Pryor)
Hector Camacho vs Miguel Angel Cotto (Camacho)
Lightweight
Alexis Arguello vs Diego Corrales (Arguello)
Pernell Whitaker vs Floyd Mayweather Jnr (Whitaker Just)
S.Feather
Julio Cesar Chavez vs Marco Antonio Barrera (Chavez)
Azumah Nelson vs Manny Pacquiao (Nelson)
Featherweight
Salvador Sanchez vs Erik Morales (Sanchez)
Eusebio Pedroza vs Juan Manual Marquez (Pedroza)
S.Bantam
Wilfredo Gomez vs Rafael Marquez (Gomez)
So as you see 80’s by a landslide. The list didn’t even include Roberto Duran, Julian Jackson,Wilfred Benitez to name a few. It just shows how strong boxing was back then.
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