he was from Ronan. I would sometimes ride my bike along beside him when he was running down the interstate...I thought it was a strange place to do road work...he had a brother Kenny who might have been even a better fighter.
Most certainly not apples to oranges.
what this dude said.
No, but put Larry Bird in today's NBA, with today's training, food, agility, travel, nutrition advancements and he'd make 99% of the NBA look like a putz.
If you want to see what Larry Bird would look like today watch Luka Doncic. Very similar. Luka trains like the old school guys though. He likes his beer.
Yeah. Take Luka and make him train like Jordan or Kobe. Dude would destroy the league.
When I was in high school -- of course many years ago -- I played against Marvin, both in basketball and football. Of course, he was a great athlete and excellent in both sports, though he wasn't as filled out as he was when he was later when he was boxing. I remember a game on Ronan's football field when it was a muddy mess. Marvin was a receiver and caught the ball and I tackled him in the middle of the field where there was a huge puddle. We scooted across the puddle and I couldn't see when I got up because I had so much mud in my face....
I’ll second this. I go to all the fights and the talent and overall production is better each time. Very entertaining.
As hard as it is to believe, the bare knuckle fights are also safer from the perspective of brain health. More cuts and bruises, so it looks ugly AF, but less CTE.
No doubt. It's not for everyone as like you said guys faces can get pretty messed up. But as you mentioned, by design guys aren't taking constant blows for 10 rounds like boxing. Five 2-minute rounds if it goes the distance but usually doesn't.
Football and Boxing are totally different. Training in Boxing hasn’t changed hardly at all in 100 years. Nutrition would be the only thing. Everything else is exactly the same.Maybe, the only guy I've ever seen Mayweather fight is Pacquiao and vice versa and I've never heard of Terrence Crawford. Comparing generations in any sport is a fun way to pass the time in a bar but really can't be backed up. Give the old guys the training methods of today and give the new guys the training of back then?
The only one that really holds up is the decathlon because the scoring is the scoring, which is why whenever a guy says "X" is the greatest athlete ever, they are wrong the answer is Jim Thorpe.
I'd probably add cardio as well but I agree with you. I just recall an interview with a trainer before a big pay-per-view fight and he mentioned fighters today do so much more cardio work than even 20-30 years ago.
100%. Jokic is one of the best players in the league and I think Larry and his game are very similar.
They probably do more cardio now but it’s still essentially just running. Theres better treadmills and bikes now but not a huge difference from 30 years ago. It’s the easiest sport to compare eras is what I’m saying.
I agree. I was mainly talking about the quantity of cardio than anything. I think it was before the Paquio/Mayweather fight and he said those guys were running like 50+ miles a week and 30 years ago guys were doing 5-10 miles basically as warmups between sparring sessions.
Current championship caliber boxers pay big money to people to manage and elevate their performance measures. Advanced heart monitors, VO2, and many, many more...
I dunno I think 100 years ago they fought more than 12 rounds even in the early 80's they went 15 rounds. wasn't until the Korean boxer died fighting Boom Boom they changed to 12 rounds...but I also would say training has changed some..with computers and physical therapy and blood tests.....I guess some boxers get blood tests to determine how hard they can train on any given day or when to take easy days....
Last night. Winner by TKO
