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Message: [QUOTE="bpo57, post: 3031027, member: 1572"] My comment about past heavyweights crushing current ones prolly did go overboard but I just think the comparison of old/current boxers vs old/current athletes is rather stark imo. I watched Lomachenko once on HBO against Walters in the fight u referenced earlier where Walters didn't get off his stool. He has fought as a featherweight and lightweight and just to be clear I was focused more on the welter/middleweights. I admit that those comparisons are far more debatable than the heavyweights. One little factoid on Duran. He was the lightweight champion of the world in 1972, held that title for six years and then in 2000 fought as a super middleweight at the age of 49. Looking at the list of guys he fought is truly incredible. I've watched a replay of the first Leonard/Duran fight a few times. That was a classic. Btw Ring Magazine voted Duran as the 5th greatest fighter of the last 80 years. [/QUOTE]