I agree with your last post Paul,however all of the fighters mentioned above from previous eras would be the equal of todays fighters given the same training and following the same ruleset.

As a fighter and coach from that era and this era I had fighters then that could compete now Im 100% sure of that,In fact I had fighters compete In Thailand in the early 1990s as Did many other coaches.

Our main problem was the ruleset we followed meant we had to train the technique that was scoring over here ie low kick and punches with bog standard clinch.

These are the areas that have improved the most recently over here I think(reffs,judges and rule format)mainly due to Mr Tony Myers and the people that have followed his good work,also the opportunities to train and fight regularly in Thailand have meant our standard of actual Muay Thai rule format has risen loads,so yehh I agree the golden age is now but stick the old timers in todays gyms and they would still be champions imho.:)