Technological and legal chemical advances make current times incomparable to times of previous eras.
+1
Really, who other than El G cares if his record is broken? He was as dirty as the floor of a movie theater, imo.
And by extension, who cares about any world record now? We cannot objectively compare different eras, like in unquantified sports such as boxing, football, hockey, figure skating, etc. It can’t be done reasonably, so anybody who tries is one brick short of a load.
How about BJ on a modern track? 2025 WL, for sure. How about Taranenko? How about Rice or Moss receiving today? How about a prime Foreman or Ali or Hagler/Hearns/Leonard today?
Incomparable. A fools’s errand to even try.