30 years ago Larry Holmes was fighting in the 8,000 seat indoor area at Caesar's Palaca making 2 mil a fight while Ray Leonard was fighting in the outdoor arena in front of 16,000 people making 8 mil to 10 mil a fight. You don't know Boxing do you?
The Leonard, Hearns, Duran, Hagler era is one of the very few that managed to push the heavyweights off the front page. The heavyweights have been the premier weight division through the vast majority of boxing history.
Rose tinted glasses it is called. They pretent these fights never happened. Joe Frazier vs Stander/Daniels is just as "disgraceful" as Wlad fighting Wach and the Italian in a row. Maybe even more disgusting. And then we have Ali vs tomato can Chuck Wepner who only got his titleshot after a robbery over already SHOT Ernie Terrel. Ernie "showed" he was still a title contender after getting destroyed in 1 round by crack addict Jeff Merrit. Wepner is as **** as Wach was without the chin. Stander and Daniels is truly the worst titlerun of all time, Frazier after the Ali fight was done as a champion.
yall need to go watch great white hype and get on that other fantasy trip it brings back memories of a simpler time for them
Its interesting that Klit is the champ of the full world, whereas in the past 'world champions' excluded half of the worlds potential in Eastern Europe,Cuba,etc. In reality Wlad is the first REAL world heavyweight boxing champion.
AHA our heavyweight champion fights and defends, yet no one is taking **** about it. Shows how much non german fans care about Klitschko
Wrong. #1 Wlad isn't the WBC champion. Sorry. #2 Ali,Joe Louis,Lennox Lewis etc all fought guys from other countries as long as they were available. You cant blame them for not fighting guys who were locked behind the iron curtain so stop that bull****. #3 If the USSR had allowed their guys to fight,Ali would still have been champ and so would Joe Louis and all of them. Ali would be champion today still so what are you saying?
This is false.. Lennox Lewis have beaten the most '#1's from the most countries in HW boxing history. The Eastern Europe flood gate was already opened during the 90's and early 2000's. Lewis beat #1's from Poland, Ukraine,Croatia, and also beat #1's from Purto Rico, Argentina, New Zealand, Canada,France..+ USA #1 (Holyfield) at the time..
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1628459-the-top-25-active-pound-for-pound-boxers/page/23 Hmmm. BR putting Wlad at #4 P4P.
Yes,but he 'retired' after his lucky stoppage against Vitali even though he could have had the biggest ever payday in boxing for a re-match. He knew he would get beat,its obvious to anyone who is non-biased. The Klits have reigned for so many years that the US posters on here are in shock that they cannot produce anyone to beat them. Amazing warriors,their place in history is made.:happy