Do you consider the heavyweight division one of the least talented division?

Joshua is just big , flatfooted robot on roids. 40 yo past prime Wlad looked like Ali against Joshua , floored him and outboxed him for a good part of the fight. Wlad has lost his power and was still able to knock Joshua down, that’s why Wilder with his explosiveness and power has very good chance to KO Joshua.
So yes this era is much weaker then Klitchko era.

 

not really.. its better now then it was 2005-2015.

 

No.
Although certainly not one of the strong ones, it is quite clear that despite the shortcomings of the big guys, top guys coming in from a lower weight like Cruiser (who only didn't have to dehydrate) usually don't have much of a chance against them, which is an indicator.
There are lower weightclasses with far less talent in them. Strawweight is, and has always been the weakest of the weak whatever way you look at it, and Lightweight has been made up of a bunch of lightweights for most of the decade, if you catch my drift.
Light Flyweight has a couple of decent to good guys on the top, but seriously lacks depth... with almost exclusively upcomers mixed with journeymen beyond the top50

 

Worst promoted outside of a few guys.... Not the worst in terms of actual talent. If we the hardcore fans could play god and given absolute control over the division it would be the **** again. 100% guaranteed.

 

Ibragimov, prime Chagaev, Byrd, prime Haye... all those guys beat Wilder and Joshua. They'd have their work cut out for them against Povetkin though. But we see what they're trying their best to do with him. Maybe Joshua or Wilder will fight him when he's 41.

 

Povetkin & Ortiz represent the old age era, Wilder vs Ortiz is the ultimate battle between the older generation Heavyweights, vs the new generation.

Ortiz skills are elite level so no excuses....Its the most difficult test for the least schooled modern Heavyweight Champion. Deontay Wilder using his long range weaponry alone will neutralize the dog-fighting skills Ortiz learned in the last 4 decades of his life.

An average Soldier with an AK-47 can kill any elite level swordsman, Deontay Wilder starts a new era

 

The heavyweight division is a disgrace.

 

Spot-on post.

I think it says something about Heavyweight that so few Cruisers, many of whom are boiled-down heavyweights, would rather campaign full time in that division (which is less lucrative & deeper) than go for a sustained run at HW. You'll find a few who will move up in a one-off scenario, but Haye and Adamek are really the only 2 guys I can think of in the last 10 years to make the move up and stick there.

Strawweight's always the weakest, and probably always will be. If there ever was great depth to it, the average fan wouldn't even know it due to the lack of exposure.

 

"In the heavyweight division you don't need skills." -Deontay Wilder

 

It always has been.

 

Generally, yes. The top heavyweights are physically talented "strong" and "sturdy" but slow and with sloppy technique compared to the lower weightclasses.

 

Even the ATG's don't "measure up" in the real p4p sense, like say if you shrunk Wladimir Klitschko to half of his real size, he's basically a poor man's Sergei Fedchenko.

Being considered "skilled" at heavyweight is a VERY relative term.

 

Yes it's a weak division. Some evidence - Wilder who has next to no boxing skills has held a world title for nearly 3 years, a part time teacher (Molina) has had 2 world title shots, a boxer with no real strengths (Martin) held a title and many seem to hope a severely obese , exchamp (Fury) returns to liven things up. Pretty poor tbh.