The last great heavyweight....!

Imho Lewis.
His "swan song" is legendary.

 

Wlad's swan song in his losing effort against AJ is legendary too. Almost 10 years passed and there were maybe 2 HW title fights better than that one.

 

The words "losing effort" are important here. As is your take on there having been only a couple of fights better than that one in almost ten years.

Truly, a damning indictment of the era.

 

The era was very good. A lot of fun contenders, top dogs with personality, some great fights. I think in 10-20 years 2015-24 era will be viewed as one of the golden ones.

 

It would be fair to say that the 9-10 years that followed Joshua/Wlad, were better than the 9-10 years that preceded Joshua/Wlad.

While I wouldn't consider 2015-24 as "golden", it will likely be remembered much more fondly than the prior era.