Should the Klitchskos go on a bum of the month tour.

This sounds silly, but i think it is what is needed to revitalise the division. At the moment no one is game enough to fight each other and lose a chance at a world championship. The Klits are running out of time to cement a legacy and i think this is the best way. Both should fight on the same card or even a fortnight apart, and they should fight once a month for 12 months. This means that they would not need to muck around with mandatories, and simply take good fighters willing to take a risk as i think many would be.

If you look at say a Klit vs Areola fight, it cant be built up due to areola not really having a chance in the publics eyes, but if this was a monthly occurrence, you could start to build a Tyson like persona for the Klitchskos. I think that there are plenty of fights that would be interesting that could be made, but where the fighters are not really the no1 contenders and there will be some mismatches but the results are still interesting. Plus, if there are enough fights, plenty of these guys will make a name for themself and could easilly lift themself from a nobody to a somebody, thus creating a false impression of another Golden era. In some ways this happened in the 90s when Holyfield lost to Bowe, moorer, when MOore lost to foreman, Tyson to douglas etc.

I think it would be good to see the Klitchskos against the likes of Holyfield, Toney, Areolla, Dimitrenko, Haye, McCall, Maskaev, Valuev, Tua etc but given that we only see a fight every 6 months or a year, i cant think (other than each other) who each one should fight or which of these guys really deserves a title shot over the other. A bum of the month tour would really help the Klitchskos and cement a legacy and fight the best young fighters. Plus, if they did make it through 12 months or so, imagine just how big a Klitchsko fight (even an exhibition) actually would be. I think this would help revitalise the heavyweight division.

Anyone else agree?

 

Fight once a month.

Not necessarilly the best fighter available, just good fighters. Eg Holyfield is not top 10 but would make a good fight. Same with Tua. Even McCalls chin would answer some real questions about Vlad. Eddie Chambers is a young guy who deserves a chance perhaps. Here is a shock and horror one, but what about Roy Jones Jr, or Hopkins, or Calzaghe, or Adamek. They dont deserve title shots but might make interesting money making fights. By fighting once a month (or so injuries dependent of course), they could take easier fights without attracting the same criticism as they would if they were only fighting once or twice a year.

 

Well, Prime Tyson fought 10 times in 6 months in 85. about 12 or so times in 86 and including a world title, 4 times in 87 (every 2 months usually). 3 times in 88, twice in 89 and then oops inactivity caught up with him in 1990 and he lost to Douglas. So there is one fighter who could keep up with a Louis style schedule.

Prime foreman fought once or twice a month until 1971 when he started fighting every 2 months. After winning the title from Joe Frazier, he slowed down and low and behold 3 fights later he had his first loss to Muhammed Ali. The old version fought every month or two until he was beaten by Evander Holyfield. He slowed down after this, and it wasnt long before his worst fight in his dissappointing loss to Morrisson.

Prime Muhammed Ali (pre exile) fought pretty much every month or two except the year he won the title. Although he just scrapes in under the 50 year rule.

Fighting often keeps a fighter fit and sharp and stops them from ballooning in weight, which most contenders could do with. Either Klitchsko could handle a fight every month or two without too much trouble.