Well, have you seen Erdei-Fragomeni? Erdei was 178 pounds for that. Do you want to see him against a Wlad or Vitali? I agree with the bold part by I disagree with the divisions. People got bigger tha should be taken into account. Not 17 divsions like nowadays but around 12-13 would be okay. I would keep cruiserweight, supermiddleweight for sure. Most of the super- and junior-divisions in the lower divisions should go though.
It probably has something to do with some of the big fights not happening too. I mean recently we've had Pac/Floyd, Haye/Klits, Pavlik/Williams all go to ****.(even though they aren't heavyweights, I'm sure it all matters to boxing in general) In England Haye, Hatton, Froch and Khan still get a fair bit of news coverage, but PPV prices probably stop most casual fans from watching the fights.
Agree, 8 division is too little. It's not so much the weight categories that's a problem, it's the fact that each weight division has 4 champions. PPV is also a problem and a ridiculous concept in my opinion - if i pay 50 euro, i want to see it live, not on a television screen.
The heavyweights for the most part are "boring" to the average fan. And a lot of times the exciting fighters are tired after a few rounds so the excitement is short lived. No American heavyweights on the horizon to attract further interest in America is also a major factor. PPV for any fight that involves at least one fighter that is a champion of some sort or a porspect is also getting ridiculous. It's BS that Erik Morales's comeback fight is on PPV, things like this are keeping the fights away from the general public. Things like the UFC do a lot of marketing and they put it channels such as Spike, which is what boxing needs to do. If they would put a lot of boxing on for free on mainstream channels, it would become more popular again and give a lot of fighters more exposure and bigger fan base.
When people started to pretend that the Heavyweight divison used to be a dep and compitive division. The 70's spoiled us with Ali, Frazer and Foreman. Was anyone realy going to chalange the dommance of Louis, Marciano, Holmes, Tyson, Lewis or the Brothers Klitchko?
It wen't wrong when Lewis retired. In 2003 Lennox Lewis defended the lineal heavyweight title against Vitally Klitschko in a fight that generated a lot of public interest and lived up to expectations. Seven years on it is the last time that the two best heavyweights on the planet faced off.