If Lennox Lewis continued fighting after the Vitali fight, called himself champion, yet refused to face anyone in the top 10 and went on winning...
As champion he has an obligation to fight his top contenders, if he can't get as much money as he wants for the fight, tough luck, fight for less...
If he can't make the fight happen he can always relinquish his claim as champion. Can you imagine a fighter today pulling what Johnson did and...
If a champion today refused to fight his top contenders the public wouldn't regard him as champion anymore.
how the hell could Johnson's legacy not suffer from failing to fight his top contenders? That's a champions job. I don't consider him champion...
The division sure heated up alright, thats why Leon Spinks became undisputed champ, right Seamus?
The idea that the division dramatically improved in the 60s is ridiculous. Machen was a near-contemporary of Marciano and he beat Quarry and when...
I don't see much evidence of a talent deficit. I doubt Michael Moorer or George Foreman would be able to become champion today. Moorer's lack of...
David Haye was easily beaten by Wlad, the best big man he faced. So not a good example. Since 1997 the man regarded as the best heavyweight in...
There hasn't been a lineal champ as small as Ali since the mid 1990s, I think that's pretty telling.
Problem is the best big men of today rarely if ever lose to heavyweights as small as those from pre 90s. Lewis never lost to anyone under 230,...
Most of those guys from earlier eras would be cruiserweights today so not exactly a fair fight. The 60s and 70s heavies would be conceding 30-50...
I hope 2010s fighters get more recognition, I think H2H the current era is probably the best so far.
Most people today don't rate Johnson highly anyway. He probably doesn't crack the top 20 of most younger fans so what is there to gain by...
Younger fans seem to pretty clearly rank him lower H2H I don't think this can really be argued, whether they are right in doing so is another...
