It's only become this much of a joke since two monsters are on top while everyone else are mere mortals. If those monsters just weren't there, we'd have a pretty competitive heavyweight division in front of us.
I agree that Vitali and Wlad are so dominate, that it makes the rest of the division look bad, when in reality it's not that bad.
Right, take the 90's for example. Lewis was a great champion but didn't look nearly as dominant. He clearly just isn't as good as Wlad and Vitali and had he fought either of them it would show... whooooops!