Controversial boxing opinions....

This is all fair and good, but none of you are being REALLY controversial.

Try this on for size.

Audley Harrison is the most naturally talented heavyweight in the division, and would've gone on to great things had he not caught that hail-mary suckerpunch from Michael Sprott.

Lennox Lewis beats ANYONE head-to-head from any era, including Joe Louis, George Foreman and Muhammed Ali.

Joe Calzaghe has got **** all punching power and is only undefeated courtesy of very careful matchmaking early in his career.

Kelly Pavlik isn't even as good as a prime Howard Eastman and will get SMASHED in his rematch with Jermain Taylor.

Muhammad Ali got many gift decisions and was a fraud of a champion post-Frazier III. Shavers and Norton beat him comfortably but got screwed.

Rocky Marciano was completely overrated and retired to avoid fighting Ingemar Johansen, Floyd Patterson and Sonny Liston, all of whom would've knocked the **** out of him.

Sonny Liston was ten times badder than Mike Tyson ever was.

 

I laugh evertime I hear that one, though the europeans are dominating the divsion and look how bad it is, I think Paris Hilton has more talent than some of these fighters.:yep

 

I agree on the Williams point , he got credit for plenty of punches that Margarito was parrying i thought

 

I agree with the ones in bold, and beleive the opposite of the others..

Oh yeah, and Mosley > Duran

 

Oooooooh , you hurt my feelings here !!!!!

 

Ike Ibeabuchi had the potential to be an ATG.

 

One has to only look at the superb amauters to see thats crap,also there athletic teams were the only ones giving the yanks any real competition,and drugs or not they were tough as hell to beat(and the americans cant talk about steroids really now can they,most of there sprinters it seems being on them)

And i see now whiite euros are dominating its bad ?,well its not to there fans though,and i personaly enjoy some of the recent fights,its a real sea change if nothing else,and its up to america to now respond

 

The increased number of weight divisions and multiple belts is good for boxing

 

I aynt man enough for this thread , there's 2 many things being said that i wanna snap at !!!

Im outta here

 

I think steroids are being used by every country, including the united states. The Heavyweight division is in a pretty sad state right now, and the eastern europeans are leading the charge. I think its because less American kids are getting into boxing now, instead they take up another sport or UFC type clubs, most boxing gyms around where I live have been closing and being replaced by fighting leagues, which really sucks.

 

Its a shame theres not another young hungry american heavyweight coming through,its a real shock to not see on to be honest,we are all so used to seeing them,is there nobody about at say 18-19 who looks like a future tyson or foreman or holmes???, i believe it would do a lot of good for the sport,if america got back into the top division,and would make more young uns take it up to.