Did the Klitschkos destroy America's Premier Division?

BTW, this isn't the 1st time the Heavyweight division took a backseat to the lower weight classes. During the early 80's (the Holmes era), Welterweight-Middleweight generated more money and fan interest than the Heavyweight division....then along came Tyson...

 

Which country is populated by billions? India? China? The US is only 300 million, and was closer to 200 million during the supposed glory days of the division.

Was the division massive when there were no Eastern Bloc or Cuban or South African athletes allowed to participate?

 

True but the future is right along the corner cause here comes Price

 

:happy

 

According to ESPN, Wlad was the 8th highest paid athlete on the earth last year. No basketball or American football players in front of him, only baseball, football and F1 drivers. And there is a real argument to be made that American football is more dangerous than getting hit in the face in boxing.

 

All of the ridiculously overrated American HW champs of the past should have asterisks next to their names because they were really only local champs, not world champs. They never fought any Eastern Europeans, Cubans, Africans, etc. in the pros.

All of the best heavyweights from America, UK, Russia, Poland, Uzbekistan, Africa, Cuba, etc. were beaten by the Klitschkos.

The Klitschkos would dominate any era.

 

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Past american champions fought fighters from around the world except for the eastern european who were living behind the iron curtain. either no the history of the sport or shut up

 

Wlad is Price's idol.

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I know he said it on sky dude iam a hugh fan of the brothers and their in my top 15 alltime maybe not everyones but mine but ur going overboard to the point of a ******* or *****. and Price has alot of Wlad game in him

 

Forbes has Wlad at #24, and there are SEVERAL NFL & NBA players ahead of him on their list.

Wlad earned half of what Lebron made in 2011.

Before K2 and all these other Eurobums shitted up the division, the Heavyweight champ was almost always the highest paid athlete on earth. Today it's 2 midget Lightweights.

OP is correct, they literally DID destroy the division.

 

Americans who were destroyed by the Klitschkos

Chris Byrd
Sam Peter
Eddie Chambers
Chris Arreola
Shannon Briggs
Lamon Brewster
Hasim Rahman
Ray Mercer
Jameel McCline
Tony Thompson
Monte Barrett
Calvin Brock
Larry Donald
Kevin Johnson
Ray Austin
DaVarryl Williamson
Derrick Jefferson
Vaughn Bean
Ross Purrity
Charles Shufford
Phil Jackson
Orlin Norris

 

Klitschko's who were destroyed by Americans

Wladimir Klitschko (KO'd by Lamon Brewster)

Vitali Klitschko (schooled and stopped by Chris Byrd)

*Vitali Klitschko is a PROVEN steroid using cheater and a hypocrite who quit and lost his biggest fight by a TKO6 (Old fat Lennox Lewis)

 

Byrd was behind against Vitali but won when Vitali couldnt fight on. Brewster stopped Klitschko and was shot when he lost the rematch to him. Lennox is the best super hw of alltime and Vitali had a lot of heart
in that fight when or lose and he lost clean. But people always dog the brothers but Wlad got off the floor three times against Peter in the first fight and won and destroyed him in a rematch. Dude ur hater plain and simple but thats cool because no one takes u serious anyway

 

the klitschkos are great fighters, but not because of resume, because of longevity.