How many years before we see a significant heavyweight fight?

we better. no reason why we shouldnt.
if wlad is sticking around i dont think hes gunna really wanna mix it up rite away. he was gonna fight aj but now i dont think so he will take a tune up fight then after he will be ready.

but after joshua fights molina his next fight im sure will be a major one. vs wilder, ortiz , or wlad

and also povetkin will beat stiverne then we might get wilder vs povetkin..

but you know wilder is gonna fight another type of fighter that he has been fighting . not like hes been fighting bums but he has not been fighting the best. cuz ortiz , wlad, fury, have been there for a while

wilder vs kauffman or washington in come back fight maybe wawrzrx

 

We might never see it again.

 

Wlad vs. AJ will be massive in 2017 if it happens.

 

2017

 

Next year, we should start seeing the Heavyweight division move towards having one undisputed lineal champion!

 

Next year, once wlad gets active again and assuming he can Lure Joshua or Wilder in the ring

 

Decade Rankings Heavyweight top 10 fighting each other

80s

1.Mike Tyson, 2.Larry Holmes, 3.Mike Weaver, 4.Evander Holyfield, 5.Pinklon Thomas, 6.Tim Witherspoon, 7.Gerrie Coetzee, 8.Michael Spinks, 9.Trevor Berbick, 10.Greg Page

Weaver vs Coetzee 1980

Holmes vs Berbick 1981

Berbick vs Page 1982

Holmes vs Witherspoon 1983

Thomas vs Coetzee 1983

Thomas vs Witherspoon 1984

Witherspoon vs Page 1984

Coetzee vs Page 1984

Holmes vs Spinks 1985

Weaver vs Thomas 1985

Tyson vs Berbick 1986

Holmes vs Spinks 1986

Thomas vs Berbick 1986

Tyson vs Thomas 1987

Tyson vs Holmes 1988

Tyson vs Spinks 1988

Holyfield vs Thomas 1988

90s

1.Lennox Lewis, 2.Riddick Bowe 3.Evander Holyfield, 4.Mike Tyson, 5.George Foreman, 6.Ike Ibeabuchi, 7.Michael Moorer, 8.Buster Douglas, 9.Oliver McCall, 10.Larry Holmes

Holyfield vs Douglas 1990

Tyson vs Douglas 1990

Holyfield vs Foreman 1991

Bowe vs Holyfield I 1992

Holyfield vs Holmes 1992

Bowe vs Holyfield II 1993

Lewis vs McCall I 1994

Holyfield vs Moorer I 1994

Foreman vs Moorer 1994

Bowe vs Holyfield III 1995

McCall vs Holmes 1995

Holyfield vs Tyson I 1996

Lewis vs McCall II 1997

Holyfield vs Tyson II 1997

Holyfield vs Moorer II 1997

Lewis vs Holyfield I 1999

Lewis vs Holyfield II 1999

2000s

1.Vitali Klitschko, 2.Lennox Lewis, 3.Wladimir Klitschko, 4.Chris Byrd, 5.Hasim Rahman, 6.Samuel Peter, 7.Evander Holyfield, 8.Corrie Sanders, 9.David Haye, 10.Alexander Povetkin

V. Klitschko vs Byrd 2000

W.Klitschko vs Byrd I 2000

Rahman vs Sanders 2000

Lewis vs Rahman I 2001

Lewis vs Rahman II 2001

Byrd vs Holyfield 2002

Rahman vs Holyfield 2002

V.Klitschko vs Lewis 2003

W.Klitschko vs Sanders 2003

V.Klitschko vs Sanders 2004

W.Klitschko vs Peter 2005

W.Klitschko vs Byrd II 2006

Byrd vs Povetkin 2007

V.Klitschko vs Peter I 2008

W.Klitschko vs Rahman 2008

2010s

1.Wladimir Klitschko, 2.Alexander Povetkin, 3. Tyson Fury, 4.Anthony Joshua, 5.Joseph Parker, 6.David Haye, 7.Luis Ortiz, 8.Deontay Wilder, 9.Vitali Klitschko, 10.Kubrat Pulev

W.Klitschko vs Haye 2011

W.Klitschko vs Povetkin 2013

W.Klitschko vs Pulev 2014

W.Klitschko vs Fury 2015

It looks like the average is one and a half fights per year. So far we are six years into this decade with only four fights made. Too bad Dereck Chisora is just the Bert Cooper of the '10s. He's already fought five of the best guys.

 

Heavyweight division. lol!

 

As much as people hate on Wlad he was consistently fighting the best the division had to offer.

 

Cool info.

80s: 1.7 fights/yr
90s: 1.7 fights/yr
00s: 1.5 fights/yr
10s: 0.57 fights/yr (so far)

Nice, roughly a third of average.

Clearly we can expect around twelve top10 v top10 fights in the next 3 years to catch up to the average.

That's 4 fights a year.

Well, I'm excited.

 

That's sort of what it looks like. He's the only one fighting top guys for the last seven years. Either the other good guys were too old, too young, or too scared. You can totally see the sea change after Lewis retires. Most of the top heavyweight fights in the 2000s fell into the first three or four years. Either Wlad and Vitali were too dominant that nobody wanted to challenge them, or they all started ducking each other so as not to screw up their chance at a title fight and big money. Wlad is taking care of business in this decade, but he's the only one. None of the contenders are fighting each other for primacy to see who should take over once he's gone.

 

Things look even bleaker if you run the figures for the seventies. Top ten guys fought each other 3.1 times a year. Ali alone accounts for 12.
70s
1.Muhammad Ali (12), 2.George Foreman, 3.Joe Frazier, 4.Larry Holmes, 5.Kenny Norton, 6.Jimmy Young, 7.Jerry Quarry, 8.Ron Lyle, 9.Earnie Shavers, 10.John Tate
Ali vs Quarry I 1970
Ali vs Frazier I 1971
Ali vs Quarry II 1972
Ali vs Norton I 1973
Foreman vs Frazier I 1973
Ali vs Norton II 1973
Young vs Shavers I 1973
Quarry vs Lyle 1973
Quarry vs Shavers 1973
Ali vs Frazier II 1974
Foreman vs Norton 1974
Ali vs Foreman 1974
Frazier vs Quarry II 1974
Young vs Shavers II 1974
Ali vs Lyle 1975
Ali vs Frazier III 1975
Norton vs Quarry 1975
Young vs Lyle I 1975
Lyle vs Shavers 1975
Ali vs Young 1976
Ali vs Norton III 1976
Foreman vs Lyle 1976
Foreman vs Frazier II 1976
Young vs Lyle II 1976
Ali vs Shavers 1977
Foreman vs Young 1977
Norton vs Young 1977
Holmes vs Shavers I 1978
Holmes vs Norton 1978
Holmes vs Shavers II 1979
Norton vs Shavers 1979

 

Hw division is deep but a bunch of pussies. A fight between any of the following would be great but see my first sentence :
Fury
Wlad
Wilder
Ortiz
Parker
Povetkin
Joshua

 

1. The division had nothing to offer and he still tag teamed it with his bro who avenged his loses for him.

2. 10 years of very ordinary competition were never given a fair opportunity to win. He had to rig the system to rule above the worst list of contenders in HW history. Losing 4 times and deserving multiple DQ loses along the way.