HW Division after the Klitschkos?

Probably going to be a muddled mess with musical belts and nobody unifying etc.

 

It would be a dejavu from the early post-Lennox era.

All belts up for grabs, 5 different "champions" and possibly even more.
Lots of "champions" that don't deserve to be called that.
Defending against bums and countrymen for as long as possible.
Maybe one or two unifications in the coming years.

 

People forget just how bad things were after Lewis.

Vitali was supposedly the heir to Lewis's title, but he'd lost his fight to the former champ and kept getting injured. The multiple cancellations against Rahman were absurd. Holyfield still got wheeled out in all his geriatric glory to fight new Don King champs. You had "novelty" acts like Valuev. Ruiz lost his belt to former supermiddleweights repeatedly. There was a time when Lamon Brewster -- yes, that Lamon Brewster -- was the most proven fighter in the division. Toney was staying competitive against top heavyweights despite being an obese, ancient supermiddleweight. Not to mention that Golota kept getting title shots and losing.

Lots of people clung on to Wladimir Klitschko as the savior of the division (and someone who'd supposedly destroy Ali, Frazier, etc.) not because his record had justified it yet, but out of desperation for somebody to clean up the mess.

 

i can see kubrat pulev, tyson fury or david haye and deontay wilder holding belts for short periods

 

It still is the post Lennox era. It never got better. Untill now , with guys like Fury making it more interesting.

 

Its better than a second teir fighter holding all the belts who cherry picks bums and then jabs and hugs them to death.

 

I feel like after K2 retire they'll become more respected than they are currently.

It'll come down to thinking the crop who are tossing around belts like candy on halloween wouldn't be able to stand up to a dominating force like Wlad and Vitali. Like a powerful empire that somehow vanishes and a bunch of smaller separate factions are fighting to gain the crown.

Does anyone see a boxer on the horizon who could possibly reign for years to come? I don't.

 

Depends of how soon the Klitschkos retire, I see Pulev holding one of the belts. It depends who will be considered #1 and #2 guys by the organizations. Boytsov seems to never step up, yet he's ranked #1 by the WBO. Assuming he remains there until the brothers retire, I can definitely see him beating some mediocre fighter and winning the WBO belt.
Also, they may make Helenius a paper champ, I see that as a possibility. Povetkin has his shot at the eternal glory this Saturday, if he fails, he may win some belt in the future, depending when the bros will retire. Maybe even David Haye or even more likely Tyson Fury. He's young, there's definitely a potential to win some belt in the future. I think that a couple of years will pass until someone unifies the division and establishes himself as the true champion (Ofc assuming Povetkin doesn't defeat Wlad).