I promise you its not a weak HWT era

Bad comparison with 100M sprinting. Bolt is dominating in a strong era maybe the strongest.

Asafa Powell more sub 10s, 9.9 and 9.8 than anyone ever in history, Tyson Gay has the fastest wind assisted time sub 9.6. currently 9-11 Sub 10 runners active this season going in the world champs.

 

Its not weak for the former Soviets and Russia. The US athletes are more interested in basketball, football and baseball.

 

Tony Thomson, Ibragimov, Chagaev, Brock, Austin. All low level guys in terms of talent who shouldnt be fighting for the title in any era. Names like that make me look at Ruiz as something godly in retrospect.

 

Guys like Maskeav and Briggs come to mind as well as Donald who really beat Valuev, this with out a doubt is the worse era of HW boxing ever. **** I thought Ruiz and Byrd were bad until I saw Peter and Arreola....:rofl:rofl:rofl

 

Heabyweights are a very weak era, Welterweight rules boxing. They are the only division keeping it alive.

 

WW is OK it was really strong 10yrs ago with a peak SSM, ODLH, TITO, Forrest, Quartey, Carr etc.

 

All I'm gonna say is this, I really can't think of a worse era.

 

He woulda been champ, if he knew what he was taking before the Ruiz fight, BTW a young Ruiz is better than a high % of today's top 10.....:rofl:rofl:rofl

 

Klitschkos would have easily stopped Tex Cobb, Renaldo Snipes, Tillis, Wagner, Berbick, Weaver, Jimmy Young, Page, Quarry, Spinks, Chuvalo. Louis' bum of the month anyone?

The reason US commentators such as Atlas are claiming heavyweight divison is weak is because their fighters are not on top. Atlas trained Grant and Kirk Johnson!

 

You're right, it's not a weak heavyweight era.

It's the WEAKEST heavyweight era.

At the least it's the worst since the mid to late 50s when Marciano retired and Floyd Patterson spent a good portion of his reign defending his title against journeymen like Brian London or guys making their professional debut. (Granted that was largely because Cus D'Amoto didn't want Floyd coming anywhere near anyone who was a threat, and there were good fighters around who simply didn't get a title shot, like Williams, Machen, Liston, etc).

 

Dream on.........
wishful thinking gets one nowhere.

If America fighter won heavyweight title, suddenly the haters would start screaming that this is the best heavyweight division ever!

 

Yes, like how everyone says that Tyson fought in a strong era. :roll:

Stop hugging Klitschko balls, get a life, and learn a little boxing history. The Klits are good fighters, but their competition is ****ing pathetic.

 

I used to think so but not so much anymore. How could it be a weak era when today's athlete in every sport is bigger faster and stronger, why should boxing be the exception? Also today we have a world sport, not just a sport mostly practiced by African Americans, so of course we are seeing the best of a much larger talent pool than at anytime in history.

 

this era is no worse than the early 1980's era Post Ali and Pre Tyson.

Actually the similarities are stunning.