Is the heavyweight division getting better?

Vitali returning and haye carrying on being great its definitely getting better.

 

With VK's return and thrashing of Peter, and now Haye's big debut, things are certainly getting more and more interesting.. I venture to say that the proposed Vitali Haye fight will be the biggest HW fight since Lewis was fighting.

It'll probably be even bigger than Lewis vs. Vitali was.

 

It is coming along......this period is deffo better than 4 years ago or so.

In fact i can only think of 1964 to 1978 period or the 1988 to 2002 period being any better.

Boxing should get better......the fact that the ex soviets are in now, the rise of MMA and the Africans having the abilty to come over and train should make boxing far more competitive soon.

 

there is some potential for some big fights to be made. Let's hope the promoters/managers don't keep this from happening.

 

It depends on three things.

1-The top two guys (Wlad and Vitali) continuing to stay active and continuing to push for the best fights.

2-The continued development of young and exciting fighters like Haye, Povs and Nipple.

3- The old guard letting go (Golota, Holyfield, Rahman, Toney, McCall) and some of the younger guys getting their opportunities at the top of the mountain.

 

Yes and no.

Vitali returning and the emergence of Haye are both excellent for the division.

Valuev fighting Holyfield is terrible though.

 

In all honesty it cannot get any worsethan it has been!!!!

 

U must be kidding me mate, it's like saying Haye is better than Lewis, first of all Haye needs to prove himself in the HW devison after that we can talk again... sure Haye is popular in the UK, almost reaching the same hights as did Lewis, but come on man Vitali would simply destroy Haye!!

 

juan carlos gomez? :rofl:

c'mon. :-(

 

Yep.

 

Heavyweight finally doing okay again.

 

a.Waldimir's fights are boring look at the Thompson fight
and now the will face Rahman.:tired
b. Vitali is back that's great and i think no one can beat him at the moment but how long until he gets injured again ?
I think Vitali has only 1 or 2 fights left.
c. David is exciting to watch but after i saw the Barrett fight i must say
that a heavyweight can take his power much better than a CW.
I fear a guy with power and a great chin like Peter, Brewster, Valuev, Arreola or Virches would survive the early offensive and catch Haye when he slows down like Carl Thompson did in 2004. But David vs Wlad would be great

d. Povetkin hasn't faced a real puncher yet if he hasn't a good chin he will
become problems with Klitschko.

e. Gomez is the most talented of this guys but he wasted his talent in the past and now he is 35.
After he fights vs Vitali (win or lose) he will start again with partying making kids and taking drugs.

 

I am not saying Haye is what Lewis was (but truth be told, he probably is), but what I am saying is that the proposed fight between Vitali and Haye would be bigger than Vitali vs. Lewis was.

Back in 2003, Vitali was not really that well known out side of Europe, and The champion Lewis was fighting a mere last minute substitute for Kirk Johnson............... Noone knew Vitali from a sack of rocks.

But with Haye being a mega star in England, and gaining more and more notoriety in teh entire sport, as well as Vitali now being a big name in his own right, the proposed fight between these two would be bigger than Lewis vs. Vitali was. I say that, and I stand by that statement, yes.

 

Can't comment on Alexander, but only guys that I find exciting are Vitali and Haye.