Is the superheavyweight era finishing?

referees are apalingly biased towards the home fighter in ALL of europe. in the vegas casinos refs favour the promoters boy regardless of nationality but it amounts to the same thing. house fighter, home fighter its the same thing. hatton was both beneficiary and victim of this system in the U.S for example.

but This is getting away from the point that 240 plus heavyweights suck. 240-250 pounders would all fight beter if they trained like fighters and kept away from "protien shakes" and bulking up programes.

 

james toney has been listed in different places as 5'10 and 5'11 1/2 though many people say he is 5'9. JMM has been listed as 5'5 and 5'7. shane mosley was 5'7 at 19/20 in amateur fights until he was professional, then he grew two inches. floyd was 5'7 in the olympic trials then 5'6 in the actual olympics. everyone exaggerates their height.

 

ive met carl froch who was listed this weekend as 6 foot 1 inch. kessler was listed at the same size also and they both looked the same hieght too. however i am a quarter inch over 6 feet in my socks and saw clean over frochs head when i met him and have a photo to prove it. I beleive he is 5.10 and a half tops without shoes. fighters dont especialy lie about their height someone asks them and they just say what they think. if a guy the same height says hes taller they begin to think it fair game to add an inch also. Ask anyone their height and measure them, its always wrong. perhaps police mug shots are the only way forward!

 

Is Dawson fighting at heavyweight?! I wouldn't blame him, watching TA and all...

 

Wladimir Klitschko is 1.98m, thats 6.5
and vitali is 2,01m, thats 6.6
Lennox Lewis is 1.96m, thats 6.45
Bowe 1.96, thats 6.45

so these are the super heavys with a lot of talent, skil wise and athletic wise. guys like that are very uncommen. we had 20 years with four exceptional tall talents. the next champion will be not bigger then 6.3

 

sad but true.

 

dont worry, there have been heavyweight droughts in the past, we will get through this one.

In the next ten years, my hopes are that a superstar HW bursts onto the scene, beating everyone in fantastic fashion. Then hopefully he can hold onto the title long enough to become an icon in the world, inspire youngsters, thus refreshing and revitalizing the heavyweight division.

This is a dreamers dream.

 

Yes, some of the old timer fighters like Fitz reported a lower weight for the press. The trouble with box rec is, the editor who updates a page has the final say.

There are some British super heavies to watch. Price has some skills, but he also has a glass jaw in the amateurs. He won't go too far. Tyson Fury was raised to be a boxer. He's big, has some skills, and can hit. He also needs a lot of refinement.

Since the early 1990's the #1 guy has almost always been a super heavy. 20 years have passed. This is not a fad.

Sure Holy and Moorer were not, but Holy should be 1-4 vs Bowe and Lewis on fair score cards. And Moorer who defeated Holyfield lost to an ancient super heavy in George Foreman.

 

:yep I'm 5'5 and 3/4 but I always tell people I'm 5'6. I'd be happy to let boxrec measure me. I could end up being 5'8.