So what happened to the heavyweight division?

I just watched what should have been a mediocre fight between James Toney and Sam Peters.
As you know Peters has fought the Klitschos, but the fight between Peters and Toney was 10x more exciting than the boring Klits.
Even the fight between Toney and Rahman was better than any Klit fight.

Go figure...

 

If the Klits hadn't been there it might have been for multiple belts, and it would have been a great HW era.

 

Just because the heavyweights of today are less entertaining to watch doesn't necessarily mean they are less effective in the ring. moron...

And the reason I say this is because people will always intertwine the two together.

 

The hw division has gone stale. Theres not a single fighter id actually pay to watch.

How long has it been since we've had a proper hw fight that people were actually excited about.

 

Stirverne -Arreola 2 ?

 

Wlad vs Haye
Wlad vs Povetkin

 

I just watched Gatti - Ward II, it was way more exciting than Mayweather - Maidana. Yes, that's how dumb your argument is.

 

Yeah wlad vs haye is the only one i can think of

 

Yeah thats why it was failing to get a network to show it haha espn probably didnt even wanna show it themselves

 

I never even though for once of making that analogy to counteract the criticisms of the contemporary heavyweight divison. :yep

I think I'll be sure to use this when somebody pulls out the typical "heavyweights are boring" drivel. :good

 

after the 90's era (which is the best Heavyweight era in history for me) with all the big fights going off all the time between the champs and the huge stack of contenders, this era does pale in comparison. not just the fighters themselves, but the quality and the excitement of the fights as well.

but saying that, it's not as bad as most try to make out when judged against many other era's from the past. those era's are truly looked at through rose coloured glasses.

just before Marciano came along, the division was kept alive by god damn LHW's. that's how bad it was. and even then, Marciano was only able to fight those same lighter fighters. there weren't any real Heavies there for him to fight. now that was a gruesome era.

 

It makes me laugh when dumb, butthurt Americans use that excuse to hide the fact they have no world level heavyweights beyond Tony Thompson.

It's like they think the rest of the world don't play any other sports.


America has over 500 registered heayweights. More than any other country. Considering the girth of the average American, they have a larger pool of "talent" to choose from too yet out of 500 heavyweights only ONE can be considered world level.

That's frankly embarrassing. Yet you hicks come up with the bullcrap "But our atheletes all be playing da baccy ball and da foozball instead of da boxing" excuse which makes you seem pathetic.

You don't hear English fans saying "All our boxers play Rugby instead" do you?


Besides, the heavyweight era is great at the moment. Wlad, Pulev, Fury, Chisora, Thompson, Stiverne and Povetkin would be a force to be reckoned with in any boxing era. Fact.

 

it was espn's highest boxing viewership in 11years

So STFU

 

The Heavyweight Division at the moment is maybe one of the worst division in quality, but there's a lot of hope.

The Klitschko's have dominated the division for the last decade. They are so much better then the rest of the division. Now that Vitali is retired it gives a liitle opening for a new breed.
The Stiverne-Arreolla fight was an entertaining fight, and I think heavyweight boxing has gained a lot of fans back in the US. There are a lots of younger stars who are waiting for a shot, like Wilder & Jennings and some new stars like Breazeale, Hunter, Washington & Charles Martin. Also we have seen some great matched recenetly like Mansour-Cunningham, which was the best promotion the US heavyweight could have.
In Europe there are some young and exciting heavyweights with of course Fury & Pulev on top, but also some German young stars (Teper/Wallisch) , the English (Joshua/Hughie Fury) and some Eastern European and Australian (Like Lucas Browne).

Once Wlad has retired, he have an open division, where everyone is able to win a title. It might not be the best division, but it is fun to watch.