So what happened to the heavyweight division?

The PPV system killed the heavyweight exposure, because american ppv networks don't like to show non american fighters, and thus less and less peoples watch heavyweight fights in america.

But in the rest of the world the scene is growing a lot.

Wlad always sells out entire stadiums when he fights, a thing that's almost impossible to do in america.

And he does all this without ppv tricks or media overhype.

 

He can do that against TBA. Doesn't matter the quality of opposition, Germans just want to see him.

I remember when Tyson was doing his whole freakshow tour - it was the same deal in America.