The Klitschko brothers will be sorely missed in 10 years time

Vitali will be missed, his fights were generally entertaining even in the one sided beatings he was giving and he is a real character outside the ring (the Briggs pre fight photos and the face off interview with Chisora).

Wlad is a completely different case. Yes he dominates and he has a legacy but his fights are nearly unwatchable. Only Germans and E.Europeans will miss him. The best thing Wlad can offer at the moment is being KOed cold by an up and coming great fighter and creating a superstar from that loss.

 

i dont think they will be missed by americans at all.

 

I think Wlad will be missed far more than Vitali. He's the better boxer, has a better personality and a wider appeal. He's in the Tunney and Patterson mould though, so likely won't be remembered as past champions.

It all depends on who rules the next era of boxing. If they're boring, the Klitschkos will be talked about with a lot of praise. If the next dominant heavyweight is exciting, the Klitschkos will likely become a footnote. I can't imagine they will be talking about with much praise in 15-20 years, much like how Abraham's MW reign won't be remembered as much as Pavlik's was.

Hopefully the next dominant heavyweight is David Price. He seemed very friendly with Manny Steward, so maybe they'll work together. Steward seemed impressed.

 

No they won't be remembered like that.

Just like we don't remember Holmes, Marciano or Louis like that neither. Because their eras were just as 'bad' as today's.

 

bottom line is you dont know jack**** about boxing. the klitschko opponents arent ****, the klitschkos make them look like ****. look at guys like chagaev, ibragimov, byrd: they have great technical skills and their amateur careers prove that.

 

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Where are those super skilled heavys now? Byrd fair enough. What about ibragimov or chagaev? Where did these super talented heavyweights go after losing to the klits?? I suppose your gonna say the brothers ruined them.

The bottom line is, heavyweights of this era come in overweight. Once they are in the ring, they seem to have absolutely no game plan. After round 2 they seem to be out of ideas, and don't bother trying anything else. A lot of them lack basic fundamentals. Most of them flat out disappear after losing. But yes this is a fantastic era of heavyweights.

 

They may not be setting the world alight excitement wise but they're the only thing giving the heavyweight division any respectability. Big crowds, fights that are treated as big deals, and talented enough to have been contenders in any previous era which you can't say about anyone else in the division. Lets say they retire tommorow, what have we got left? Alexander Povetkin vs Kubrat Pulev or Tyson Fury.

 

The only people who won't miss the Klitschkos are the British, blacks, self loathing white guys, capitalists, jealous folk, ugly people and mum's basement dwellers.

Everyone else will miss them desperately.

 

Wow i guess that puts you in an Awkward position eh?:rasta

 

Slyk makes a very good point about the quality of boxing eras being subjective, and that fans 'opinions' are often manufactured by their countries media.

For example, in the UK most people I spoke to prior to the Wlad Haye fight [those who were not out-and-out boxing fans that is] were convinced Haye would dominate Wlad and win by KO. I'd hear comments such as Wlad is 'robotic and slow' that they'd heard from newspaer articles and sky sports pundits.

If you keep repeating lies often enough you can brainwash people into believing anything. How else would the Republicans keep getting back into power in the US?

 

They weren't, their eras whilst weak, were better than this one. The current era is disgraceful, did you see Wlad-Mormeck!? I'd rather watch Marciano-Walcott, Louis-Schmeling, Holmes-Norton than any fight Wlad has been in.

 

No they weren't. Olympic gold medalist Rademacher got a HW title shot with *ZERO* pro fights. Louis was fighting guys that were reminiscent of dock workers that looked like Eric Esch. Holmes was feasting on green guys with 15 pro fights or old men.

Sound familiar?

You're absolutely clueless if you think the HW talent of 2002 - 2012 is any worse than the 30s, 50s or 80s.

 

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This fat 50 year old **** actually became the man at Heavyweight during the "Golden era" of the 90's and you're complaining about the weights of this era?



Clown.