what would it take for the heavy weight division to enter the lime light again?

A black Champion who speaks jive fluently.

 

Sweet Tapout shirt, bro! It just radiates douche chills.

 

The talent pool isn't bad, but I wouldn't say that its terrific either.. I'm not trying to sound like an age discriminant ass, but there are way too many 35+ year old guys in that division, and a lot of them weren't even that good when they were in their primes.. Sure, the 90's had old versions of Holmes, Foreman, Witherspoon, etc.. But they were the exception, not the norm.... They were also pretty damn good in their primes and had a fair amount left in old age... The fact that men like John Ruiz, Hasim Rahman, and Albert Sosnowski are getting title shots is pretty sickening... Hell, David Haye is apparently talking about fighting Audley Harrison.. Evander Holyfield just fought Frans Botha and supposedly got what was called " a world title " out of the deal.... This kind of **** has to stop, and unless boxing programs and clinics reemurge in local towns and cities in the west, Its never going to get any better.... Alexander Povetkin was talked about a few years ago as being the savior of the division... He's already 30 years old and has only what, 19 fights ?

I would also like to ad that the #1 and #2 heavy weights out there are 34 and 38 years of age... Both refuse to fight each other due to their sibling relationship, and both have unavenged losses to their predecessors... This is not the mark of a strong divsion....

 

A tyson or lewis comeback

 

It is all about the big fights.

If Lewis and Klitschko had rematched you would have had a mega fight.

I personaly think that if the Klitschko brothers faced off, it would generate a lot of publicity and perhpas even interest among non boxing fans.

If David Haye faces one of the Klitschko's, it might just set the ball rolling even if the fight turned into a bust.

 

I think that bigger fights involving the right men would certainly help.. But there simply isn't enough talent in the pool right now, and the promoting of these bouts is terrible.. Most people in the united states don't even know who the hell Wladimir Klitschko is...

 

But if the news hacks got the drop that two brothers were facoing off to decide who the next undisputed champion was.........

 

We can't expect two brothers to fight each other though.

 

I don't think that its reasonable to expect them to fight each other either... But what IS reasonable, is that one of them should either retire or surrender his belt, so that the next viable challenger can step in and let life go on in boxing... Vitali is pushing 39 years of age and is fighting guys like Albert Sosnowski and Kevin Johnson... Let the WBC title pass, and have Wlad and Haye fight over it.......Or Wlad vs Povetkin........Or Haye vs Adamek.....Whatever...... This divided title thing with the #1 and #2 best guys blocking the future of the sport is killing the division...

 

Yeah, some of that is guys holding on too long. Some of it is the fact athletes are lasting longer in all sports. And what the F happened to Povetkin? He was on the fast track, taking very tough fights for a young fighter.... then, nothing. The US amateurs, even when they are good, get fat and lazy after they go pro (though not at lighter weights). For what we have lost in the US, we have gained somewhat in Eastern Europe. Africa could help out, too. Hell, if China develops a boxing program, watch out.

 

I understand fully. I'm not going to ask anyone to retire though, but like you say, if Vitali did, then it would be good for the division and for boxing.

 

Bit of an oxymoron there.

Businessmen have thier own interest in mind, and if they don't then they aren't really business men.

 

a weight limit. The Klitchkos have made it evident that they are just too big for other guys in the division to fight. And they think they win because they are good.