Will the next era of heavyweights be the weakest since the early 1980s

Maybe but as long as the fights are getting made it can still be fun. And if a lot of fights are getting made that will be fertile soil for a young star to rise up like Mike Tyson.

At least fights are getting made now.

 

I think the Klitschko era was the weakest

 

Doesn't look good does it. The class of 2016 have proven to be a bust with Yoka, Joyce and Hrgovic all falling well short and none of them getting a title. Jalalov is a part time pro and is just wasting any potential fighting total nobodies and Torrez Jr didn't look convincing against Vianello.

Parker still has a few years left in him, Dubois is still only 27 so has several years left in him. If these are the new left standing after the top guys retire, that's not great. The left overs from the previous era being the top fighters while the next gen fail to reach even that level would be a dire state for the division.

 

I blame Croatian mainly. He let a lot of people down, including Croatia.
Mainly I'm angry he didn't get rid of Dubious for us, then KO AJ himself.
Things are so bad now people are saying Parker is a really good HW and Usyk's manager was predicting he would beat Dubious.
I think Usyk's manager was so busy avoiding helping his wounded countrymen and their families to party in London that he has forgotten how Joyce KO'd Parker. But Joyce also KO'd Dubious.
That reminds me how Joyce was the next big thing and Booth was talking him up and it was all going great, he was a demolition man and then just ran into a bad matchup with a big fat old Chinese man. Styles make fights though. And big fat Chinese people are Joyce's weakness. Also old shot journeymen like Chisora.