Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
I think the Klitschkos will be far more appreciated in hindsight. They both are remarkable HW fighters who could possibly have been champs in ANY era IMO.

With the decreasing popularity of HW boxing and the increasing popularity of MMA, it's going to be harder and harder for boxing to rope in these world class athletes like the Klitschkos.
With boxing fans and announcers being increasingly negative and UFC announcers unable to really criticize. There's no pleasing boxing fans these days. They are hypercritical, they look at a fighter like Wlad and when he KO's Ray Austin in 2 he gets nothing, but if he gets an opponent that doesn't want to engage Wlad gets blamed. Hell Wlad beating Sam Peterthe first time was a disappointment to basically everyone but me and now in hindsight everyone is of the idea that Sam Peter was just a shit fighter. Not like a Ron Lyle, not like a Ken Norton, not like an Earnie Shavers, not like a Donovan Ruddock, but just a shit fighter.