Quote Originally Posted by smashup View Post
The Klitschko brothers killed Heavyweight boxing in the US for home grown fighters and the public/promoters lost all interest.
Simple



No the United States not developing quality heavyweight fighters since Holyfield and Tyson was the problem....our amateur boxing program is a shambles!

We had DECENT heavyweights, but they never were consistent.



Both Wlad and Vitali were top tier amateurs before the dominated the division. Deontay Wilder won bronze and he's the best American heavyweight right now....gee I wonder if that's a coincidence.



Blaming the Klitschko's for killing boxing in the US is complete bullshit. Heavyweight boxing in the US was on it's knees before the Klitschko's even turned pro. Chird Byrd as the top heavyweight from the US, John Ruiz? Lamon Brewster could have been better, but again he struggled with injuries and wasn't consistent. Shannon Briggs? Who else has there been with any promise? Seth Mitchell? NOT a great amateur, John Banks? Too small. Calvin Brock? Got injured and retired.


In order to be competitive in the pros you've got to produce quality amateur talent....look at AJ.