Why do I keep hearing the same old refrain: "The heavyweight division has gone to hel

[DaxxKahn]

It is because there are such a run of nobodies that fizzle out faster then they got started...

It is because over the last decade every time the next big thing comes along they turn out to be a bust....It is because there always seems to be just that 1 guy who is head and shoulders above the rest and the division offers nothing competitive for us.....

EG- Sam Peter so strong, who started to show improvement after the second Toney fight...Just to become another second rate fighter who built his rep on fighters who were either past it or never were it..

Then guys who are really talented and if they came a long an era or 2 before would have excelled nicely but get blasted out due to size problems...EG Chris Byrd was a great boxer who was a TRUE heavyweight...If this was the 70's 80's or early 90's.....

We get spoiled by men like a Prime Holyfield who fought nothing but guys bigger stronger men then him as a hw and ate the shots the bigger men were landing so we EXPECT every other man his size to be able to handle the same punishment and come out on top like Evander did more often then not..

We were spoiled by men like Lewis who defeated every man he ever faced and it became understood that his losses were brought on by his own cocky attitude that caused lazy habits rather then the skill of his opp..The came back in rematches top dismantle his former conquerer....There was never any doubt who the King was...While today we have a champion that has cracked under pressure more times then he should have,,,

Our contenders and title holders come out of no where...Guys like Povetkin, Dimitrenko, Boytstov...Good fighters that have limited exposure except when they are involved in a big fight so it appears that they are nobodies to the average fan....

The world champion was someone everyone knew who they were...Guys like Tyson...Holyfield...Holmes...All had general public exposure...Guys like Spinks, Bowe were ex Olympians and had built a following there...Today at best the average person who does not really follow the sport might know about the HW championship is there are Brothers who hold it...EVERYONE knew who Tyson was, Ali, Frazier, Foreman etc

The division holds no household name nor do the contenders......For people to get excited to watch because they heard about them elsewhere....

In the 90's Guys like Golota brought attention to himself in mainstream sports as a ball punching dirty fighter and had a catchy name like "The Foul pole"

Tommy Morrison was in Movies..Ray Mercer the Ex Army Vet always a popular thing to be with fans especially military fans...

the 70's and 80's had contenders like Quarry the good Irish kid who fought anyone, Tex Cobb the guy who had little style but slugged it out until either he or the opp could not continue, Cooney the great white hope...Chuck Wepner who looked like and out of Shape balding man who works as a janitor but took Ali to the limit dropping him...Making the common man feel good about himself....

Today the division does not have the aura it once did...The fighters today are not the balls out go for broke come from behind fellow you could not help but root for....Our Champions are not ones that embrace their role as the most important athlete on earth...

At one time EVERYONE could name the HW champion...Hell if your from the 50's you would know that at one time 3 men were 3 men that EVERONE knew who they were regardless of sport they followed, profession, religon

The President, The Pope and the HW champion of the world......