"Hardly a ringing endorsement on the state of the division, wouldn't you say"
Solis is a fighter who would be more effective if he dropped 15lbs, it is hardly a daming endightment on the division! It is an issue for solis and solis alone. However it is clear he is still an effective fighter (only losing to vitali) and i have seen contenders in all the era's that make solis look practically ripped! Frazier was hardly mr olympia, and foreman looked muscular for about 3 years lol:
Here he is getting beat up by jimmy young in 77:
"they are boring" Yeah some of the there fights may be boring but that is because the klitschko style is too effective, they get the job done, they bummify there opponents, you should not judge there opponents on there fights with the klitschko brothers rather go watch how they earned that shot in the first place! Top 5 of this era vs the top 5 of holmes....Wlad (linear champ, gold medallist) vitali (3x hw champ, never been down or ever really outboxed) povetkin (multiple gold medallist) great chin, top fighter! Byrd (2x champ) defensive whizz made tua and holy look inept (tua would fuckin anihilate 95% of holmes opposition, does holmes have a better win than prime tua?) chagaev, again great pedigree, durable as hell. Prime wlad would beat holmes (sorry but he would, holmes struggled time and time again with men prime wlad would own!) Vitali would anihilate cooney, byrd would outbox shavers (would u like me to educate me on earnie and his style and record?) Chagaev v spinks would be a close fight, however id favour ruslan.
I know most 'casual' boxing fans want their heavyweights getting hit, coming forward and going for KO's Caveman style! The style, attitude, and demeanor of the Klitschko's make them less likely to be massive stars in the US. Wlad and Vitali have too much respect to act in the manor that Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Roy Jones Jr. act, and their fighting styles don't make up for it.
Some of you have short attention spans and it takes constant action for the non-boxing majority to be intrigued, they need lots of bells and whistles and the Klitschko's just don't have those bells and whistles. Hilarious you say holmes opposition was better, the belts were changing hands more often than a 14 year old changes her underwear, it was an era fuelled by coke and holmes ended it by losing to a LHW twice! Not to mention it was spearheded by a convicted murderer i.e don king GTFO! It was a terrible era overrun with bums...
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