The 1980s was really bad for the HW division overall, I don't remember it being a golden period of HWs. Now to be fair, there were 2 excellent champions in Holmes and Tyson, but overall it was pretty crappy. The 70s and 90s, imo, were the 2 greatest decades of HW boxing. The 2000s were pretty bad just like many decades in the past minus the 70s and 90s. While Wlad was a dominant champion, the way he fought, which was being scared and the constant clinching really soured the division. If only Vitali was the younger brother and didn't have that injury which made him missed a few years and he reigned instead, the division would have had more respect.