Look how slim Andy Ruiz looks now!
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/22580...boxing-weight/
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Look how slim Andy Ruiz looks now!
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/22580...boxing-weight/
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Great for the man big picture. Looks like he's lost an entire Sunny Edwards weight wise. But as a competitor makes me wonder if he'll fight again on top of his punch resistance this lite. Love to see he and Wilder which seemed to fizzle out before it even sparked.
Honest question...what is wrong with the heavyweight division right now. Feels like one of the more CF divisions going. Outside of Zhang vs Joyce recently and Jared Anderson upcoming fight, what am I looking forward to
. Is it the 4 times the charm return of Adam Kownacki next month? I could randomly throw a dart at a top 10 list from the 90's and be much much more excited.
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For many casuals, this is the only division that matters. Which is worrisome, if boxing is trying to make hardcore fans out of casuals. In other words... it's the division in boxing with the highest visibility... but unfortunately most of the time, one of the worst divisions in boxing.
Back in the Mike Tyson, Holyfield, Lennox Lewis days it was much easier to get excited about the heavyweights. Then Wlad came along, and put fans into a coma for over a decade.
For me, personally... I turned off the heavyweights until the fight that brought the division back for me: Joshua vs Wlad.
Come to realize that was only a momentary blip in my interest. After that we've been treated with the incessant clowning mind games of Mr. Unstable (Tyson Fury)... and a whole host of forgettable nobodies marching up and down the heavyweight rankings.
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It does remind me of something I heard very early on as one of those wide-eyed new fans to boxing. Might have been a Gil Clancy or Colonel Bob I just don't recall but it was something like "the heavyweight division is the engine that drives the sport of boxing." I bought into it mostly and it was panning out at the time with focus on the exact guys like Bowe, Ruddock, Holyfield, Lewis, Foreman, Moorer etc. But the thing was you had complete 2nd 3rd tiers of quality guys who on any night could be mashed together and produce awesome memorable fights. And the major difference between then and now...mostly they did! Guys actually fought each other. So deep you had solid guys who never sniffed a title, Tua, Ibeabuchi, Briggs (he lost), Grant, Golota. It goes on and on.
It did bog down with Wlad and for me Vitali to a much lesser extent. The style of Wlad did a lot of damage to the ol' engine. You know it's bad when HBO literally swore off airing his fights. Most of the thrills with Wlad were honestly him being hurt or worse unexpectedly. Had a couple of great fun fights, the 1st Peter fight was a war. And he did make a very respectable and entertaining last stand vs Joshua. For that matter so did AJ. But that inner beast has waned too. Fury gets credit for topping Wlad 1st sure. But the fight was absolutely dreadful. And all these years later here we are, still seeing AJ and Fury talk it up..walk up to a meet and then pull the rug from under the fans. It's been 6 and 8 years since they "beat the man" but they have failed to transfer that energy/legacy into their own era for the most part.
Fury. Yeh. I've gone up-down-up and finally down on the fella. But ffs all the man does is talk..and talk. And then some more talking and jawing and lying after that. Just completely done with it. It's beyond the point of stagnating the division. Take a huge step back and all cards on the table, his record is not exactly stellar for all of the top 10 ATG talk. It's a lark. As much shit as I give Wilder for running up numbers and overrating, I'm beginning to think Fury is there too. He beat Wlad in a bore. But likewise and to date his 'legacy' run is around the same Wilder. The 3rd time completely unnecessary and unwanted. Absent Wlad and Wilder his record is a bit shat and he's showing no signs of being serious and driven as he hits 35 years old.
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Bigger man George, bigger punch!
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