Quote Originally Posted by Lords Gym
If your talking about not drawing new fans to the sport… your average people on the streets .. its because there are no real Good Heavyweights ! You need the Tyson's and Holyfield’s in order to get that outside interest. This generation of Heavyweight are F****** boring and Green in general . no real talent. no conditioning , no work ethic. no skills. everyone is out there trying to throw the hardest punch they can, and when they mis , they want to hold and tie up ,cause they got not center no balance Look back at Holyfield vs. Foreman 1991 .. You got Big George 42 years old in there , and he never hold s once the entire fight . You got Holyfield throwing 4 5 6 punch combinations and never a clinch . Fans want to see a good talented competitive heavyweight division and it aint there! HW’s s that can throw combination punches , HW’s that can stay in the pocket and who are conditioned well enough to keep good sustained offense pace going. Even old George could keep a good pace and that’s at 42 years old George would destroy the HW’s fighting today on sheer work rate alone.

Great point, Lords Gym. CC. I DVR'd Foreman/Holyfield from ESPN Classic and watched it a few nights ago. It's amazing the skill and workrate they both show. A fat and old Foreman had a workrate like Hatton compared to most of today's heavyweights. It's unfortunate that the general public only wants to see heavies, but it's true. Heavyweights create general interested in boxing, even for the lower divisons. Heavyweights bring in new fans and casual fans. If the heavyweight division were better, it would be good for the smaller fighters as well.