Quote Originally Posted by Punisher136
Quote Originally Posted by amat
It's not clear as day though. The only baddest man on the planet were Tyson and Hagler. But that's fair because they really were the baddest man on the planet. No one called Ray Leonard the baddest man on the planet, or De La Hoya, but they are two of the biggest draws in the last 30 years.
The heavyweight world champion. The weak american heavy crop is the only real thing wrong with the sport. These bad decisions and alpha titles while around before tyson but while he was around no one really seemed to notice or complain much.
You got exactly what I was getting at Punisher. The flagship of boxing, the pinnacle of it's glory is when we have a dominant heavyweight champion. The whole world takes notice when there is a true heavyweight champ because they are seen as the 'baddest' man alive.

Jim Jeffries, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Joe Luis, Rocky Marciano, Liston, Foreman, Ali, Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis these guys are the real stars of boxing globally.

Being the dominnt heavyweight in a era has always been a massive badge of pride, the pinnacle of sporting achievement.

Right now there is no such champ in boxing.

MMA is striving for the same goal. If the MMA can create a truly dominant, vicious heavyweight fighting machine that can vill the void that boxing has currently made and lay claim to having the 'baddest' man on the planet in their ranks it could be a huge, momentous and historic shift as to the way both boxing and MMA are to be regarded in the future.

It may not seem much now, but in the future I expect this battle to be huge.