Quote Originally Posted by Lyle View Post
You people mention big heavyweights like we have ever had anything else.

Joe Louis ....not the biggest but certainly BIG for his day at 6'2 205
Sonny Liston 6'1 210-220
Muhamed Ali the biggest heavyweight of his era...even bigger than Foreman. 6'3-6'4 210-225 during his prime years
Larry Holmes 6'3-6'4 210-220 in his prime
Riddick Bowe 6'5 230
Lennox Lewis 6'5 250

It doesn't matter about the size. The division right now is in flux Valuev and Chagaev are off in their own little world fighting the chumps of the division when there is a guy who holds half the recognized world championship belts ready to give anything to get a shot at the other titles....only Vitali wants back in and HE wants a title too.

The problems with the division are:

#1 titles aren't being unified...we're going to have to wait almost another year for Wladimir to get a shot at anyone else with a title due to the mandatories and Vitali's comeback.

#2 The big fights aren't being made...there are interesting fights to be made but they aren't happening...Arreola-Witherspoon is a step in the right direction, let's see who Haye steps in with and what Sultan does in his return.

#3 The signature fighters of the division aren't consistent...Sam Peter for example....he's KO-ing Oleg Maskaev one day then he's fighting McCline and he's utter crap
That's hardly like the giants of today, Lewis was boring to watch the only one you mention that is big and exciting for a period was Bowe and that was only really the trilogy with Holfield, 210lbs is almost a crusierweight and most of your list fought around that weight in their primes. Big for their time means absolutely nothing, they weren't 7ft and 300lbs