The heavyweight division needs excitement

[aburwell89]

...listen sport...I put those guys on there because I think it would be "exciting" for someone who actually has some skill to KO them OR that the fans might get lucky and get to see a brawl.

As for talent, Odlanier Solis is very talented, Cris Arreola is talented, Povetkin, Dimitrenko....those guys are good fighters and if you don't care about good fighters then may I suggest you mozy on down to the "Tuff Man" competitions and leave boxing for those who understand the sport.

Not everyone is a great fighter and not every fight is an exciting matchup, if you can't understand that then maybe boxing isn't for you.

If they're not great fighters, why are they getting paid to fight?

[El Kabong]

If they're not great fighters, why are they getting paid to fight?

When I say GREAT I mean GREAT....like Louis, Ali, Foreman, Marciano, etc.

Not everyone is like that. And not everyone is Mike Tyson and not everyone is Ike Ibeabuchi or David Tua or Earnie Shavers.


They get paid to fight because they are good at fighting or the person they are fighting is good at fighting or simply because there is a market for it.

Not all of them are ONLY professional fighters either, most of them keep their regular jobs and fight on the side.

[aburwell89]

If they're not great fighters, why are they getting paid to fight?

When I say GREAT I mean GREAT....like Louis, Ali, Foreman, Marciano, etc.

Not everyone is like that. And not everyone is Mike Tyson and not everyone is Ike Ibeabuchi or David Tua or Earnie Shavers.


They get paid to fight because they are good at fighting or the person they are fighting is good at fighting or simply because there is a market for it.

Not all of them are ONLY professional fighters either, most of them keep their regular jobs and fight on the side.

You're really failing to see my point on this whole thing, so I'll put it as plainly as I possibly can:

No one wants to see guys like Wladimir, at least not anyone that isn't into boxing. I guarantee if I were to step out on the street right now and ask people who he is, very, very few people would have the slightest idea. That is bad for boxing in reference to the mainstream. Horrible, in fact, because it stunts the development of the sport.