Well to answer your ramblings ledsham, the reason Americans are following the other fights is because THAT'S WHERE THE TALENT IS.

IMO the real hope of the American Heavyweights is probably still lurking out there in the amateurs.

It's a shame Bowie Tupou is the guy I think is the best up and coming US fighter....but I don't think he's going to last very long being 6'2 250+ pounds

I think a guy like Travis Walker could have really been somebody had someone taken the time to groom him into a world class fighter. Cedric Boswell also never really got dealt a fair hand when you compare him to what Domonick Guinn was handed and pissed away.