My take being if they were Americans they be respected more and there wouldn't be talk of this is a weak HW era. Take Holmes and Tyson for example, they dominated the 80s. Was the 80s a great HW era? Tyrell Biggs, Michael Spinks, Tony Tucker, Trevor Berbick, Gerry Cooney, Tony Tubbs, does that sound like a good era for HWs? But yet almost everyone has said that those 2 were great HW champions and belong in a top 5 list.

And also someone also pointed out race. Race and ultra-nationalism plays a big part in the US. If the Klitschkos brothers were White Americans they would be praised to death. The US media would lap it up. They would be made into the boxing version of Brett Favre.