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Anyone who thinks the heavyweights of years past are better then the current ones are simply delusional. Look at the NFL great lineman used to be 6' 260 lbs now they're 6'6 310 lbs modern nutrition and modern training have played a huge role in our advances in sports. The problem people have with the heavyweight division today are
1)The Klitschko's are too dominant
2)American kids are less likely than ever to get involved in boxing
3No current boxer has had close to the charisma or star appeal of Heavyweights from the "golden era's"
I think your delusional personally, if these Heavyweights are so better, why are most of them out of shape and slow ? with all the modern training, there slower and have less stamina.

So if the boxers in the old days, are faster and have better stamina. Without the modern training doesn't that make them look even better ?

The fact that a 46 year old 6'2 Evander Holyfield, was able to beat one of the modern Heavyweight champions, in Nikolai Valuev who is 7'0. But Evander Holyfield was robbed of a decision, tells me that size isn't always better.

Also why do the Heavyweights, lack excitement if there so much better ? and why doesn't any normal armchair fan even know who the hell the Heavyweight champion currently is ?
They do, in Germany and Eastern Europe. You're looking at it from a Brit viewpoint which many Americans also shared with you, but not the general consensus whatever.

I know this might be shocking, but there is an entire world out there besides your homeland. Shocking ain't it?
Well all i know is when i was younger, everyone knew who the Heavyweight champion was. Yes of course in Germany and ETC, they will be popular. Because how many times have they had a Heavyweight to root for ? probably not since Axel Schulz in the 90's.

And yes i am looking at it from a Brit point of view, what way am i supposed to look at it ? i remember back in the day, how exciting it was watching the big Heavyweight fights, and all the hype it used to get.

Now no one even cares or knows anything about the Heavyweight division, except what that read in the paper about David Haye. Yes im talking about Britian because im sharing how much it has changed over here.

And i bet if you done a poll worldwide, if people thought whether or not the Heavyweight division is popular. Well i think we can safely say they would all mostly agree with me, even hardcore boxing fans get bored to fuck watching Heavyweight fights now, so can you imagine armchair fans ?