Why the heavyweight boxing scene is on life support?

[holmcall]

Heavies have always been short on skill; a 'great' heavy typically exhibits moves that are nothing special among the lighter weights. I think this becomes more pronounced as heavyweights get bigger.

But not during the Golden Age of the '70's!

[Master]

USA needs a bout of depression that forces them to get out of other crap sports and have hunger in their bellies to feed their kids and family. Here's to a stock market crash tomorrow.

[levi#1BoxingFan]

Its been dead since the late 90's IMO.

[holmcall]

USA needs a bout of depression that forces them to get out of other crap sports and have hunger in their bellies to feed their kids and family. Here's to a stock market crash tomorrow.

Please, not that way!!

[Taeth]

I don't see it as dead at all, I think the Klitschko's would dominated any era without Lennox Lewis in it. They are way too big and athletic for the 80's or 70's. I think there are good guys out there, maybe on average not as high as some points in history, but they are way better than when Holmes reigned.

[rjj tszyu]

I don't see it as dead at all, I think the Klitschko's would dominated any era without Lennox Lewis in it. They are way too big and athletic for the 80's or 70's. I think there are good guys out there, maybe on average not as high as some points in history, but they are way better than when Holmes reigned.

Not a fucking chance. They would have been massacred by the top men of the 70's and the likes of Tyson, Evander, Bowe and Lewis would have smashed both Klits all day long. Like Lennox said, at my worst I beat Vitali at his best. Say no more. And as for the 70's crop, as David Haye said on Ringside the other week "I'd like to think I could live with that era, but they were just too hard and boxers today are just softer".

Lamon Brewster, Ross Purrity and Corrie Sanders?? Are all them to big and athletic for the men of the 70's too??

[gally]

i know everyone pretty much hates David Haye, but for me he isthe only way in the nex 5 - 10 years get some interest back in the heavyweight devision for the boxing world, ( and im not a haye lover or hater)these fighters need to resolve there prblems and sign on the dotted line!!
sorry ive been awy so long guys in the marines now, but always come on to read, ill try get back involved

[El Kabong]

i know everyone pretty much hates David Haye, but for me he isthe only way in the nex 5 - 10 years get some interest back in the heavyweight devision for the boxing world, ( and im not a haye lover or hater)these fighters need to resolve there prblems and sign on the dotted line!!
sorry ive been awy so long guys in the marines now, but always come on to read, ill try get back involved

Well first off thanks for your service.

Secondly I don't think the division is any better or worse than the one Lennox Lewis reigned because you've got Wlad and Vitali who are so dominant right now it's almost impossible to think any of the current contenders could even trouble them and then you've got contenders some too old, some too young, some just not talented enough.

The good news for US fans is that we're starting to develop some prospects and we can only hope they turn out: Deontay Wilder, Joe Hanks, Seth Mitchell (I think it's Mitchell, but either way I hear he's good) those guys are big, they are being moved along a little slow, but I think they'll start to grab some headlines before too long...I think their best bet is to wait out the reign of the Klitschko's though because those guys don't look like they are slowing down.

[holmcall]

i know everyone pretty much hates David Haye, but for me he isthe only way in the nex 5 - 10 years get some interest back in the heavyweight devision for the boxing world, ( and im not a haye lover or hater)these fighters need to resolve there prblems and sign on the dotted line!!
sorry ive been awy so long guys in the marines now, but always come on to read, ill try get back involved

Welcome back!!

[holmcall]

I don't see it as dead at all, I think the Klitschko's would dominated any era without Lennox Lewis in it. They are way too big and athletic for the 80's or 70's. I think there are good guys out there, maybe on average not as high as some points in history, but they are way better than when Holmes reigned.

Who are they? Other than Haye, I can't find any.

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Heavies have always been short on skill; a 'great' heavy typically exhibits moves that are nothing special among the lighter weights. I think this becomes more pronounced as heavyweights get bigger.

But not during the Golden Age of the '70's!

Or the other unoffical golden age of the 90s.