There’s an oft trotted out adage which claims that ‘As goes the heavyweight division, so goes the sport of boxing.’
Well, after close to a decade of the sometimes boring Klitschko dominance – in which sports fans struggled to distinguish between Ukrainian brothers Vitali and Wladimir and the sport lacked a dominant champion because they refused to square off against each other – hopefully the sport’s blue riband class is set to re-ignite in 2014.
Vitali’s decision to abdicate the WBC throne and commit to a future in Ukrainian politics, plus the emergence of a cosmopolitan crop of undefeated prospects should inject much needed oxygen into our sport. [Click Here To Read More]
Well, after close to a decade of the sometimes boring Klitschko dominance – in which sports fans struggled to distinguish between Ukrainian brothers Vitali and Wladimir and the sport lacked a dominant champion because they refused to square off against each other – hopefully the sport’s blue riband class is set to re-ignite in 2014.
Vitali’s decision to abdicate the WBC throne and commit to a future in Ukrainian politics, plus the emergence of a cosmopolitan crop of undefeated prospects should inject much needed oxygen into our sport. [Click Here To Read More]
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