Is it possible that Europe is Taking the Heavyweight Division?

I agree. 99% of the heavies are just that...heavy! Most don't even know the rudiments of boxing. The fundamental basics..the side to side..the counter...the block...and, wait for it..COMBINATIONS! The last heavy to fight with combos was Ali. Hollyfield in his day wasn't too bad as well. I believe that the entire sport of boxing has been killed by:- 1. Too many different boxing bodies. ie. WBO, WBC, etc. There should be only ONE body. This would sort out the chumps from the champs. For instance...how much longer is Calzaghe gonna run from the true hitters and that goes for a lot more of the other guys. 2. There is far too much money being paid to boxers. It's no longer a case of the sport being bigger than the man. The promoters should be brought to book for their ridiculous matchings...bodies should be fined for allowing these fights to take place. The only exciting fights today, are within the lower weight divisions. I rarely even watch the blundering heavies! This latest European 'invasion' may just be the wake up call that is needed in the division. Rahman? Baaaah..he's a joke! Good post. Boxing experts are always saying the heavyweight division is flooded with champions for a day and that's the reason that boxing is dying out. I disagree with those folks because I believe that the lower divisions are producing better and more exciting fighters which attract a different boxing fan. It used to be that the Heavyweights were the featured event but now I see them in undercards like any other weight class. I also believe that Eastern Europeans are gynetically taller and that along with lifting weights can make you a fit heavyweight. I havn't payed to watch a Heavyweight PPV since Tyson lost to Lewis.

I think both worked hard for the fight, Sergei just worked harder obviously as far as staminia, and I'm still trying to find the punch count for the fight. As far as Brewsters gut its simple, if your going to lift weights you have to upkeep your chest muscle or else its going to turn to fat and go straight down to your gut. Brewster also threw no body shots and when he did it caused Liakovich to take a knee but Brewster didn't throw any more body shots afterwards as far as I remember and I blame his corner for failing to realize this. Liakovich threw lots of effective and hard body shots that broke and wore down Brewster as the fight progressed. yea that pretty much sums it all up right there. brewster should have went to the body much more than what he did, he usually does based off seeing him fight in the past. IMO, thats what made him so effective to begin with... too much headhunting last night.

Too many overweight American boxers in the division. It was bound to happen sooner or later. I agree .

I think both worked hard for the fight, Sergei just worked harder obviously as far as staminia, and I'm still trying to find the punch count for the fight. As far as Brewsters gut its simple, if your going to lift weights you have to upkeep your chest muscle or else its going to turn to fat and go straight down to your gut. Brewster also threw no body shots and when he did it caused Liakovich to take a knee but Brewster didn't throw any more body shots afterwards as far as I remember and I blame his corner for failing to realize this. Liakovich threw lots of effective and hard body shots that broke and wore down Brewster as the fight progressed. exactly, bruiser was headhunting because he and his corner both thought that a ko was innevitable. while sergei came to fight and win by any way that he could.

its simple, they are showing that they want it more. the american heavies are fat guys that dont think they can be touched, and that is why lemon bruiser got worked last night. he thought sergei was going to be a pushover and he payed for it. I think both worked hard for the fight, Sergei just worked harder obviously as far as staminia, and I'm still trying to find the punch count for the fight. As far as Brewsters gut its simple, if your going to lift weights you have to upkeep your chest muscle or else its going to turn to fat and go straight down to your gut. Brewster also threw no body shots and when he did it caused Liakovich to take a knee but Brewster didn't throw any more body shots afterwards as far as I remember and I blame his corner for failing to realize this. Liakovich threw lots of effective and hard body shots that broke and wore down Brewster as the fight progressed.

its simple, they are showing that they want it more. the american heavies are fat guys that dont think they can be touched, and that is why lemon bruiser got worked last night. he thought sergei was going to be a pushover and he payed for it.

I've been saying this for months, some of the up and coming Eastern European heavyweight fighters are no joke. agree, this aint all that new. it has been predicted for many years

Only thing they're taking over is the hype machine. Wlad is meticulously selecting weak opponents so that he can call himself a champion. Brewster will beat Sergei in a rematch. And Maskaev is borrowing Wlad's hype machine. He has done nothing to garner the ranking that he has. Maskaev is Golota 2006. fly will soon have more ee boxers too hate on.

Pretty sure Calzaghe didn't run from a true hitter in March....

I've been saying this for months, some of the up and coming Eastern European heavyweight fighters are no joke.

Too many overweight American boxers in the division. It was bound to happen sooner or later. I agree. 99% of the heavies are just that...heavy! Most don't even know the rudiments of boxing. The fundamental basics..the side to side..the counter...the block...and, wait for it..COMBINATIONS! The last heavy to fight with combos was Ali. Hollyfield in his day wasn't too bad as well. I believe that the entire sport of boxing has been killed by:- 1. Too many different boxing bodies. ie. WBO, WBC, etc. There should be only ONE body. This would sort out the chumps from the champs. For instance...how much longer is Calzaghe gonna run from the true hitters and that goes for a lot more of the other guys. 2. There is far too much money being paid to boxers. It's no longer a case of the sport being bigger than the man. The promoters should be brought to book for their ridiculous matchings...bodies should be fined for allowing these fights to take place. The only exciting fights today, are within the lower weight divisions. I rarely even watch the blundering heavies! This latest European 'invasion' may just be the wake up call that is needed in the division. Rahman? Baaaah..he's a joke!

Right but don't judge him on Byrd until you see what he follows it with. He wants Toney-Rock-Brewster, etc. afterwards then he deserves all the credit. If he wants to fight BS mandatories-then criticism is justified

WHo are Wlad's weak opponents lately? Lamon Brewster-not weak. Sam Peter-definitely not a weak opponent. Chris Byrd-I think he's not that good but he has had a title forever Before the Peter fight he fought Castillo which was pretty weak..Peter might have not been weak physically but mentally and skillfully the guy had nothing...Peter is garbage who was a beast from his promoter my god guys like Hawkins are going the distance he shouldnt be taking C level fighters the distance for what his "power" is rumored to be at...But I've never thought much about Peter...Wladimir has fought decent opponents but more mediocre ones he is a decent heavyweight at best and thats what I will give him credit for... On a side note, beating Byrd does nothing for him he already handed him his ass before and his style is tailor made for Wladimir he is light fisted and doesnt brawl....The true test for Wladimir will be to fight another champ like Rahman or Sergei who will stand with him...

WHo are Wlad's weak opponents lately? Lamon Brewster-not weak. Sam Peter-definitely not a weak opponent. Chris Byrd-I think he's not that good but he has had a title forever

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Only thing they're taking over is the hype machine. Wlad is meticulously selecting weak opponents so that he can call himself a champion. Brewster will beat Sergei in a rematch. And Maskaev is borrowing Wlad's hype machine. He has done nothing to garner the ranking that he has. Maskaev is Golota 2006. Say it aint so. First that giant freek Nicolay Valuev gets the WBA. Now Sergei Lyakhovich is the WBO champ and I know Wlad Klitschko is gonna beat Chris Byrd. WTF is going on? First they beat us in basketball and leave us with a bronze at the Olympics now they're outboxing us. Is it time to reexamine our style? Maybe encorporate a European style of fighting in our training? What does BS think? Your reply's are apprecciated.

Yeah, in my opinion most of the Eastern Europeans have a fundamental grasp of boxing. There text book style is plain as day yet american boxers aren't adjusting to it as efficiently as they should. ...Fundamentals are the same reason that Euro's are now competing with us on an even par in basketball. Skill only gets a person so far. Concentrating on good fundamentals and knowing how to outthink your opponent are very important. Hell, if Maskaev whacks out Rahman again, then the eastern Euro's will hold all four belts by years end. With the number of up and coming young Euro heavies on the scene I think a takeover is inevitable and has basically already begun.

boxing is getting bigger and bigger in Europe there is like a camp in Germany that recruits all the top boxers from all europe to train them like professionals, Americans have more problemes of lazyness and things like that once they get millions of dollars their motivation certainly changes...

We Americans are to lazy tis true especially in the Heavyweight divisions...U.S. fighters are built up by promoters and fed feasible opponents and knock them out cold and look impressive and then get a chip on their shoulder and think every fight after that will be the same...Damn shame to, although we dont call them "World Heavyweight Champion" for nothing and it doesnt matter where they come from as long as they are exciting and fight the top guys...Unfortunately we get none of that from U.S. nor oversea fighters.

also the american boxers have so many hangers on that they lose focus and start believing everything thats said about them look at brewsters enterouge last night and compare it to sergies. look at calzaghe and lacy. less hangers on=more focus