Has the popilarity of heavyweight boxing really declined?.

Maybe but none of the HW right now fill me with any interest, And i dont give a toss what colour they are, Vitali is the only fighter i would stay up to watch right now in the HW and thats if his fit,ready and not injured, Right now the HW are either boring to watch or too fat. id only watch David tua, who isnt on t.v anymore and vitali as well, wlad once in awhile, but either than that, i dont care but personally, id only watch boxing from 160 pounds up with little interest

Its only because Americans boxers lick ass in the HW division,I dont think its dead, its only daed in America cause Americans have nobody to root for, not one good black fighter from the states and not one good gringo from the states Maybe but none of the HW right now fill me with any interest, And i dont give a toss what colour they are, Vitali is the only fighter i would stay up to watch right now in the HW and thats if his fit,ready and not injured, Right now the HW are either boring to watch or too fat.

Its only because Americans boxers lick ass in the HW division,I dont think its dead, its only daed in America cause Americans have nobody to root for, not one good black fighter from the states and not one good gringo from the states

its pretty obvious that nobody cares about the HW division any more. Except or maybe people from the eastern bloc.

Theres a H.W division? Since when? LOL seriously that division has down quicker than Paris hilton with....

he might not have beat any one good yet but he is exciting to watch. I agree that Mollo is exciting to watch and he has a killer left hook, I will not be surprised if he takes out Golota in 2 rounds since Golota's trademark is freezing up when he faces a big puncher and getting KTFO early.

Wlad is very exciting to watch. He's a KO machine.

put it this way, none of the boxing PPVs i have paid for in the last few years have been heavyweights, absolutely none. They are worth downloading only There is barely a matchup in the heavyweight division which would interest me

The popularity has for sure, but I personally believe there are still some potentially good boxers in the division. However, I do believe that if Klitschko can unify the title the general public will gain more interest in the division.

The eastern european fighters seem to lack the intensity and mental toughness that the american heavyweights had. Yes i agree. Mike Tyson in his prime was the perfect example, also Evander Holyfield. You dont need to go 30 years back, 15-20 years are enough.

Mike Mollo, LOL Who the fuck has he beat????? No top fighters yet but he is entertaining and markable. If hes good and beat good fighters i guess he can get verry popular.

yeah, i live in france at the german border, and i see al these fights but they are not exiting Yes, and there arent any good german heavyweights. Most boxers who fight in germany come from other countries. And the only heavyweights who are popular in germany are the Klits and the freakshow Valuev. Chagaev is not verry popular yet. And these guys are eastern european, as well as most of the other HWs in germany.

The eastern european fighters seem to lack the intensity and mental toughness that the american heavyweights had. about 30 years ago

The eastern european fighters seem to lack the intensity and mental toughness that the american heavyweights had. You need to watch more heavyweight boxing, The Eastern European heavyweights are big,tough,strong and mentally tough. Wlad had his problems earlier, but he has changed now, he is a lot tougher now and he is a fucking badass KO artist. The ghettos are in Eastern Europe, I have to admit it is somewhat of a shithole there, but a lot of very good and great fighters are being produced because of this. Eastern Europeans weren't allowed to turn pro until the 90's, East Euro's have dominated the amateurs for a long time.

The eastern european fighters seem to lack the intensity and mental toughness that the american heavyweights had.

the eastern european heavyweight are good but they rarely seem to produce exciting fights i dont know why this is. Wlad is ok to watch but all he does is jab and throw the right. Mike Mollo is the most exciting heavyweight at the moment. Mike Mollo, LOL Who the fuck has he beat?????

if all the US boxers have gone to other sports, why have the other sports also declined? When did the US last win a gold at the olympics in basketball or baseball or even hockey?

The heavyweights are pretty much dead here in the states, but in Germany and the Ex Soviet Union they are having a Golden Age. yeah, i live in france at the german border, and i see al these fights but they are not exiting

the HW division is lacking african american boxers if you ask me. there's a lot of african american boxers,,,just not many with good talent these days in the hw div.

The heavyweights are pretty much dead here in the states, but in Germany and the Ex Soviet Union they are having a Golden Age.