America needs to step up with a real Heavyweight

did i say all the other countries only box? gtfo stupid ass. don't put words in my mouth. i'm talking about the situation in the u.s. kids don't want to be boxers. there are fewer and fewer boxing gyms. boxing is not a mainstream sport in the u.s. anymore. those are facts. there was a time when the other sports didn't pay that well and boxing paid better. that is not the case anymore in the u.s. let's think for a minute here smart guy. yeah, you kinda implied that other countries only box by saying that american potential heavyweights aren't boxing. if other countries' potential heavyweights ARE boxing, then that would imply there aren't other sports for them to play. you're clearly too stupid to get my point. plenty of kids around the world have stuff to do besides box. so why bother saying america is the only one unless it's the only country that has something besides boxing?

no it's not. there's something to it. how many american kids now grow up wanting to be a boxer? nowadays , american heavyweights generally are like jameel mccline. someone goes up to them and says , "hey you're big. go try boxing." learning a sport when you're in your mid 20's is not the same as growing up into it. no shit. but there's ALWAYS been other sports. why not say babe ruth could've beaten jack dempsey? or emmit smith could've knocked out tyson/lewis/holyfield on the same night. it's childish biased bs. do you think boxing is the only sport they play in ukraine and the rest of eastern europe?

Fuck HW. It's dead. Nobody is touching the Klits. Just hope the fights are good.

I feel sorry for the American fight fans but there isnt any American with a chance for a few years, Wilder might do well but we wont know for another 3-4 years.

As they should, because it's a cheap excuse. Every country has other sports where their athletes can go, not just USA. The two most promising prospects in the USA right now are Deontay Wilder and Tor Hammer, while european prospects like Helenius, Pulev, Boytsov are being moved much quicker and have much more impressive resumes, so I see europeans dominating for quite a while. Tons of potential Eastern European Heavyweight Boxers are doing Combat Sambo, MMA, Kickboxing, Hockey, Olympic Wrestling, Olympic Weightlifting, Powerlifting, Worlds Strongest Man Competitions, etc. America isn't the only country on the planet that has other sports you ignorant racist piece of shit. Told you. And as to Pirao, I don't know how Euro prospects being better than U.S. ones disproves the arguement that the best HW sized atheletes going into other sports. The fact that a guy like Chambers, who can't even make 209 and be as ripped as Wlad was at 244, might be the best HW the U.S. had to offer can't help either.

I don't think American heavyweights will be able to knock the Klitschkos off their throne until they willingly do so in the form of retirement. But props to the brothers, no matter how boring they may be.

what did i say that was racist? stupid slav. :D maybe not racist, but he is right. the "other sports are taking our boxers" excuse is dumb. there's always been other sports.

When people point out that the best HW sized atheletes are in other sports in America, people seemed to get offended. As they should, because it's a cheap excuse. Every country has other sports where their athletes can go, not just USA. The two most promising prospects in the USA right now are Deontay Wilder and Tor Hammer, while european prospects like Helenius, Pulev, Boytsov are being moved much quicker and have much more impressive resumes, so I see europeans dominating for quite a while.

I agree. I'd like to see the Klischko's tested by some tough HW's. We'll likely never know how great they could be. They are the greatest heavyweights of their era, which is as great as it is objectively possible to declare any heavyweight. You can assume any era's best are better or worse than any other but it's all just an assumption.

if this guy had taken up boxing instead of football...... wlad would have gotten killed. http://blackchristiannews.com/news/brian_urlacher039485.jpg When people point out that the best HW sized atheletes are in other sports in America, people seemed to get offended.

The Klitschkos have destroyed all of the best American heavyweights. Eastern Europeans are supeior and will continue dominating for the rest of existence. Get used to it. The American heavies suck. There hasnt been a great one since Holyfield.

Any heavyweight prospects that side of the ocean? :dunno:

who knows of what david haye is capable of though. If he upsets one of the klits with his loud mouth he could make the division much better

I agree. I'd like to see the Klischko's tested by some tough HW's. We'll likely never know how great they could be.

Agreed we need something to spice up the HW division