All of the American HW champs from the past weren't even real world champs, they were all frauds because they never competed against the superior Soviet superhumans in the pros.
All of the best American heavyweights have been exposed, destroyed and humiliated by the Klitschko Brothers and other Eastern Europeans.
The same thing is happening in many other weight classes too.
Soviets/Eastern Europeans weren't allowed to turn pro until the 1990s because of the cold war/iron curtain.
Now Soviets/Eastern Europeans are allowed to turn pro and we're already taking over boxing and are dominating the higher weight classes.
We're also dominating the amatuers. Most of those great amatuers will become great pros.
This is just the beginning of the Eastern European domination.
Eastern European fighters are superior.
Either Klitschko beats any HW from any era.
One of my favorite Klitschko vs American fights.
Wladimir Klitschko vs undefeated Calvin Brock at Madison Square Garden.
The Ukrainians and Russians were chanting "Klitschko, Klitschko, Klitschko, Klitschko"
And the xenophobic Americans were chanting "USA, USA, USA, USA" until Brock got brutally KTFO by a steelhammer right hand from Wlad.
All of the American HW champs from the past weren't even real world champs, they were all frauds because they never competed against the superior Soviet superhumans in the pros.
Great quote from Jim Lampley after Maskaev KO'd Rahman again in the rematch:
"All four heavyweight title belts belong to fighters born and raised in former Soviet Republics. So if the HW division is dying in America, it is alive and well in Eastern Europe."