After the Klitschko bros. retire..

They're in the Lennox Lewis mould...wit a little bit LESS movement. They do their job stupendously well but they can both be beaten. The question in my mind is will they hang up their gloves at the top with the titles? Will they carry on until they get their chins tested for REAL. Its a possibility that one of them won't retire as champ. If THAT happens the following era will be better as there will be a true lineal champ to dethrone. And its all about he styles. Say what you like about David Haye being a big head and a horrible person but he could move around the ring and he was worth watching. He wasn't stiff. But he lost. He was a failure and he is still hurtign from that I believe. Tyson Fury, a big brawler, fun to watch and a good mouth. Anthony Joshua the Brit goldenboy. He fight like a Klitschko though. Someone has to come about and unseat a Kitschko the heavyweight boxing will be exciting again. It seems no-one has the balls or the ability to do it.

It's a shame there are two Klitschko's. If there was one he'd be a lot more popular. I like the blokes, followed them since the start & wish them the best but time for them to go.

Other than the Klitschko brothers, what we have right now in the heavyweight division is a bunch of B-class fighters who are afraid to fight each other because they don't want to lose and risk their shot at a title after the Klitschkos retire. After the Klitschkos retire, what we will see is this same bunch of B-class fighters knocking each other off in an attempt to prove they are the best heavyweight in the world. However, there will always be an asterisk by their names because they never made an attempt to fight the Klitschkos when they were active

it's going to be trash, a bunch of fat bums beating each other. What we're witnessing right now is pure Domination and Supremacy. There's no dispute as to who the Kings of HW are. It will? Oh because we have that one dude who went life and death against Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Finalist contestant #57e? http://i.imgflip.com/9wsn.gif Immediately no. But I have a big hopes for the guy in my signature (and I don't mean Lennox). The very same fat bums the Klits have been feeding off. Thanks for clarifying that for us. :fing02:

The fights will be more competitive and suspenseful but only because the top HWs won't be as good as either K-bros, if you call that "better" then that is your opinion. In this thread better=more entertaining/competitive

they will probably be missed, a guy like povetkin or pulev would be at the top and people will wonder if they could beat a klitchsko, and actually wish they came out of retirement and fought hem

Way more interesting. Nothing worse than watching a Klitschko fight. Maybe HBO might take an interest in HW boxing again.

We've seen a good boost in interesting names, some of which might just give us a big fight for us to watch, others may have the potential to dominate. Joshua isn't looking too shabby right now. I think having Fury, Joshua and Wilder is better than having Ruiz, Valuev and Byrd. So Wilder got knocked down by some fatty. He has at least beaten better competition than that since then. Liakhovich, Audley and Firtha are still better than that standard, even though in no way good tests of his ability. I think he's over come that embarrassing moment.

Another Klitschko will probably come along. More big men are entering HW boxing now, realizing they can use their size to gain an unfair advantage over smaller men.

It depends on what is better? Better matchups, yes. Better fighters, no.

It will be more exciting for the casual boxing fan.. need that all be said.

It will be more exciting...will it be better? Depends what you consider better I guess. I don't see anyone right now that can be a long reign title holder in the division. You will get more exciting fights though, because while the klits are dominate they aren't all too easy to watch. Bernard was dominate at Middleweight but his fights weren't always exciting. The middleweight division now is a lot more exciting, though I don't think anyone in it now would've beat bernard when he was there. More exciting? Probably yes. More fights being made, more titles changing hands. A better overall skill level? Very very unlikely. It depends on what you like to see. This is what I was trying to imply with the OP it'll be much more exciting now

Immediately no. But I have a big hopes for the guy in my signature (and I don't mean Lennox).

It will? Oh because we have that one dude who went life and death against Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Finalist contestant #57e? http://i.imgflip.com/9wsn.gif

It will probably be more interesting in that there will be parity, but the skill and talent level will be terrible.

It will be more exciting...will it be better? Depends what you consider better I guess. I don't see anyone right now that can be a long reign title holder in the division. You will get more exciting fights though, because while the klits are dominate they aren't all too easy to watch. Bernard was dominate at Middleweight but his fights weren't always exciting. The middleweight division now is a lot more exciting, though I don't think anyone in it now would've beat bernard when he was there. More exciting? Probably yes. More fights being made, more titles changing hands. A better overall skill level? Very very unlikely. It depends on what you like to see.

which era was worse the chris byrd-john ruiz era or this one? Well Woody Allen, you have to consider more than just the names. Chris Byrd was really a 6 ft tall middleweight with absolutely no punch, and just his cleverness and reflexes to help him. Ruiz was also not much taller and had very limited skills. Yet both held their titles for 3-5 years and had many defences. I actually enjoyed each and every one of their fights. The Klitschko era is hard to quantify. They've easily dispatched almost every opponent. We don't know how those opponents might have developed had the Klitshckos not been there. So the comparisons are not fair. By their utter superiority the Klitschko era seems the worst, but...... Joe Louis era was also very spotty, and Marciano's was just about the worst of the lot. We all tend to forget that he had only 6 defences over a 3-4 year period and just about all against long past prime former greats. And he made heavy weather of all of them-except his 1 punch KO of Walcott in their return a year after their first fight.

Honestly, I can't imagine anything worst then what I saw Saturday.

which era was worse the chris byrd-john ruiz era or this one?

I think more big fights will get made instead of everyone protecting records and not fighting while hoping for a Klitschko shot.