The Heavyweight division is finally coming back!

I was liking the potential in the division a year or 2 back. I was eager to see Wlad against the young guns, and he's faced 2 of them. I was eager to see how Parker would look when he steps up, and was even hopeful Haye would be in decent fighting shape and could even face guys like Povetkin or Whyte. Thne of course there was Joshua, Fury, Wilder, Ortiz. I feel Wlad may be done now after back-to-back losses. And Fury being out of the division became a blow. But if he can come back, then him, Joshua, Wilder and Ortiz make for some interesting matches. Those guys have different styles, and i can see cases for each beating eachother. There's good fights to be made there, let's hope we get to see them.

Probably the last time boxing penetrated the mainstream like this in the UK was Hatton vs Mayweather, or perhaps when Khan got KOed by Prescott. In fact this may even surpass Hatton vs Mayweather since our guy won

Whatever happened to those freakishly big Chinese heavyweights that were going to take over the division a couple of years back? Taishan or something. Slow motion doesn't work in boxing

I was excited last year, but looking at it now, I'm not as enthused. Wlad is probably done. Haye is done. Povetkin can't stay clean. Ortiz has limited time left and is now injured. Parker lost a lot of momentum. Fury may be done. Wilder v AJ fighting is something to look forward to. But, what happens after that? I hope there's a lot of great things to come but more than half the match-ups I was looking forward to just aren't going to happen now. Yea the banch in HW is short ,we could be back to Wlad like era realy quick

Whatever happened to those freakishly big Chinese heavyweights that were going to take over the division a couple of years back? Taishan or something.

It has the potential to be back but the fights still have to be made and fighters/teams willing to take risks. Knowing modern day boxing, i'll believe it when i see it when it comes to the obvious fights being made.

If they are now starting to fight against each other than I would be more hyped. Since Fury dethroned Klitschko: Fury gained 100 pounds and tested positive for substance abuse. Povetkin got busted for substance abuse. Wilder hasnt fought one live opponent. (Povetkin wasnt his fault though) Pulev is content to fight retired fighters in bulgaria. Ortiz went on a bum of the month tour. Parker fought Ruiz, decent fight, but Fury was unfortunately canceled. Joshuas martin, breazeale, molina run wasnt impressive, but he needed to get more experience. Haye just lost and his injury doesnt look like he will have an easy recovery. I hope some of the new prospects are going to be players in the near future. This year Ugonoh and Granat failed their stepup fights. Miller, Rivas, Kownacki, Zhang, Kabayel, Bryan, Kuzmin, Schwarz, Dinu, Lippe are prospects currently ranked in the top50.

I think people arguing about HWs was more of a regional than a quality thing. There just weren't many (sometimes any) top US/UK-based fighters. There were still plenty of good fights but not on western TV. As Foxx says it has potential right now but only if the younger guys like Fury and Parker make their presence felt again. Else Joshua becomes the new Wlad. Wilder IMO is a sitting duck. His fights are fun but he goes through war with every TBA warmup opponent.

I was excited last year, but looking at it now, I'm not as enthused. Wlad is probably done. Haye is done. Povetkin can't stay clean. Ortiz has limited time left and is now injured. Parker lost a lot of momentum. Fury may be done. Wilder v AJ fighting is something to look forward to. But, what happens after that? I hope there's a lot of great things to come but more than half the match-ups I was looking forward to just aren't going to happen now.