When did the Heavyweight division lose it's appeal??

[lvballer42]

When I was growing up, The Heavyweight division was the best to watch, because one the matches would produce some huge names, two because thats where all the talented fighters were, and lastly because that was what was being promoted like crazy, now it's all about the other divisions,:middle, light heavy etc.... At what point did the heavyweights lose their appeal and will it ever regain it's popularity as it once was???

[Banderivets]

It only lost its appeal in America, in Europe its huge.

For reasons obvious to all.

[realheavyhands]

when lennox and vitali retired

[werewolf]

Speak for yourself, Iv. I think the heavyweight division is now better and more exciting than it ever was before!




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[Dorian]

ver since Lennox Lewis left it has been pretty crappy.... but the Klits brothers are the only ones making entertaining fights

[American_Ninja]

Y'all musta forgot M. Tyson

[-Antonio-]

When Lewis retired pretty much. The real fans know that the heavyweight division is fine, and on its way back to what it was. Its just the fact that all the best fighters are foreign so it doesnt attract the casual American fans.

[Feint]

When Lewis retired pretty much. The real fans know that the heavyweight division is fine, and on its way back to what it was. Its just the fact that all the best fighters are foreign so it doesnt attract the casual American fans.

I agree. While I would like to see a unification of the titles, there are a lot of great HW boxers. I could care less what nationality they are.

[HeartAttack]

The heavyweight division has never lost its appeal, and never will. The quality of fighters has waxed and waned through the years and the talent is coming back, all it needs is better fights. More like the ones Lamon Brwester has provided us with. Its not as popular and doesn't have a true champ, but once the promoters battle it out, so will the fighters. Fans will always pay money to see heavyweights fight they just might not always know how to pronounce their names.

[Steelhammer86]

I've been around for a long time, and I think the heavyweight division is more appealing than it's ever been! I remember hearing about Cassius Clay as a child, and watching his fight with Liston, and hearing about him changing his name to Ali. I remember the first Frazier-Ali fight, I was 15. I remember watching Tyson in the 80's, and Lewis in the 90's. Heavyweight boxing is better now than it was then!

There are more good heavyweight boxers than ever before, because they're coming from 6 billion people all over the world - Ukraine, Nigeria, Russia - rather than 300 million just from the US. The real reason some people ***** and whine about it being less appealing is the titleholders are not Americans right now, and they've become used to the top boxers being Americans. But the ancestors of Americans came from other continents, so why does it matter so much?

The heavyweight division is the best it's ever been, and it's going to get even better! We need new, younger sportwriters instead of all the old fogies my age, who are living in the past. We need sportswriters who are not so narrow minded and can create interest in these excellent boxers from other countries.