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

[Pneumonic Eye Φ]

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???

When Lennox Lewis dominated all ur great "american" fighters then retired
leaving other top europeans to clear up after him, which they duly did.

[Panamaniac]

It lost it's appeal when the prime of Mike Tyson was no more. Even after his prime, his name on a fight card was enough to generate interest. Given the lose cannon he became, one never knew what outrage he was going to perpetrate next.

[DiegoFuego]

When Lennox Lewis retired. There has not been one significant heavyweight fight since Lewis-Klitschko 4 years ago this month

[DiegoFuego]

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.

you are sick in the head if you believe that. this is without a doubt, the worst era of heavyweight boxing anyone could imagine. zero talent, zero marketability. it's a big dud, a non-factor in boxing right now. remember the last heavyweight ppv fight that meant something? what was it, 5 years ago now?

[BROOKLYN CESAR]

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???

Anywhere between the time Lewis beat Evander (which i dont think he did in the second fight) and the end of his career!!!

[2nd II none]

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???

It happened around 1999 when all the big name heavyweights got old.Now the talent in the HW division is pathetic and it doesn't look to be getting better anytime soon.

[BodyW8]

You can't act like there's no talent, just no awesome talent like Tyson's.

[TyrantT316]

If you mean overall in mainstream? Lewis was a great champion, but the HW division probably lost a great deal of mainstream appeal after his two fights with Holyfield.

[Pneumonic Eye Φ]

If you mean overall in mainstream? Lewis was a great champion, but the HW division probably lost a great deal of mainstream appeal after his two fights with Holyfield.

i cant believe some people think holyfield won the second fight

[ROSEWOOD]

When L.Lewis retired and V. Kilt couldn't stay healthy..retired..