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

[DiegoFuego]

Ali is considered the best heavyweight of all time because he beat everyone in the best division of all time. Even if Wladimir Klitschko somehow beats all the other guys in the division he's in, it doesn't change the fact that it's the worst division ever. If he beats all of them and unifies the belts, then we can start talking like he's a potentially great fighter. If he beats them all with ease, his status as a great can't be denied.

[small_warrior]

it could be entertaining, there a great fight to be made with entertaining fighters like
vitali klitschko
wladimir klitschko
Sam peter
lamon brewster
evander holyfied
alexander povetkin and many more

[Steelhammer86]

Who have any of them beat? You don't get respect for beating up the other weaklings in your division until you beat ALL of them and unify the belts until a real challenger comes along for you to defend against.

Saying Wladimir or any of these other beltholders are good is like saying the dork that makes fun of the other dorks is cool. It doesn't work that way. You don't get ahead by beating up on weaklings.

If you believe they're all weaklings, then even if they win all their fights by first round KO than it means nothing! Some people could use your simple argument and claim that all Ali's opponents were weaklings, or all Holyfield's opponents were weaklings, and so on...but I'm a good sport so I'm not going to resort to such ****** arguments. They were good then and they are even better today...even if they're not born in America.

[Steelhammer86]

it could be entertaining, there a great fight to be made with entertaining fighters like
vitali klitschko
wladimir klitschko
Sam peter
lamon brewster
evander holyfied
alexander povetkin and many more

That's correct. All those you mentioned are top heavyweights, and the Brewster vs Wlad fight is a great matchup...

[gandhalf]

They're pretty good but there was so many good heavyweights in the 90's. guys like

George Foreman
Tommy Morrison
Rid**** Bowe
Evander Holyfield
Tyson was around
Michael Moore
Andrew Golota
Lennox Lewis
Oliver McCall
Ike Ibeabuchi
David Tua
Ray Mercer


And there was alot of guys besides that who were good, that were maybe, were just a little past their primes like Tim Witherspoon, Michael Dokes etc..

Maskaev was around back then

There was so much depth. Even a younger Shannon Briggs was another contender, Frank Bruno, just so much depth.

Depth? The 80's was one of the worst era. Funny cause many people ***** about today's era but back then , it used to be pure , absolute ****.