Is This the Worst Heavyweight Era Ever?

[pelonxsoldier28]

this era sucks so fricken bad, i don't even bother watching heavyweight fights anymore, unless it's the steel hammer knocking someone's ass out.

[beez721]

It's surely one of the worst ever when you've got guys as weak as Sam Peter, Oleg Maskaev, and Sultain Ibragimov being top contenders/titleholders.

Which era was worse?

Maybe the early 80s. That was pretty sucky too when you had Leon Spinks being considered a top contender.

I dont think the divison is that bad. there's some good european talent.the problem is there's no big personalities behind the talent and the majority of these fighters arent televised in america. thats the big problem

[beez721]

No it isn't at least in 80s era there were skilled Heavyweights like, Witherspoon, Thomas, Page, Tucker. All the names i just mentioned would mop the floor with the current Heavyweights.

I have to disagree. there's several heavyweights that would have been competive or even possibly beat those guys. wlad,,chageav,,,virchis,,thompson,,,gomez,,even peter and sultan would have given all those guys trouble in my opinion

[Burning Desire]

I have to disagree. there's several heavyweights that would have been competive or even possibly beat those guys. wlad,,chageav,,,virchis,,thompson,,,gomez,,even peter and sultan would have given all those guys trouble in my opinion

Sorry but no way would those slow plodding Heavyweight's beat fast skilled Heavyweight's like Witherspoon, Page, Tubbs, Tucker, all these guys at there peak would make those names you mentioned look foolish trust me on this. Just watch Witherspoon vs Holmes or etc.

[beez721]

Sorry but no way would those slow plodding Heavyweight's beat fast skilled Heavyweight's like Witherspoon, Page, Tubbs, Tucker, all these guys at there peak would make those names you mentioned look foolish trust me on this. Just watch Witherspoon vs Holmes or etc.

those above mentioned guys were good fighters but werent speed demons. the guys I mentioned would have been competitive with them. no question in my mind

[The Hammer]

There's a lot of exciting, talented heavyweights in Europe: Boytsov, Platov, Dimitrenko, Povetkin, Chagaev, Wladimir, etc. There are few good heavyweights in the US right now, but in the world there's more talented heavyweights than there's ever been, including another dozen from Eastern Europe who are just starting their peo careers.

People need to stop crying about the "state of the heavyweight division", and accept that the best are nowadays from other countries! To me it doesn't matter that Wladimir from a different country than I am - he's still one of my favorite fighters.

[duffgun]

There's a lot of exciting, talented heavyweights in Europe: Boytsov, Platov, Dimitrenko, Povetkin, Chagaev, Wladimir, etc. There are few good heavyweights in the US right now, but in the world there's more talented heavyweights than there's ever been, including another dozen from Eastern Europe who are just starting their peo careers.

People need to stop crying about the "state of the heavyweight division", and accept that the best are nowadays from other countries! To me it doesn't matter that Wladimir from a different country than I am - he's still one of my favorite fighters.

There are some good eastern fighters but boytsov and povetkin are overrated imo. the 80's guys had more natural talented than most of the modern heavyweights but they all wasted it.

[Brother Blues]

This is the worse in my lifetime...and I go back to Ali.
W.Klit is the best of a poor lot...in the 80s he would have been Gerry Coony,an ok fighter but not the ruler of the division.

[porlie]

Its the worst of my lifetime (I was born in 1978) I cant say if its the worst ever.

[Welter_Skelter]

NO....

This is just the worst AMERICAN Heavyweight era...

NO Americans does not equal no talent...