Tony Thompson: The Last American Heavyweight Hope??

[Flawless]

Even I am an American Heavyweight lover. I have come to the realization that Eastern Europeans will be dominating the Heavyweight division for awhile. America needs to start all over with how their amateurs are run. They also need to look ways for kids to join boxing at a very young age. Competition with MMA will cut the supply of new talented boxers. I have nothing against eastern Europeans. I hope their new young talent can revive the Heavyweight division back to its Glory days.

[Pugilistic™]

i couldn't really care about the heavyweight division anymore.

[Ras44]

Eastern Europeans are indeed dominating the heavyweight scene. However, as long as John Ruiz is lurking, no title is safe.

He has the talent to make any fight an ugly fight where the judges are more or less forced to give him the decision. As long as he isn't knocked out (see the Tua fight) he can win a decision.

That and he was robbed against Valuev.

[Yusuf T.]

I'd love to see Thompson pull it off......

[WLAD OWNS]

Bump........

[Easy-E]

As we all know, American heavyweights have gone soft and are not a major factor anymore in the heavyweight division....The heavyweight division is now dominated by fighters from the former Soviet Union...There are 7-8 Eastern European fighters in the Top 10 heavyweight rankings right now.

Tony Thompson is the highest ranked American heavyweight right now, he is finally getting a dream title shot at The heavyweight Champion of the world Wladimir Klitschko...Thompson's chances are slim to none against Klitschko and he will most likely end up getting brutally KO'd.

After Thompson gets KO'd by Wlad, who is left??.....

- John Ruiz is still lurking around as a contender, but even his own countrymen can't stand him and wish he would just go away.

- Calvin Brock is a good fighter with potential, but he may never recover from that brutal KO he suffered against Wlad.

- Brewster,Toney,Rahman and Briggs are not a factor anymore.

- Chambers,Arreola,Walker,Johnson,Chapman and Witherspoon are the young up and coming American heavyweights, but I am not too impressed with any of them...Chambers showed some nice skills against Povetkin, but he ended up getting overwhlemed by the tougher, hungrier Povetkin.


Looks like Eastern Europeans will be Dominating the Heavyweight division for a very long time.

Get. Over. Yourself.