NSB Ignoring The Obvious: Everyone Has Overrated the Post-Klitschko Heavyweights

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Klitschko was underrated for the incredibly successful part of his career for not having great rivals.

Fury et al are underrated for having no obvious single dominant figure.

Let's face it, no-one rates any current era. The past was always better. The reality is that the best are always pretty good. They have to be to get to this kind of status.

History will deal with these guys. Their resumes are what will count. Number of defences, unifications, undisputed, wins in the big fights against their rivals. That's where the current crop falls short. They're not fighting each other. They're almost in two brackets - the Wilder/Fury side and the Joshua/Usyk side. No-one has yet crossed that boundary.

It can still happen. The much heralded 90s crop had very few mega contests until they were all heading towards retirement.

Not sure, I don’t think anybody in the 90’s was saying Tyson, Bowe or Lewis weren’t as good as Marciano, Liston or Patterson. There was a recognition times have moved on.

Most people objectively look at this generation of HW‘s and can’t see in what way they are better. Fatter for sure but not better.

Look at Fury, that disgusting fat belly, stick thin legs. No muscle definition at all. Which HW champs looked like that before him? There weren’t any or if there were they didn’t last too long.