HBO Does not Approve Klitschko - Maskayev

[!! Mr. Soprano]

I've said many times on this forum that the so-called heavyweight champs need to be fighting more frequently like 3-4 times per year. If Brewster, Byrd, Ruiz, or Klitscho were fighting this much(every 3 or 4 months) there would be a genuiune interest in these guys and alot more boxing fans would want to watch them. Plus, they would be making more money because people would be willing to buy their tickets and ppvs. Before you guys tell me that's an impossibility, just imagine if Vitali fought and won fights against these fighters in 2005:

Chris Byrd
Hasim Rahman
James Toney

Then us fans wouldn't mind seeing(and paying) Vitali vs Oleg because the champ has proved himself and deserves any easy fight, if you want to call it that.

You show me one Current Champ (in any division) who is fighting 4 times a year (not from the past)

[!! Mr. Soprano]

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[Derranged_]

You show me one Current Champ (in any division) who is fighting 4 times a year (not from the past)

Ricky Hatton fought four times last year as the WBU champ; I think that's why he's so popular now and will earn alot of money in his next "superfight." However he's only fought once this year.

[allanglez]

You show me one Current Champ (in any division) who is fighting 4 times a year (not from the past)

Oscar Larios and Zab Judah fought 4 times in a 12 month span since the beginning of 04'.

[Sir_Jose]

Its about godamn time. Vitali has been living off that Lewis LOSS for ages now. I mean who has he fought and what has he done since?

Corrie Sanders
Danny Wlliams
Kirk Johnson

Thats about as sad a heavyweight list as you will ever see. Vitali needs to fight Toney, Byrd or even Brewster to try and regain any credability he once had.

[Derranged_]

Its about godamn time. Vitali has been living off that Lewis LOSS for ages now. I mean who has he fought and what has he done since?

Corrie Sanders
Danny Wlliams
Kirk Johnson

Thats about as sad a heavyweight list as you will ever see. Vitali needs to fight Toney, Byrd or even Brewster to try and regain any credability he once had.

Thats a sorry bunch of journeyman heavyweights not worthy of even "carrying Larry Holmes' jockstrap!" When are we gonna see some heavyweight "superfights?"

[Sir_Jose]

Thats a sorry bunch of journeyman heavyweights not worthy of even "carrying Larry Holmes' jockstrap!" When are we gonna see some heavyweight "superfights?"

Not for awhile. All these heavyweights suck ass. I mean is a fight between Chris Byrd and Lamon Brewster a "superfight" or how about Toney vs Vitai?

[Derranged_]

Not for awhile. All these heavyweights suck ass. I mean is a fight between Chris Byrd and Lamon Brewster a "superfight" or how about Toney vs Vitai?

In the state of things now in the heavyweight division, I would consider any attempt of unification a "superfight" although it might be thought as a "mediocre-fight" or even a "semi-superfight."

[Leo Pradun]

Looks to me like Vitali is going to let himself get stripped of the WBC belt. There's really no shame in that, if what you're looking for is big fights.

If he lets himself get stripped, then fights Maskaev, then he's a terrible businessman. Tarver and Johnson let their belts go; Castillejo did recently too. If Vitali really wants Toney, HBO will show it and will promote it as a "true heavyweight title" just like they did "Tarver/Johnson I & II" even though it was for an IBO belt.

Thing is, all he has to do is fight Rahman in the fall, likely later than Sept. 24, though, to get HBO & a decent payday.

If he wants to be a long-reigning champion with one of the big 4 belts, he's going to have to deal with Don King eventually.

I don't think most of his fans who worship him like a pop star care who he fights, though. And maybe that's good enough for him. He's got enough money; the public opinion of him has plummeted significantly, though in the last year or two. It's all in what his priorities are and who he is trying to impress, I guess...

I am Klitschko fan but I want to see him fight Toney not Maskaev.

[Leo Pradun]

I've said many times on this forum that the so-called heavyweight champs need to be fighting more frequently like 3-4 times per year. If Brewster, Byrd, Ruiz, or Klitscho were fighting this much(every 3 or 4 months) there would be a genuiune interest in these guys and alot more boxing fans would want to watch them. Plus, they would be making more money because people would be willing to buy their tickets and ppvs. Before you guys tell me that's an impossibility, just imagine if Vitali fought and won fights against these fighters in 2005:

Chris Byrd
Hasim Rahman
James Toney

Then us fans wouldn't mind seeing(and paying) Vitali vs Oleg because the champ has proved himself and deserves any easy fight, if you want to call it that.

I agree with u, I am Klitschko fan and I love HW fights, these guys need to fight more then once a year, right now everythign is about money to tell u the truth its getting old allready..