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I mean seriously, boxing fans should be worshipping these guys. Wlad for example as fought only one person with more than 4 losses since the year 2000 and that was Rahman. Saying the division is terrible is really just an opinion. Thers no factual basis to say the division is terrible. HW divisions are almost always top heavy. Rarely are they very competitive past the past few guys. Heck, if the Klitschkos were gone people would probably be talking about how the division is pretty good, really competitive. We'd be seeing big fights between Arreola and Chambers for the title. Adamek and Haye. Dimi vs. Chagaev. Solis vs. Povetkin. Peter vs. Kingpin. Really competitive stuff. We'd all be like, wow this is a really good, competitive division. However because everyone, including the fighters know that fighting anyone dangerous other than a Klitschko is a bad business decision we dont get to see those fights. Fighters would rather wait, fight bad people and get their payday. The division has never been ruled like this before. 95-5, 87% KO. Thats insane. These two guys own the division. Yet people act like theyre terrible or something, in 100 fights theyve lost 5 times. Im not even going to discuss being young, drugged, or injury for 4 of the losses, the fact is these guys are almost unbeatable and deserve to be treated like ATGs.
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Theyev been fighting bums for the last 4 yearsComment
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theyve always had my respect..expecially wlad..he came back from 2 ko's and is ruling the division with an iron fistComment
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I thought it was obvious as to why these men aren't respected as much as they should be. It's because they're not American. Could you just imagine if they were?Comment
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Who have you fought the last 4 years? Lets look at some of the bums and compare them to past champs:
35-1 number 1 contender Eddie Chambers.
25-0-1 World Champion Ruslan Chagaev
45-6-2 Former Champion Hasim Rahman
31-1 Tony Thompson Coming Off 27 Straight Wins Including a Title elim
22-0-1 Sultan Ibragimov coming off wins against Briggs, Holyfield etc..
Thats Wlad's 5 fights before Peter.
Lets take a look at Ezzard Charles's challengers since I assume you think he was an ATG etc....
43-8-1, 178 lbs Nick Barone
64-27-3 193 lbs Lee Oma (KO'ed 17 times before fighting Charles)
75-16-4 181 lbs Joey Maxim his 18% KO% ranks as one of the worst in HW history for a challenger
And then he lost to 49-16-2 194 lbs Jersey Joe Walcott.
Can you imagine if Wlad was fighting cruisers with double digit losses or who had been KO'ed 17 times?
Yeah, they are fighting bums...Comment
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How about Vitali since his comeback
45-2-1 Euro Champ Albert Sosnowski
22-0-1 Kevin Kingpin Johnson
27-0 Chris Arreola
44-1 Juan Carlos Gomes
30-1 Sam Peter
Oh god, his opponents since his come back had a combined record of 178-4-2...total bums...they are so terrible. Find me a HW champ who over a 5 fight fan fought fighters with a better winning percentage than Vitali.
You arent a bum if you beat 44 guys in the ring and lose once. I dont care who youre fighting.Comment
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Maybe I spend too mcuh time in the boxing history section listening to people say Ezzard Charles would KO 1 Vitali. I am in complete agreement with you. Once you go to the history section its hard to remember that not everyone is insane and thinks the older the better.Comment
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You arent a bum if you beat 44 guys in the ring and lose once. I dont care who youre fighting.[/QUOTE]
Amen to that!!! They deserve some serious respect. I think fans of the sport of boxing appreciate themComment
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