What the hell happened to the Heavyweight divison?

[FkDaHtrs]

The answer that a lot of people will give you is that "americans are playing basketball"

I don't think thats true, I just think it's going through a lull right now, and thats only highlighted by the dominance of the klitschkos meaning that there aren't any good competetive fights.

i think in about 5 years we should have some really good talent to watch fight.

I don't think its entirely true either but all the different big paying sports in America doesn't help things much. In a lot of countries, boxing is one of the few if not the only sport that can make a person rich. Just imagine if there were fewer baseball, basketball, and football teams. There'd probably be a lot more fighters from this country. UFC hasn't helped much either. Again, not an excuse, just an observation.

[DET. IRONSIDE]

McDonalds came out with the Supersize thing and HW division got fat.

[Joeyzagz]

Why don't all the weight divisions suck then?

you still got guys like Ward, Dirrell, Dawson, Bradley, and others who are fantastic athletes

You answered your own question...

Any American 200+ with athletic ability is siphoned by the NFL and NBA. I dunno why that is so hard to accept for some people.

Even Canada almost stole this guy....

[Earl-Hickey]

You answered your own question...

Any American 200+ with athletic ability is siphoned by the NFL and NBA. I dunno why that is so hard to accept for some people.

Even Canada almost stole this guy....

Why didn't the NBA get Cris Areolla then?

[DET. IRONSIDE]

You answered your own question...

Any American 200+ with athletic ability is siphoned by the NFL and NBA. I dunno why that is so hard to accept for some people.

Even Canada almost stole this guy....

But the NFL and NBA have been around as long as the HW division.

[Bastian Loc]

The Klitschko's kicked everyones ass. That's what happened.

[ny123]

The Klitschko's kicked everyones ass. That's what happened.

Vitaly is the truth and could compete in any era Wlad on the other hand is soft as baby **** and would have had a good chance of being kod by the top guys from the 90's. Dont get me wrong Wlad is talented but his chin and passive style would get him bum rushed by a guy with a chin and a hard punch.

[DET. IRONSIDE]

I blame the poor diet of the American family.

Always.

[BrotherDudeJack]

Idk man.. it's weird. It's like just because HW's don't have to make weight they think they can be fat and undisciplined . I've basically given up on the HW division. BTW, I'm not knockin' the Klit bros. It's not their fault they have no competition. But I don't think anyone can deny this is the weakest HW division since Holmes was the man.

[namme]

You answered your own question...

Any American 200+ with athletic ability is siphoned by the NFL and NBA. I dunno why that is so hard to accept for some people.

Even Canada almost stole this guy....

Yeah, there's more instant money there than in Boxing.