End of The Line For Great US Heavyweight Champions, says Bob Arum

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

The names of the current crop of world heavyweight champions don’t trip off the tongue in the same way as the role call of Johnson, Dempsey, Marciano, Muhammad Ali and Tyson. [details]

[Banderivets]

I guess the man is right...Oh well, as long as we get good fighters I couldnt care less where they are from.

Youth in North America changed. No longer do they watch boxing and want to become fighters...


Nowadays it's the rappers and basketball players the kids look up to...

[leff]

dont worry about it.....europe will take care off it

[Banderivets]

dont worry about it.....europe will take care off it

Just wait for all the flames to come in this thread...You think the Americans will accept what Arum said??? Tis travesty and blasphemy lol.....

[TOPitBull]

Arum is right, in his theory of guys going for careers in other sports. But to say Mike Tyson is the last great? Who knows when the next poor kid finds boxing as his light at the end of the tunnel, and becomes the next great.
Boxing can bring glory to a single individual, more so than a team sport a lot of the time. A boxer is one solo warrior. Not part of a collective of athletes playing together to win.

[Hitman932]

http://www.usaboxing.org/10_1326.htm

arum can kiss my ass, my boy is gonna be heavyweight champ

detroit *****!

[MetalVomit]

Whatever happened to Gerald "Man *******" Nobles?

[moy22487]

arum how many top heavy weights does he promote? point and game

[supaduck]

I agree with TOPitbull, some other hungry young kid will definitely come along some day.

[leff]

The Europeans have been doing well lately in the Heavyweight Divisions. Another thing to notice in the Heavys, the defensively skilled fighters are wearing the belts for the most part.

Rockin'

i find that a big problem for the sport that the defensive are champs....i mean they are boring and not so good fore the sports popularity